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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / January 2008Restoring a deleted contact
I accidentally deleted a distribution list stored in my Outlook 'Contacts'. How can I restore it?  SignatureThank you. Is it in the Deleted Items folder? If so, drag/drop it back into the Contacts folder >I accidentally deleted a distribution list stored in my Outlook 'Contacts'. > How can I restore it? In Outlook (2003), I have: MAIL, CONTACTS, CALENDAR and TASKS. When I click on MAIL, there is a 'deleted items' folder, but that contains only deleted emails. When I click on CONTACTS, I do not see a 'deleted items' folder. Should I? FYI: Here is how I 'accidentally' deleted the distribution list. Under CONTACTS, I opened the distribution list in order to remove a name. When I highlighted the name I wanted to remove, instead of clicking 'REMOVE', I mistakenly clicked the 'X' in the menu bar. Puff! My entire distribution list was gone. BTW, I think this is a flaw in Outlook. There should be a pop up window asking for confirmation to delete an entire distribution list. I had over 300 names in my list. SignatureThank you. > Is it in the Deleted Items folder? If so, drag/drop it back into the > Contacts folder > > >I accidentally deleted a distribution list stored in my Outlook 'Contacts'. > > How can I restore it? > In Outlook (2003), I have: MAIL, CONTACTS, CALENDAR and TASKS. > When I click on MAIL, there is a 'deleted items' folder, but that > contains only deleted emails. It will contain ANY item you delete, be it mail, contacts, appointments, etc. > FYI: Here is how I 'accidentally' deleted the distribution list. > Under CONTACTS, I opened the distribution list in order to remove a > name. When I highlighted the name I wanted to remove, instead of > clicking 'REMOVE', I mistakenly clicked the 'X' in the menu bar. > Puff! My entire distribution list was gone. BTW, I think this is a > flaw in Outlook. While I'd disagree it's a flaw in Outlook, it is a common error that people make. However, it does work like any other item. Open any item in Outlook and click the X on the toolbar. The item will be deleted. A DL is just an item the same as any other item. SignatureBrian Tillman Thank you for the explanation. I did find the file and restored it to the CONTACTS folder. Very happy I don't have to re-enter all those names & addresses. gollyg > > In Outlook (2003), I have: MAIL, CONTACTS, CALENDAR and TASKS. > > When I click on MAIL, there is a 'deleted items' folder, but that [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > and click the X on the toolbar. The item will be deleted. A DL is just an > item the same as any other item. I have a copy of my actual list but how do I restore it. > Thank you for the explanation. I did find the file and restored it to the > CONTACTS folder. Very happy I don't have to re-enter all those names & [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > and click the X on the toolbar. The item will be deleted. A DL is just an > > item the same as any other item. > I have a copy of my actual list but how do I restore it. How did you copy the DL to you desktop in the first place? Just reverse the steps. SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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