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BigBill - 30 Nov 2003 12:46 GMT

I have Office XP running under Windows XP Home. I wanted to separate the business and personal contacts, so I could synchronize with a business database. So I copied the Contacts file to a separate set of folders, and turned one copy into business-only, and the other copy (now called Personal Contacts)into only personal. However, I can't get the system to recognize there are now 2 contact databases. Even the Address Book dialogue to add a contact database only shows what Outlook recognizes, so it's useless if you want to point towards a second Contact file

Is there a solution, or do I have to re-merge the 2 contact databases?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 30 Nov 2003 13:46 GMT

Your terms are confusing.
Contacts file? There is no separate Contacts File. Do you mean you created a
second Contacts subfolder? If so, enable it as an email address book in its
Properties and it will show up in the Outlook Address Book.

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> I have Office XP running under Windows XP Home. I wanted to separate the business and personal contacts, so I could synchronize with a business

database. So I copied the Contacts file to a separate set of folders, and
turned one copy into business-only, and the other copy (now called Personal
Contacts)into only personal. However, I can't get the system to recognize
there are now 2 contact databases. Even the Address Book dialogue to add a
contact database only shows what Outlook recognizes, so it's useless if you
want to point towards a second Contact file.

> Is there a solution, or do I have to re-merge the 2 contact databases?

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