My Outlook 2007 (Vista Ultimate) is configured for one POP e-mail account but
I've completely hosed it up with 14 data files configured, some of which are
partial duplicates.

I am also showing 14 folders open in the mail folders box. Three of these
are "Archive Folder" but the other 11 have names that look a like the file
names I've assigned over the years. Needless to say, I'm having a lot of
"Outlook 2007 is not responding" situations and many times, outlook starts
with the message that a data file or archive was "not closed properly" last
time it was shut down.

Under Calendar items, I have 9 items under "My Calendars". These all have
unique names and only one is checked and it has the title of "Calendar".
When calendar reminders come up, they appear three times identical. When I
dismiss one, all three disappear.

Under Contacts, I have 5 items under My Contacts all with unique titles.

For e-mail, contacts, and calendars, I would like to consolidate with one
active file and another much larger file for archives I could search on for
future reference. Getting there without losing any information is where I
need help. Can you tell me how to:
1)Consolidate into one active and one archive file?
2)Eliminate duplicate e-mail, calendar items and contacts?
3)Configure Outlook 2007 so performance and reliability are improved?

BTW, I have backed up all the files and also have several older backups on
different hard drives that would ideally be consolidated as well.

What is this "mail applet" I'm reading about in some of the other posts?
Would I need to use it for my situation?

Thanks for helping this dummy.