Yes I did and it's a very limited trial version for 30 days and then costs
$24. I guess I just need to google and see if I can find some free ones,
if
there is such an animal. I know it sounds pitiful, but I just don't have
the
funds to shell out right now and will probably do an all nighter to clean
up
the duplicates in both my contacts and calendar. That's okay I guess...I
don't mind rolling up my sleeves when I have to.
Thanks for your help Russ.
Lo
:
Did you look here?
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm#dupes
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
You must have talked to Brian. You and I didn't discuss duplicate
checkers.
;-) Do you know of any freebie ones I could check out?
Lo
:
Not all duplicate checkers cost money.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I like to "merge" the info. I changed some of the contacts on my PC
and
others on the laptop, and I'm trying to find a way (without spending
any
$)
to consolidate and get both computers to have the same info
following a
weekly exchange via flash drive. All I've got to work with is two
different
versions of Outlook and a 1G flash drive...that's it.
) L
:
The instructions are all there. Obviously, to avoid duplicates your
destination folder should be empty before you do the copy. --
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I'm also talking w/ Brian in another thread, but I did copy my
calendar
into
the default folder and came up w/ numerous duplicates which I now
need
to
figure out how to eliminate as easily as possible. I haven't yet
done
it
w/
my contacts for fear of the same thing.
L
:
Why can't you?
It's easy to do with Contacts.
For Calendar, just create a list view so you can select all and
copy
(Hint:
try the By Category view).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I did do that and it closed the personal folder that I was
transferring
from,
but w/ each folder that I transferred(moved), it created a
subfolder,
i.e.
in
the folder Inbox was a subfolder Inbox. For some reason it
wouldn't
allow
me
to move the folder in the same destination folder, but rather
created a
subfolder w/ the transferred contents. I had to go into the
subfolder
do
a
Ctrl A, right click and do a 'move to folder' and put the
contents
into
the
destination Inbox folder and then just delete the empty Inbox
subfolder.
I
just can't figure out how to do the same w/ the calender and
contact
folders
(and subfolders).....can't do a Ctrl A , right click and
select
'move
to
folder'....?
Lo
:
Once you're done copying from the PST file, just R click the
root
folder
and close it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I pasted Brian's instructions below. It worked beautifully
but
created
subfolders in the destination folder for which I
highlighted
everthing
in
the
subfolder and right clicked and 'moved to folder' all the
mail
items.
This
left the subfolder empty and I just deleted it...no
problem.
Unfortunately I
couldn't do a Ctrl A to highlight within my calendar or
contacts
in
order
to
'move to folder' and later get rid of the subfolder. My
dilemma
is
that
now
I have two separate calendars and two separate contacts to
refer
to,
rather
than merging each into their one (folder). I don't know
how
to
make
the
two
into one.
Thanks for your attention to this Russ.
Lo
In Outlook 2003, click File>New>Outlook Data File. Select
"Outlook
97-2002
Personal Folders File (.pst)" and click OK. Browse to the
folder
where
you
want to create it - on the flash drive, perhaps (or accept
the
default),
give it a file name (or accept the default) and click OK.
Give
it a
display
name (or accept the default) and click OK. You'll now have
another
PST
listed in your Folders List with the name you gave it in
the
prior
step.
Right-click and drag each of your folders to the new PST.
When
you
release
the mouse button, choose Copy. When you've finished with
all
of
your
folders, right-click the root of the PST in the Folder List
and
click
Close.
Close Outlook. You now have a PST that you can copy to the
flash
drive,
if
you didn't create it there in the first place, and that
Outlook
2000
will
accept
On the other PC, put the flash drive in and start Outlook.
Click
File>Open>Personal Folders File. Browse to the PST on the
flash
drive
(or
you can first copy it to some folder on the hard drive and
browse
to
it
there), select it, and click OK. It will open in Outlook
and
you
can
move
stuff around to your heart's content.
--
Brian Tillman
:
I doubt you followed Brian's suggestion, then.
Simply copying a PST file never creates folders. Importing
it
would.You
should never import a PST file.
Describe more accurately and completely what you did.
State
why
you
can't
"delete the unwanted subfolders."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
After following Brian Tillman's suggestion (good one) to
copy
from
OL2003
to
OL2000 via flash drive, it created subfolders within my
destination
folders.
With the mail items I was able to Ctrl A on the items in
the
folder
and
move
them to the destination folder, and then delete the
unwanted
subfolder,
but
I'm unable to do the same with either contacts or
calendar.
How
can
I
merge
the two contact folders or calendar folders (without
creating
duplicates,
etc..)? Thanks for all of your help
Lo
