removing duplicate contacts in Outlook 2003 with Win XP

[Guest]

I have a Windows XP Vaio using Outlook 2003 with SP2. Due to back up and
reinstall issues, I now have duplicate contacts. I tried exporting to the
desktop the pst file of contacts, deleting the contacts in outlook and then
importing them back checking the box do not import duplicate contacts, but
they are still there. Any ideas?

 

[Oliver Vukovics]

Hi JG,

on this site are some 3rd party tools to delete duplicates:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm#dupes

Maybe it helps.

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much, but I was hoping to do this without third party software
if at all possible.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook cannot do this. That's why third party developers developed the
utilities in the first place. Suggest using them.