I agree, it is odd. I have a total of about 260 contacts, but all are in a
sub-folder under Contacts, default Contacts has 0 contacts in it.

I've tried re-installing Outlook several times. I've tried setting up a new
PST several times. Either way, I end up with the same results - Outlook
takes over my CPU when contacts are placed in the default Contacts folder.

I've run scanpst.exe on both the destination and source, and it reports back
no errors on both. Is there another way to determine if there are any errors
on either the source or destination? I have the same build of Outlook and
set of contacts on my desktop and it runs without issue.

Worst case, I'll leave all of my contacts in a sub-folder of the Contacts
folder, but that seems sort of silly. Russ, thank you for your help and
insight... I'm still hoping we can come up with something that works!

- Matt

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Very odd. I've never seen anything like it. Are you sure the destination PST
file has no errors? How many Contacts in the default folder? What happens if
you create a new PST and try to copy the Contacts into it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Matt" wrote in message
...
According to scanpst.exe, both my overall Personal Folder, as well as the
one
containing the Contacts, are fine. Is there another way to check?

I can now even get to the point where the Contacts are ok and do not hang
my
computer if they are in a sub-folder of the main Contacts folder
(Contacts,
with "+" next to it, that when opened leads to another "Contacts").

However, as soon as I try to cut, copy, move to folder, or copy to folder
to
get them into the main Contact folder, Outlook starts cycling the CPU.
Once
this happens, as soon as I delete them from the main Contacts folder, all
problems stop.

This is driving me crazy!!! Thank you for your help!


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Have you checked for any corrupt or damaged Contacts in the Folder before
you moved them? Are you certain you exited Outlook completely before you
copied the PST file?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Matt" wrote in message
...
I have a new computer and am trying to move my contacts from another
computer
to the new one. I'm trying to determine how to best get my contacts
into
the
"Contacts" folder without hanging my system. Whenever I get my
contacts
into
the Contacts folder Outlook takes over my CPU every 6 seconds or so!

After reading some previous posts, I tried saving the contacts to a
.pst
file that I then opened into Outlook as another Personal File Folder.
This
works well and does not take over my CPU until I try to cut / copy the
contacts from this second Person Folder into the main Contacts folder.
At
that point, I have the same problem as before with Outlook taking over
the
CPU.

Unfortunately, I need the contacts in the main Contact folder so that I
can
link to my Treo. The set-up works perfectly on my other computer, but
not
here. Any help would be very much appreciated, as I've already spent
about
16 hours trying different things to get this to work. Thanks!!!