With Redemption you get an RDOFolder object for a specific folder. That
object has both an Items and HiddenItems collection. Just access the
HiddenItems collection and use the Add method to add items to that.

As long as you don't exceed the overall limit on the number of items in a
folder (depends on your PST or Exchange store) you're OK. If the limit is
say 65534 items that's how many you can have in total. Just make sure to
delete each hidden item after backing it up so you don't build up a vast
collection of hidden items.

The nice thing about hidden items is that since the user can't see them they
can't screw them up.

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Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
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"Chris" wrote in message
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On Feb 13, 5:24 pm, "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote:
Change how the addin performs. You have no access to that panel.

I'd probably create hidden items that are copies of the originals and
move
those around for backups. As long as there aren't too many contacts that
would work and the user would never see the hidden items. Problem is you
have to use CDO or Extended MAPI or a MAPI wrapper like Redemption to
access
hidden items that way.