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=?Utf-8?B?R29sZkdhbA==?= wrote:
If I simply open a new contact form (IPM.Contact) and go to all fields,
these old user definited fields are back! I have no idea how to get rid of
them permanently.

UDF's and UDF's intheFolder are like rats. There is no real way to remove
them aside from removing the food that feeds them. When you remove the UDF
from the folder design, that just converts the fields to fields in the data
item. You have to go to each and every item and remove the fields from the
item.

The only real strategy is to create a new pst, rebuild all the contacts by
typing them in directly, no copying in from the old .pst file, and setting the
new .pst file to be the delivery point for your email operations. You can try
coping in the contacts without the folder design, but you would still have the
UDF's in the items.

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Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA