"ahsoitgo" wrote in message
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To continue, now that I have added the data files back in, they are all
appearing and I see my real contacts folder. How do I consolidate and
finally
end up with an outlook condition where I can sync with my BB and the info
goes to where we want it?

For the empty PST, right-click its root and choose Close. You can delete it
from disk later afer you close Outlook. Never delete a PST in Windows unless
it's not in a mail profile.

If you have located the PST that contains the folders you want to be your
default folders, you must make that PST the delivery location. Exactly how is
version-specific. For Outlook 2003 and earlier, click ToolsE-mail
AccountsView or change existing e-mail accounts". In the "Deliver new e-mail
to the following location" drop-down at the lower left, select the PST that
contains those folders. Click Finish. For Outlook 2007, click ToolsAccount
SettingsData Files, select the PST containing those folders and click Set as
Default. Restart Outlook.

Now that the delivery location folders are set, for each of the other PSTs,
expand it. If any of the folders are NOT default folders, i.e., they are ones
you created with names other than those of the default folders Outlook
creates, you can copy the entire folder to the delivery location PST's root.
For each folder that
's named the same as a default folder, open that folder, select all the items
in it with Ctrl-A, then copy the selection to the corresponding folder in the
delivery location PST. Once you're done with a PST, you can right-click its
root and choose Close to remove it from the Navigation Pane.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]