I followed all the steps to a tee importing contact information from
excel to outlook (xp 02). I named all columns, followed all the import wizard
steps, halfway thru I recieved an error message & outlook closed. (this
happened on 2 bus. computers). When I tried to manually enter a contact - I
recieved the "folder is full" message. Also - when I pull up my contact
folder - in catagories view - it is displayed like this: catagories: (none)
(65535 items). I tried to right click and delete the items to which I
recieve another error message and outlook again restarts. HELP!!

You're only allowed in a Personal Folder file to have 65535 items in a
folder. How many contacts were you trying to import?

"Steelcity Gal" Steelcity wrote in message
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I followed all the steps to a tee importing contact information from
excel to outlook (xp 02). I named all columns, followed all the import
wizard
steps, halfway thru I recieved an error message & outlook closed. (this
happened on 2 bus. computers). When I tried to manually enter a contact -
I
recieved the "folder is full" message. Also - when I pull up my contact
folder - in catagories view - it is displayed like this: catagories:
(none)
(65535 items). I tried to right click and delete the items to which I
recieve another error message and outlook again restarts. HELP!!

155 contacts with mgmt co, contact,address, etc. 10 headers all together

"Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You're only allowed in a Personal Folder file to have 65535 items in a
folder. How many contacts were you trying to import?

"Steelcity Gal" Steelcity wrote in message
...
I followed all the steps to a tee importing contact information from
excel to outlook (xp 02). I named all columns, followed all the import
wizard
steps, halfway thru I recieved an error message & outlook closed. (this
happened on 2 bus. computers). When I tried to manually enter a contact -
I
recieved the "folder is full" message. Also - when I pull up my contact
folder - in catagories view - it is displayed like this: catagories:
(none)
(65535 items). I tried to right click and delete the items to which I
recieve another error message and outlook again restarts. HELP!!

Hmmm, how many contacts were in the folder to start with?

"Steelcity Gal" wrote in message
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155 contacts with mgmt co, contact,address, etc. 10 headers all together

Zero!!
We just started using/setting up outlook for a seperate part of our
business. (We have a web site that users can ask for information)

"Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Hmmm, how many contacts were in the folder to start with?

"Steelcity Gal" wrote in message
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155 contacts with mgmt co, contact,address, etc. 10 headers all together

Odder & odder...

You can't delete items can you? First you might want to try running
ScanPST.EXE on your PST file to see if anything bad has happened to the
file. Then from within the Contacts folder see if you can then remove the
bad items.

How many times did you try to import from the file?

"Steelcity Gal" wrote in message
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Zero!!
We just started using/setting up outlook for a seperate part of our
business. (We have a web site that users can ask for information)

I KNOW!
No I could not delete files first. Ran SCANPST.EXE ~ 17 problems ~ did the
repair. Went into Outlook, in contacts, it looked the same as before. I did
try to right click on (65535 items) and delete which caused the "Outlook has
encountered a problem and has to close" screen to pop up. I do not understand
any of the jargon that was in the error report! I did try for the heck of it
to manually enter a contact ~ still recieved the "folder is full" alert.
I don't remember how many times that I tried to import ~ 4-5? Each time the
dialog box would open and show the transfer-starting on "area" ( the first of
the ten headers)- the green timer line would fill, the little letters would
fly from folder to folder and within 5 minutes I would recieve the same error
message as above. I just assumed that the data, or not very much of it had
transfered.
Can I just upgrade/Install Outlook 2003 Professional with Business COntact
mgr? The computer currently has Windows 2000 operating system and XP 2002
small business for the program pkg. Whats confusing is I just 2 weeks ago did
a complete install of everything (from operating-programs-network etc) and
this is the first time we have tried to use Outlook.

"Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Odder & odder...

You can't delete items can you? First you might want to try running
ScanPST.EXE on your PST file to see if anything bad has happened to the
file. Then from within the Contacts folder see if you can then remove the
bad items.

How many times did you try to import from the file?

"Steelcity Gal" wrote in message
...
Zero!!
We just started using/setting up outlook for a seperate part of our
business. (We have a web site that users can ask for information)

Do you have any other data in this Personal Folder file or can we just
create a new one and start from scratch to see what happens?

"Steelcity Gal" wrote in message
...
I KNOW!
No I could not delete files first. Ran SCANPST.EXE ~ 17 problems ~ did the
repair. Went into Outlook, in contacts, it looked the same as before. I
did
try to right click on (65535 items) and delete which caused the "Outlook
has
encountered a problem and has to close" screen to pop up. I do not
understand
any of the jargon that was in the error report! I did try for the heck of
it
to manually enter a contact ~ still recieved the "folder is full" alert.
I don't remember how many times that I tried to import ~ 4-5? Each time
the
dialog box would open and show the transfer-starting on "area" ( the first
of
the ten headers)- the green timer line would fill, the little letters
would
fly from folder to folder and within 5 minutes I would recieve the same
error
message as above. I just assumed that the data, or not very much of it had
transfered.
Can I just upgrade/Install Outlook 2003 Professional with Business COntact
mgr? The computer currently has Windows 2000 operating system and XP 2002
small business for the program pkg. Whats confusing is I just 2 weeks ago
did
a complete install of everything (from operating-programs-network etc) and
this is the first time we have tried to use Outlook.

"Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Odder & odder...

You can't delete items can you? First you might want to try running
ScanPST.EXE on your PST file to see if anything bad has happened to the
file. Then from within the Contacts folder see if you can then remove the
bad items.

How many times did you try to import from the file?

"Steelcity Gal" wrote in message
...
Zero!!
We just started using/setting up outlook for a seperate part of our
business. (We have a web site that users can ask for information)

Nothing that cant be sent to another account or is important.
Can I just right click on "Personal Folders" and then right click and delete?

"Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Do you have any other data in this Personal Folder file or can we just
create a new one and start from scratch to see what happens?

"Steelcity Gal" wrote in message
...
I KNOW!
No I could not delete files first. Ran SCANPST.EXE ~ 17 problems ~ did the
repair. Went into Outlook, in contacts, it looked the same as before. I
did
try to right click on (65535 items) and delete which caused the "Outlook
has
encountered a problem and has to close" screen to pop up. I do not
understand
any of the jargon that was in the error report! I did try for the heck of
it
to manually enter a contact ~ still recieved the "folder is full" alert.
I don't remember how many times that I tried to import ~ 4-5? Each time
the
dialog box would open and show the transfer-starting on "area" ( the first
of
the ten headers)- the green timer line would fill, the little letters
would
fly from folder to folder and within 5 minutes I would recieve the same
error
message as above. I just assumed that the data, or not very much of it had
transfered.
Can I just upgrade/Install Outlook 2003 Professional with Business COntact
mgr? The computer currently has Windows 2000 operating system and XP 2002
small business for the program pkg. Whats confusing is I just 2 weeks ago
did
a complete install of everything (from operating-programs-network etc) and
this is the first time we have tried to use Outlook.

"Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Odder & odder...

You can't delete items can you? First you might want to try running
ScanPST.EXE on your PST file to see if anything bad has happened to the
file. Then from within the Contacts folder see if you can then remove the
bad items.

How many times did you try to import from the file?

"Steelcity Gal" wrote in message
...
Zero!!
We just started using/setting up outlook for a seperate part of our
business. (We have a web site that users can ask for information)

Not so easy... Go to the Control Panel's Mail applet, click Email accounts,
select View/Change existing email accounts Click Next

Click New Outlook Data File, create the file then set it in the Deliver new
email to the following location dropdown

Start Outlook and use the new folders. You might have to close the old ones
but other than that you should be fine

"Steelcity Gal" wrote in message
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Nothing that cant be sent to another account or is important.
Can I just right click on "Personal Folders" and then right click and
delete?