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February 21st 06, 06:11 PM
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Delete blank Contacts when Outlook lockedup
Tried to import 90 contacts from Excel and didn't highlight just the ones I
needed but clicked on the column to name them. Ended up with over 300,000 blank contacts which has now frozen Outlook. Of course I didn't back it up before importing because that would have been too easy. Been running scanpst.exe to try and clean it up. So far not helping. Does anyone know a way to delete these with out having to be in Outlook? If at all possible I would like to not lose all the info in the pst file. But I am realistic about my position. -- Thank You for your help 
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February 21st 06, 06:34 PM
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Delete blank Contacts when Outlook lockedup
When you say this has now "frozen" Outlook, what do you mean?
What is the size of this PST file now? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... Tried to import 90 contacts from Excel and didn't highlight just the ones I needed but clicked on the column to name them. Ended up with over 300,000 blank contacts which has now frozen Outlook. Of course I didn't back it up before importing because that would have been too easy. Been running scanpst.exe to try and clean it up. So far not helping. Does anyone know a way to delete these with out having to be in Outlook? If at all possible I would like to not lose all the info in the pst file. But I am realistic about my position. -- Thank You for your help
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February 21st 06, 08:57 PM
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Delete blank Contacts when Outlook lockedup
985 MB now it was at 850 MB before the import. I can open Outlook but not
click on anything. The cpu usage bounces back and forth from 90 to 100 % when Outlook is open but the task manager says it isn't responding. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: When you say this has now "frozen" Outlook, what do you mean? What is the size of this PST file now? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... Tried to import 90 contacts from Excel and didn't highlight just the ones I needed but clicked on the column to name them. Ended up with over 300,000 blank contacts which has now frozen Outlook. Of course I didn't back it up before importing because that would have been too easy. Been running scanpst.exe to try and clean it up. So far not helping. Does anyone know a way to delete these with out having to be in Outlook? If at all possible I would like to not lose all the info in the pst file. But I am realistic about my position. -- Thank You for your help
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February 21st 06, 10:15 PM
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Delete blank Contacts when Outlook lockedup
So what does the Inbox Repair Tool tell you when you run it?
Have you tired creating a new profile? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... 985 MB now it was at 850 MB before the import. I can open Outlook but not click on anything. The cpu usage bounces back and forth from 90 to 100 % when Outlook is open but the task manager says it isn't responding. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: When you say this has now "frozen" Outlook, what do you mean? What is the size of this PST file now? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... Tried to import 90 contacts from Excel and didn't highlight just the ones I needed but clicked on the column to name them. Ended up with over 300,000 blank contacts which has now frozen Outlook. Of course I didn't back it up before importing because that would have been too easy. Been running scanpst.exe to try and clean it up. So far not helping. Does anyone know a way to delete these with out having to be in Outlook? If at all possible I would like to not lose all the info in the pst file. But I am realistic about my position. -- Thank You for your help
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February 21st 06, 10:31 PM
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Delete blank Contacts when Outlook lockedup
So far we have ran it 4 times and the defrag utility is in process. The
scanpst.exe keeps on saying that there is errors and gives us the option to repair. It doesn't tell us what the errors are. The laptop has 512 of ram in it. Do you think adding another 512 will help? I guess I forgot to mention that it is a laptop. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: So what does the Inbox Repair Tool tell you when you run it? Have you tired creating a new profile? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... 985 MB now it was at 850 MB before the import. I can open Outlook but not click on anything. The cpu usage bounces back and forth from 90 to 100 % when Outlook is open but the task manager says it isn't responding. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: When you say this has now "frozen" Outlook, what do you mean? What is the size of this PST file now? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... Tried to import 90 contacts from Excel and didn't highlight just the ones I needed but clicked on the column to name them. Ended up with over 300,000 blank contacts which has now frozen Outlook. Of course I didn't back it up before importing because that would have been too easy. Been running scanpst.exe to try and clean it up. So far not helping. Does anyone know a way to delete these with out having to be in Outlook? If at all possible I would like to not lose all the info in the pst file. But I am realistic about my position. -- Thank You for your help
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February 21st 06, 11:00 PM
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Delete blank Contacts when Outlook lockedup
Defrag won't help.
Alternate a scandisk utility with the Inbox Repair Tool until no errors appear. If the Inbox Repair Tool fails to repair the PST file, you can use the following tool to find out what can be fixed: http://officerecovery.com/outlook/index.htm -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... So far we have ran it 4 times and the defrag utility is in process. The scanpst.exe keeps on saying that there is errors and gives us the option to repair. It doesn't tell us what the errors are. The laptop has 512 of ram in it. Do you think adding another 512 will help? I guess I forgot to mention that it is a laptop. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: So what does the Inbox Repair Tool tell you when you run it? Have you tired creating a new profile? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... 985 MB now it was at 850 MB before the import. I can open Outlook but not click on anything. The cpu usage bounces back and forth from 90 to 100 % when Outlook is open but the task manager says it isn't responding. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: When you say this has now "frozen" Outlook, what do you mean? What is the size of this PST file now? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... Tried to import 90 contacts from Excel and didn't highlight just the ones I needed but clicked on the column to name them. Ended up with over 300,000 blank contacts which has now frozen Outlook. Of course I didn't back it up before importing because that would have been too easy. Been running scanpst.exe to try and clean it up. So far not helping. Does anyone know a way to delete these with out having to be in Outlook? If at all possible I would like to not lose all the info in the pst file. But I am realistic about my position. -- Thank You for your help
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February 22nd 06, 12:13 AM
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Delete blank Contacts when Outlook lockedup
Thanks we'll give that a shot. It would be nice if those Staples "easy
buttons" really worked. I would be slamming that thing right now. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Defrag won't help. Alternate a scandisk utility with the Inbox Repair Tool until no errors appear. If the Inbox Repair Tool fails to repair the PST file, you can use the following tool to find out what can be fixed: http://officerecovery.com/outlook/index.htm -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... So far we have ran it 4 times and the defrag utility is in process. The scanpst.exe keeps on saying that there is errors and gives us the option to repair. It doesn't tell us what the errors are. The laptop has 512 of ram in it. Do you think adding another 512 will help? I guess I forgot to mention that it is a laptop. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: So what does the Inbox Repair Tool tell you when you run it? Have you tired creating a new profile? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... 985 MB now it was at 850 MB before the import. I can open Outlook but not click on anything. The cpu usage bounces back and forth from 90 to 100 % when Outlook is open but the task manager says it isn't responding. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: When you say this has now "frozen" Outlook, what do you mean? What is the size of this PST file now? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... Tried to import 90 contacts from Excel and didn't highlight just the ones I needed but clicked on the column to name them. Ended up with over 300,000 blank contacts which has now frozen Outlook. Of course I didn't back it up before importing because that would have been too easy. Been running scanpst.exe to try and clean it up. So far not helping. Does anyone know a way to delete these with out having to be in Outlook? If at all possible I would like to not lose all the info in the pst file. But I am realistic about my position. -- Thank You for your help
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February 22nd 06, 01:07 AM
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Delete blank Contacts when Outlook lockedup
How long do we keep on scanpst.exe? It does seem to be getting shorter each
time but at what point are we just doing it in vain? -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Defrag won't help. Alternate a scandisk utility with the Inbox Repair Tool until no errors appear. If the Inbox Repair Tool fails to repair the PST file, you can use the following tool to find out what can be fixed: http://officerecovery.com/outlook/index.htm -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... So far we have ran it 4 times and the defrag utility is in process. The scanpst.exe keeps on saying that there is errors and gives us the option to repair. It doesn't tell us what the errors are. The laptop has 512 of ram in it. Do you think adding another 512 will help? I guess I forgot to mention that it is a laptop. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: So what does the Inbox Repair Tool tell you when you run it? Have you tired creating a new profile? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... 985 MB now it was at 850 MB before the import. I can open Outlook but not click on anything. The cpu usage bounces back and forth from 90 to 100 % when Outlook is open but the task manager says it isn't responding. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: When you say this has now "frozen" Outlook, what do you mean? What is the size of this PST file now? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... Tried to import 90 contacts from Excel and didn't highlight just the ones I needed but clicked on the column to name them. Ended up with over 300,000 blank contacts which has now frozen Outlook. Of course I didn't back it up before importing because that would have been too easy. Been running scanpst.exe to try and clean it up. So far not helping. Does anyone know a way to delete these with out having to be in Outlook? If at all possible I would like to not lose all the info in the pst file. But I am realistic about my position. -- Thank You for your help
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February 22nd 06, 01:21 AM
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Delete blank Contacts when Outlook lockedup
No way to know.
The best solution is to alternate with scandisk each time. With any luck, eventually everything will be repaired. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... How long do we keep on scanpst.exe? It does seem to be getting shorter each time but at what point are we just doing it in vain? -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Defrag won't help. Alternate a scandisk utility with the Inbox Repair Tool until no errors appear. If the Inbox Repair Tool fails to repair the PST file, you can use the following tool to find out what can be fixed: http://officerecovery.com/outlook/index.htm -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... So far we have ran it 4 times and the defrag utility is in process. The scanpst.exe keeps on saying that there is errors and gives us the option to repair. It doesn't tell us what the errors are. The laptop has 512 of ram in it. Do you think adding another 512 will help? I guess I forgot to mention that it is a laptop. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: So what does the Inbox Repair Tool tell you when you run it? Have you tired creating a new profile? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... 985 MB now it was at 850 MB before the import. I can open Outlook but not click on anything. The cpu usage bounces back and forth from 90 to 100 % when Outlook is open but the task manager says it isn't responding. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: When you say this has now "frozen" Outlook, what do you mean? What is the size of this PST file now? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... Tried to import 90 contacts from Excel and didn't highlight just the ones I needed but clicked on the column to name them. Ended up with over 300,000 blank contacts which has now frozen Outlook. Of course I didn't back it up before importing because that would have been too easy. Been running scanpst.exe to try and clean it up. So far not helping. Does anyone know a way to delete these with out having to be in Outlook? If at all possible I would like to not lose all the info in the pst file. But I am realistic about my position. -- Thank You for your help
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February 22nd 06, 02:18 AM
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Delete blank Contacts when Outlook lockedup
Thanks again you have been very helpful.
-- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: No way to know. The best solution is to alternate with scandisk each time. With any luck, eventually everything will be repaired. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... How long do we keep on scanpst.exe? It does seem to be getting shorter each time but at what point are we just doing it in vain? -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Defrag won't help. Alternate a scandisk utility with the Inbox Repair Tool until no errors appear. If the Inbox Repair Tool fails to repair the PST file, you can use the following tool to find out what can be fixed: http://officerecovery.com/outlook/index.htm -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... So far we have ran it 4 times and the defrag utility is in process. The scanpst.exe keeps on saying that there is errors and gives us the option to repair. It doesn't tell us what the errors are. The laptop has 512 of ram in it. Do you think adding another 512 will help? I guess I forgot to mention that it is a laptop. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: So what does the Inbox Repair Tool tell you when you run it? Have you tired creating a new profile? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... 985 MB now it was at 850 MB before the import. I can open Outlook but not click on anything. The cpu usage bounces back and forth from 90 to 100 % when Outlook is open but the task manager says it isn't responding. -- Thank You for your help "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: When you say this has now "frozen" Outlook, what do you mean? What is the size of this PST file now? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Know enough 2B dangerous" wrote in message ... Tried to import 90 contacts from Excel and didn't highlight just the ones I needed but clicked on the column to name them. Ended up with over 300,000 blank contacts which has now frozen Outlook. Of course I didn't back it up before importing because that would have been too easy. Been running scanpst.exe to try and clean it up. So far not helping. Does anyone know a way to delete these with out having to be in Outlook? If at all possible I would like to not lose all the info in the pst file. But I am realistic about my position. -- Thank You for your help
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