Cannot delete old contacts

[bmowen]

For the past several generations of Outlook, up to and
including Outlook 2003, whenever I attempt to delete an
obsolete contact I get the following message: "The
messaging interface has returned an unknow error. If the
problem persists, restart Outlook."
Of course, this does not work. I have resorted to
renaming such contacts "zzzz".
Anyone got a fix?

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Try running the Inbox Repair Tool against your .PST file to see if it finds
any errors. Search your drive for a file called scanpst.exe and run it.

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[Guest]

Running scanpst had no effect on the problem, although it
did claim to haqve repaired unspecified problems.

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

How large is the .PST file?

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[RCMacKenziw]

I am having the same problem and have had nop lick with the repair tool as well. my file size is well under the limit and I have perhasp 200 of 2000 contacts that can't be deleted?