HELP ME FIND MISSING CONTACT - Outlook 2003

S

Seahawk

I am using OUTLOOK 2003 on WINDOWS XP.
I had a CONTACT open, and used the keyboard SAVE command of CTL+S.

Instead, I believe I accidentally hit CTL+D (delete) because the CONTACT
disappeared from my screen, and when I looked in my CONTACT list, it was not
there.

I went to the DELETED ITEMS folder, and it was not there either.
I also checked the RECYCLE BIN with no luck.

I am not using a Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail account, so I do not have
access to the Recover Deleted Items tool for permanently deleted items.

I set up a test CONTACT file.
Used CTL+S.
And found it in the DELETED ITEMS file.
I don't know why the other one did not do the same.

And I am only presuming that I had hit the CTL+D on the first one that
disappeared since the D is right next to the S on the keyboard. But I guess
I could have hit CTL+ANOTHER KEY.

Any help on where this CONTACT file is and how to recover it?
I have some very important information on it.

Thanks.
 
R

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

If it is not in your Deleted Items Folder it is gone. Outlook provides no
other diapers for you.
Your panic seems odd. How hard is it to recreate one Contact?
 
S

Seahawk

No panic. Just that there is info in that CONTACT that I can't replace.

With all the deletion safeguards in MS OUTLOOK, it is difficult to accept
that it was permanently deleted from a CTL+D command.

I am looking for an answer as to where it can be.

Russ Valentine said:
If it is not in your Deleted Items Folder it is gone. Outlook provides no
other diapers for you.
Your panic seems odd. How hard is it to recreate one Contact?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Seahawk said:
I am using OUTLOOK 2003 on WINDOWS XP.
I had a CONTACT open, and used the keyboard SAVE command of CTL+S.

Instead, I believe I accidentally hit CTL+D (delete) because the CONTACT
disappeared from my screen, and when I looked in my CONTACT list, it was
not
there.

I went to the DELETED ITEMS folder, and it was not there either.
I also checked the RECYCLE BIN with no luck.

I am not using a Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail account, so I do not
have
access to the Recover Deleted Items tool for permanently deleted items.

I set up a test CONTACT file.
Used CTL+S.
And found it in the DELETED ITEMS file.
I don't know why the other one did not do the same.

And I am only presuming that I had hit the CTL+D on the first one that
disappeared since the D is right next to the S on the keyboard. But I
guess
I could have hit CTL+ANOTHER KEY.

Any help on where this CONTACT file is and how to recover it?
I have some very important information on it.

Thanks.
 
R

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

It wasn't. There was end user error involved as well.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Seahawk said:
No panic. Just that there is info in that CONTACT that I can't replace.

With all the deletion safeguards in MS OUTLOOK, it is difficult to accept
that it was permanently deleted from a CTL+D command.

I am looking for an answer as to where it can be.

Russ Valentine said:
If it is not in your Deleted Items Folder it is gone. Outlook provides no
other diapers for you.
Your panic seems odd. How hard is it to recreate one Contact?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Seahawk said:
I am using OUTLOOK 2003 on WINDOWS XP.
I had a CONTACT open, and used the keyboard SAVE command of CTL+S.

Instead, I believe I accidentally hit CTL+D (delete) because the
CONTACT
disappeared from my screen, and when I looked in my CONTACT list, it
was
not
there.

I went to the DELETED ITEMS folder, and it was not there either.
I also checked the RECYCLE BIN with no luck.

I am not using a Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail account, so I do not
have
access to the Recover Deleted Items tool for permanently deleted items.

I set up a test CONTACT file.
Used CTL+S.
And found it in the DELETED ITEMS file.
I don't know why the other one did not do the same.

And I am only presuming that I had hit the CTL+D on the first one that
disappeared since the D is right next to the S on the keyboard. But I
guess
I could have hit CTL+ANOTHER KEY.

Any help on where this CONTACT file is and how to recover it?
I have some very important information on it.

Thanks.
 
R

Remove ABCD from Email address to reply

What about a backup. Your administrator of the exchange server surely makes
backups.

--

Neil


Russ Valentine said:
It wasn't. There was end user error involved as well.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Seahawk said:
No panic. Just that there is info in that CONTACT that I can't replace.

With all the deletion safeguards in MS OUTLOOK, it is difficult to accept
that it was permanently deleted from a CTL+D command.

I am looking for an answer as to where it can be.

Russ Valentine said:
If it is not in your Deleted Items Folder it is gone. Outlook provides
no
other diapers for you.
Your panic seems odd. How hard is it to recreate one Contact?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am using OUTLOOK 2003 on WINDOWS XP.
I had a CONTACT open, and used the keyboard SAVE command of CTL+S.

Instead, I believe I accidentally hit CTL+D (delete) because the
CONTACT
disappeared from my screen, and when I looked in my CONTACT list, it
was
not
there.

I went to the DELETED ITEMS folder, and it was not there either.
I also checked the RECYCLE BIN with no luck.

I am not using a Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail account, so I do not
have
access to the Recover Deleted Items tool for permanently deleted
items.

I set up a test CONTACT file.
Used CTL+S.
And found it in the DELETED ITEMS file.
I don't know why the other one did not do the same.

And I am only presuming that I had hit the CTL+D on the first one that
disappeared since the D is right next to the S on the keyboard. But I
guess
I could have hit CTL+ANOTHER KEY.

Any help on where this CONTACT file is and how to recover it?
I have some very important information on it.

Thanks.
 

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