Two Questions on Outlook Contacts & Calendar

[dbstein]

My Outlook 2007 contacts only show the categories I've assigned to them when
I open up the category view. They used to show up as colored bars on top of
business card contact view. I'd like to get that view back - any ideas?

My second question is that the Calendar seems to have lost all the personal
birthdays I input as Recurring occurences. Any idea how to get them back in?\

Thank you so much - this is a great resource!

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Did you recently import your .pst file?

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After furious head scratching, dbstein asked:

| My Outlook 2007 contacts only show the categories I've assigned to
| them when I open up the category view. They used to show up as
| colored bars on top of business card contact view. I'd like to get
| that view back - any ideas?
|
| My second question is that the Calendar seems to have lost all the
| personal birthdays I input as Recurring occurences. Any idea how to
| get them back in?\
|
| Thank you so much - this is a great resource!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Recurrences are lost when you import.

To restore the bars, right click on the top level folder ad choose
properties then upgrade to color categories.

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[dbstein]

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Donna

Recurrences are lost when you import.

To restore the bars, right click on the top level folder ad choose
properties then upgrade to color categories.

I can find properties when I rightclick on what I think is the top level
folder but dont see how to upgrade to color categories..."? Thanks, Diane.

 

[dbstein]

I MAY have imported my .pst file recently - does that mean the birthday
recurrences are all lost or is their a way to retrieve them? Thank you, Milly.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

See
http://www.xsolive.com/Outlook Screen shots/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=54 -
this is the properties dialog with the button circled.

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You would need to open each contact and change something about the birthday, even if it is only to insert a year or change the day, then change back.

One of the reasons to never import native Outlook data - instead, see if the information here will be useful to you should you ever have to reinstall Outlook again:

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.asp
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20040423.htm


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After furious head scratching, dbstein asked:

| I MAY have imported my .pst file recently - does that mean the
| birthday recurrences are all lost or is their a way to retrieve them?
| Thank you, Milly.
|
|| Did you recently import your .pst file?
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, dbstein asked:
||
||| My Outlook 2007 contacts only show the categories I've assigned to
||| them when I open up the category view. They used to show up as
||| colored bars on top of business card contact view. I'd like to get
||| that view back - any ideas?
|||
||| My second question is that the Calendar seems to have lost all the
||| personal birthdays I input as Recurring occurences. Any idea how to
||| get them back in?\
|||
||| Thank you so much - this is a great resource!