Duplicate Contacts in Outlook 2003

[Gaderian]

Hello all, a newbie question so here it goes.

I've used Office Products for years and after some consideration, I finally
decided to upgrade from Outlook Express and installed Outlook 2003. During
the install Outlook migrated my Outlook Express address book okay except for
some reason most of my address contacts are duplicated.

Is there a simple way of deleting all of the duplicates rather than deleting
them one by one. I can't seem to find the answers in the MS Knowledge Base
and Google points to 3rd party programs that have a cost factor. I was
considering one of these programs but am hesitant to trust a program I know
nothing about.

Any ideas?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

some of these are free and work quite well:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm#dupes

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After furious head scratching, Gaderian asked:

| Hello all, a newbie question so here it goes.
|
| I've used Office Products for years and after some consideration, I
| finally decided to upgrade from Outlook Express and installed Outlook
| 2003. During the install Outlook migrated my Outlook Express address
| book okay except for some reason most of my address contacts are
| duplicated.
|
| Is there a simple way of deleting all of the duplicates rather than
| deleting them one by one. I can't seem to find the answers in the MS
| Knowledge Base and Google points to 3rd party programs that have a
| cost factor. I was considering one of these programs but am hesitant
| to trust a program I know nothing about.
|
| Any ideas?