How do I uncheck the Private block on all contacts in Outlook?

[mrgambino]

When I uploaded my contact list into my other computer all my contacts were
checked as Private. How can I uncheck all contacts without having to select
each contact remove check and save, then go to the next contact?

 

[Noel All]

Change the View to Categories then Select View || (Arrange By) || Current
View || Customize Current View || Group By || Group Items by = Sensitivity
|| OK || You should see that you have various Row Headings and what you need
to do is highlight the Sensitivity: Private and drop them onto the Row
marked Sensitivity: Normal. As you start to move them you should see a
dialogue appear with this action i.e. change sensitivity to normal. To reset
the View go back into Customize and you should see a button for resetting
the View.

 

[mrgambino]

Thanks for the advice. I had everything going fine, but when I tried to drag
and drop the contacts marked private into the normal sensitivity, the message
block came up saying sensitivity will not be changed. Any other suggestions
or ideas?

 

[Noel All]

Very strange - haven't heard of that before! Another way that I know works
is to export them to an Excel file and the change the Private entries column
to False. I would then import them into a test contact folder (just in
case), once okay you could delete all the items in the original folder and
then drag from the test. First I dont know what version of Outlook you are
using so could this article apply http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=241846