How do I undo a delete from Contacts folder from Outlook 2007?

[Steve]

I just went to delete a person from my distribution list in my Contacts, and
somehow the whole contact was deleted.

How do I undo a Contact delete?

I have over 250 emails in this Distribution list, so I am in a panic as to
how to recover this one entry with 250 email names.

Thank you.

 

[Michael H. Lewis]

Do you mean you deleted a Contact from a Category and the whole Category was
deleted?

 

[Steve]

Michael, thank you for responding.

I was in my Contact Folder. I had earlier created a Distribution List
contact. Over time I now have 250 members for this one contact entry. I did
not have the entry catagorized.

It is only this one contact entry (with 250+ members) that I want to undelete.

Thanks for helping me with this.

Steve

 

[Michael H. Lewis]

Ok, got ya. Unfortunately, if you pressed Delete, it deletes the whole
Distribution list. You have to use Remove to Remove a member of that list. I
don't know how to get that list back or Undelete it....sorry.

 

[Steve]

Michael,

I solved the problem, and I appreicate your fast response.

FYI, here is what I did:
1. created a fake Distribution List entry and gave it an email address and
list name of XXXX.
2. I then deleted this entry (like I did before on my mistake!)
3. I went to the email Delete folder and searched for XXXX.
4. I found the deleted entry (whew!)
5. I then went back to the Delete folder and searched on one of the members
(one I rarely use), and up popped the Subject Name of the deleted Entry.
I then moved the entry back to the Contact folder.

Again, I do appreciate your trying to help me solve this problem, and you
got me thinking about the fake test.

Steve

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You need to press Remove, not delete. The deleted DL should be in the
deleted items folder. Search for it by name.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2009/20090804.htm


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[Michael H. Lewis]

Hurrah!! Good to hear.
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Michael

Michael,

I solved the problem, and I appreicate your fast response.

FYI, here is what I did:
1. created a fake Distribution List entry and gave it an email address and
list name of XXXX.
2. I then deleted this entry (like I did before on my mistake!)
3. I went to the email Delete folder and searched for XXXX.
4. I found the deleted entry (whew!)
5. I then went back to the Delete folder and searched on one of the
members
(one I rarely use), and up popped the Subject Name of the deleted Entry.
I then moved the entry back to the Contact folder.

Again, I do appreciate your trying to help me solve this problem, and you
got me thinking about the fake test.

Steve

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I just went to delete a person from my distribution list in my Contacts, and
somehow the whole contact was deleted.

How do I undo a Contact delete?

Open Deleted Items, locate the DL you deleted, and drag it back to Contacts.
Of you sort on the Icon field, you'll find it more easily.

 

[wangdong]

I just went to delete a person from my distribution list in my Contacts, and
somehow the whole contact wasdeleted.

How do I undo a Contact delete?

I have over 250emailsin this Distribution list, so I am in a panic as to
how torecoverthis one entry with 250 email names.

Thank you.

Advanced Outlook Repair can help to undelete the emails you delete by
mistake. Refer to http://www.datanumen.com/aor/problems/outlook-deleted.htm
for more detailed information.

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Good luck!
Wangdong

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Advanced Outlook Repair can help to undelete the emails you delete by
mistake.

Please stop your shilling.

 

[JNPT]

Great! You get those back.
However sometimes it may happen that you won't be able to recover lost pst
file items. In that case you need to use third-party software.
http:/www.reover-deleted-email.net/

 

[VanguardLH]

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