I deleted the whole group by error - can I get it back?

[Bettyjean Kling]

I had a group set up but a member chaged email addresses. I added the new but
when I tried to delete the old- the whole disapeared.
Please can I get it back?
Urgent!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

If you deleted the entire item it would be in your Deleted Items folder.

 

[Bettyjean Kling]

Thank You however, that is the first place I looked and it was not in Deleted
items folder. That is why I sent this urgent request. Is there any whehere
else to look?

Also , windows did an auto update and restarted the computer which is set to
empty deleted items. I had searched it long before that .

If you deleted the entire item it would be in your Deleted Items folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I had a group set up but a member chaged email addresses. I added the new
but
when I tried to delete the old- the whole disapeared.
Please can I get it back?
Urgent!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You could have added those details and saved us some time.
Once they are removed from Deleted Items, they are gone.
Restore from a backup.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thank You however, that is the first place I looked and it was not in Deleted
items folder. That is why I sent this urgent request. Is there any whehere
else to look?

Also , windows did an auto update and restarted the computer which is set to
empty deleted items. I had searched it long before that .

If you deleted the entire item it would be in your Deleted Items folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I had a group set up but a member chaged email addresses. I added the new
but
when I tried to delete the old- the whole disapeared.
Please can I get it back?
Urgent!

 

[Bettyjean Kling]

Russ- I checked the Deleted items folder immediately and THE GROUP I DELETED
was not there.
It was not until hours later that the computer did a restart.
Is there anyway? I did not understand the suggestion regarding Restore from
a backup? I am not sure what that means.
Sorry- if too difficult I will try looking for an old send with the group
in it- In that case how would I collect those and make a new group of of them?
Thank you for your help!

You could have added those details and saved us some time.
Once they are removed from Deleted Items, they are gone.
Restore from a backup.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thank You however, that is the first place I looked and it was not in Deleted
items folder. That is why I sent this urgent request. Is there any whehere
else to look?

Also , windows did an auto update and restarted the computer which is set to
empty deleted items. I had searched it long before that .

If you deleted the entire item it would be in your Deleted Items folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message I had a group set up but a member chaged email addresses. I added the new
but
when I tried to delete the old- the whole disapeared.
Please can I get it back?
Urgent!

 

[Brian Tillman]

Russ- I checked the Deleted items folder immediately and THE GROUP I
DELETED was not there.
It was not until hours later that the computer did a restart.
Is there anyway?

The only chance you have is here:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/restoredeleteditemsfromanoutlookpst.htm

I did not understand the suggestion regarding Restore from
a backup? I am not sure what that means.

It means that periodically you make copies of all your important data,
placing them on a medium OTHER THAN your hard drive so that, in the event of
a problem such as you have, you'll be able to put that data back on your
hard drive. There are plenty of tools, many free, that can help you
accomplish this.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Odd. How did you delete this DL? Every DL I've ever deleted went straight to
the Deleted Items Folder.
However, DL's are notoriously fragile and unreliable. Few of us use them for
that reason. This might be a good incentive for you to learn about using
more reliable ways to group Contacts such as Categories or separate Contact
Subfolders.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ- I checked the Deleted items folder immediately and THE GROUP I
DELETED
was not there.
It was not until hours later that the computer did a restart.
Is there anyway? I did not understand the suggestion regarding Restore
from
a backup? I am not sure what that means.
Sorry- if too difficult I will try looking for an old send with the group
in it- In that case how would I collect those and make a new group of of
them?
Thank you for your help!

You could have added those details and saved us some time.
Once they are removed from Deleted Items, they are gone.
Restore from a backup.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thank You however, that is the first place I looked and it was not in Deleted
items folder. That is why I sent this urgent request. Is there any
whehere
else to look?

Also , windows did an auto update and restarted the computer which is
set to
empty deleted items. I had searched it long before that .

:

If you deleted the entire item it would be in your Deleted Items
folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
in
message I had a group set up but a member chaged email addresses. I added
the new
but
when I tried to delete the old- the whole disapeared.
Please can I get it back?
Urgent!

 

[Bettyjean Kling]

Oh thank you Brian,
I have backed up my hard drive on Maxtor not long ago. Can you tell me
where I would look for the contacts file? That is where it would be right?
I am just a lil old lady and not very computer litterate. Thanks you so much.

 

[Bettyjean Kling]

I sent out a mailing to the group. I got back an email saying all mail to a
certain address was to be sent instead to another address.
I opened up the group to show all the names in the group
I hit add and added the new email address then I scrolled down to the one
that needed to be removed and highlighted it- I saw a delete button and
clicked it .
The entire grooup was gone.
I looked in the folder "Deleted Items" all that contained was deleted
messages.
Am I looking in the wwrong Deleted Items folder? What do you mean by "DL"

Odd. How did you delete this DL? Every DL I've ever deleted went straight to
the Deleted Items Folder.
However, DL's are notoriously fragile and unreliable. Few of us use them for
that reason. This might be a good incentive for you to learn about using
more reliable ways to group Contacts such as Categories or separate Contact
Subfolders.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ- I checked the Deleted items folder immediately and THE GROUP I
DELETED
was not there.
It was not until hours later that the computer did a restart.
Is there anyway? I did not understand the suggestion regarding Restore
from
a backup? I am not sure what that means.
Sorry- if too difficult I will try looking for an old send with the group
in it- In that case how would I collect those and make a new group of of
them?
Thank you for your help!

You could have added those details and saved us some time.
Once they are removed from Deleted Items, they are gone.
Restore from a backup.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message Thank You however, that is the first place I looked and it was not in
Deleted
items folder. That is why I sent this urgent request. Is there any
whehere
else to look?

Also , windows did an auto update and restarted the computer which is
set
to
empty deleted items. I had searched it long before that .

:

If you deleted the entire item it would be in your Deleted Items
folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
in
message I had a group set up but a member chaged email addresses. I added
the
new
but
when I tried to delete the old- the whole disapeared.
Please can I get it back?
Urgent!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

What you mean by "group?" DL = Distribution List. That's what you're using.
There is no such thing as a "group."
There should only be one Deleted Items Folder. I suspect your DL is gone. No
great loss. They rarely survive very long anyway. I'd recommend using an
alternative to a DL instead of trying to recreate it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I sent out a mailing to the group. I got back an email saying all mail to a
certain address was to be sent instead to another address.
I opened up the group to show all the names in the group
I hit add and added the new email address then I scrolled down to the one
that needed to be removed and highlighted it- I saw a delete button and
clicked it .
The entire grooup was gone.
I looked in the folder "Deleted Items" all that contained was deleted
messages.
Am I looking in the wwrong Deleted Items folder? What do you mean by "DL"

Odd. How did you delete this DL? Every DL I've ever deleted went straight
to
the Deleted Items Folder.
However, DL's are notoriously fragile and unreliable. Few of us use them
for
that reason. This might be a good incentive for you to learn about using
more reliable ways to group Contacts such as Categories or separate
Contact
Subfolders.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ- I checked the Deleted items folder immediately and THE GROUP I
DELETED
was not there.
It was not until hours later that the computer did a restart.
Is there anyway? I did not understand the suggestion regarding Restore
from
a backup? I am not sure what that means.
Sorry- if too difficult I will try looking for an old send with the
group
in it- In that case how would I collect those and make a new group of
of
them?
Thank you for your help!


:

You could have added those details and saved us some time.
Once they are removed from Deleted Items, they are gone.
Restore from a backup.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message Thank You however, that is the first place I looked and it was not
in
Deleted
items folder. That is why I sent this urgent request. Is there any
whehere
else to look?

Also , windows did an auto update and restarted the computer which
is
set
to
empty deleted items. I had searched it long before that .

:

If you deleted the entire item it would be in your Deleted Items
folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bettyjean Kling" <Bettyjean [email protected]>
wrote
in
message I had a group set up but a member chaged email addresses. I added
the
new
but
when I tried to delete the old- the whole disapeared.
Please can I get it back?
Urgent!

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have backed up my hard drive on Maxtor not long ago. Can you tell me
where I would look for the contacts file? That is where it would be
right?

There is no file specifically for contacts in Outlook. All Outlook data,
contacts, mail, tasks, notes, calendar, etc. are kept in the same file: the
"Personal Folders" file, oor PST. The default location for a PST in WIndows
2000 or XP is
C:\Documents and Settings\usename\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook, which is a hidden folder. If you have made a copy
of your C drive on another disk, say the D drive, that is installed in your
PC, then change "C" above to "D".

 

[Malcolm M50]

I've done the same thing as you and managed to delete a Distribution List. I
know just how you feel. However, I have spent, and now discover I have
wasted, perhaps 2 hours putting it right. First I panicked and looked up
Microsoft's help on the net, and among other things discovered your letter.
Then I looked at my Outlook folders and got nowhere for a while, and then
realised I could (and did) retrieve almost all the addresses in the list by
going to the last email I had sent the group, where it was easy to copy all
the addresses back into my Outlook contacts and from there Select the members
into a new DL.
However, I found I could have avoided all this trouble because when I
started to do a new email to the group, and began to type into the address
line the first letters of the group name, the original group came up because
it was cached in the system. So nothing was lost after all.
I have saved all the list as a Word document in the relevant folder under My
Documents, and will now update it regularly, which you can do directly from
Outlook Distrib List (File/Save As). I'm no expert and don't know what Russ
is suggesting as his alternative.
All I haven't discovered yet is the solution to one last problem, though I
can easily get round this by copying the few addresses I don't have into the
new DL. That is, although the DL I want is cached, so not lost, I can't seem
to get it back into my Outlook Address Book. This will not prevent me getting
a much better night's sleep than I thought I would earlier this evening.

What you mean by "group?" DL = Distribution List. That's what you're using.
There is no such thing as a "group."
There should only be one Deleted Items Folder. I suspect your DL is gone. No
great loss. They rarely survive very long anyway. I'd recommend using an
alternative to a DL instead of trying to recreate it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I sent out a mailing to the group. I got back an email saying all mail to a
certain address was to be sent instead to another address.
I opened up the group to show all the names in the group
I hit add and added the new email address then I scrolled down to the one
that needed to be removed and highlighted it- I saw a delete button and
clicked it .
The entire grooup was gone.
I looked in the folder "Deleted Items" all that contained was deleted
messages.
Am I looking in the wwrong Deleted Items folder? What do you mean by "DL"

Odd. How did you delete this DL? Every DL I've ever deleted went straight
to
the Deleted Items Folder.
However, DL's are notoriously fragile and unreliable. Few of us use them
for
that reason. This might be a good incentive for you to learn about using
more reliable ways to group Contacts such as Categories or separate
Contact
Subfolders.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message Russ- I checked the Deleted items folder immediately and THE GROUP I
DELETED
was not there.
It was not until hours later that the computer did a restart.
Is there anyway? I did not understand the suggestion regarding Restore
from
a backup? I am not sure what that means.
Sorry- if too difficult I will try looking for an old send with the
group
in it- In that case how would I collect those and make a new group of
of
them?
Thank you for your help!


:

You could have added those details and saved us some time.
Once they are removed from Deleted Items, they are gone.
Restore from a backup.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message Thank You however, that is the first place I looked and it was not
in
Deleted
items folder. That is why I sent this urgent request. Is there any
whehere
else to look?

Also , windows did an auto update and restarted the computer which
is
set
to
empty deleted items. I had searched it long before that .

:

If you deleted the entire item it would be in your Deleted Items
folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bettyjean Kling" <Bettyjean [email protected]>
wrote
in
message I had a group set up but a member chaged email addresses. I added
the
new
but
when I tried to delete the old- the whole disapeared.
Please can I get it back?
Urgent!

 

[ERIC GREENE]

An employees at my office had his contact folder overwritten, how can I
extract contact info from an old date? Does exchange back up contact lists at
any point in time? Any thoughts?

 

[WOO]

Excuse me..I had this same problem. It's not in my Deleted file because I
deleted that but I have all my names in an Attachment. How can I get them
back in a certain distrabution file again like it used to be? One at a time?
Ugh, I hate that thought. But, if I have to, I will. WOO

Odd. How did you delete this DL? Every DL I've ever deleted went straight to
the Deleted Items Folder.
However, DL's are notoriously fragile and unreliable. Few of us use them for
that reason. This might be a good incentive for you to learn about using
more reliable ways to group Contacts such as Categories or separate Contact
Subfolders.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ- I checked the Deleted items folder immediately and THE GROUP I
DELETED
was not there.
It was not until hours later that the computer did a restart.
Is there anyway? I did not understand the suggestion regarding Restore
from
a backup? I am not sure what that means.
Sorry- if too difficult I will try looking for an old send with the group
in it- In that case how would I collect those and make a new group of of
them?
Thank you for your help!

You could have added those details and saved us some time.
Once they are removed from Deleted Items, they are gone.
Restore from a backup.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message Thank You however, that is the first place I looked and it was not in
Deleted
items folder. That is why I sent this urgent request. Is there any
whehere
else to look?

Also , windows did an auto update and restarted the computer which is
set
to
empty deleted items. I had searched it long before that .

:

If you deleted the entire item it would be in your Deleted Items
folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
in
message I had a group set up but a member chaged email addresses. I added
the
new
but
when I tried to delete the old- the whole disapeared.
Please can I get it back?
Urgent!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

If you deleted the DL from your Deleted Items Folder, it is gone. You will
need to recreate it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Excuse me..I had this same problem. It's not in my Deleted file because I
deleted that but I have all my names in an Attachment. How can I get them
back in a certain distrabution file again like it used to be? One at a
time?
Ugh, I hate that thought. But, if I have to, I will. WOO

Odd. How did you delete this DL? Every DL I've ever deleted went straight
to
the Deleted Items Folder.
However, DL's are notoriously fragile and unreliable. Few of us use them
for
that reason. This might be a good incentive for you to learn about using
more reliable ways to group Contacts such as Categories or separate
Contact
Subfolders.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ- I checked the Deleted items folder immediately and THE GROUP I
DELETED
was not there.
It was not until hours later that the computer did a restart.
Is there anyway? I did not understand the suggestion regarding Restore
from
a backup? I am not sure what that means.
Sorry- if too difficult I will try looking for an old send with the
group
in it- In that case how would I collect those and make a new group of
of
them?
Thank you for your help!


:

You could have added those details and saved us some time.
Once they are removed from Deleted Items, they are gone.
Restore from a backup.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message Thank You however, that is the first place I looked and it was not
in
Deleted
items folder. That is why I sent this urgent request. Is there any
whehere
else to look?

Also , windows did an auto update and restarted the computer which
is
set
to
empty deleted items. I had searched it long before that .

:

If you deleted the entire item it would be in your Deleted Items
folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bettyjean Kling" <Bettyjean [email protected]>
wrote
in
message I had a group set up but a member chaged email addresses. I added
the
new
but
when I tried to delete the old- the whole disapeared.
Please can I get it back?
Urgent!

 

[Brian Tillman]

Excuse me..I had this same problem. It's not in my Deleted file
because I deleted that but I have all my names in an Attachment. How
can I get them back in a certain distrabution file again like it used
to be? One at a time? Ugh, I hate that thought. But, if I have to, I
will.

If you have all the names in an attachment, open the attachment, open a new
DL, click Select Members, and copy-and-paste the members from the
attachments into the Members field, separating the entries with semicolons.