Delete duplicate contacts, resolve multiple contact files

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1.Resolving Duplicates when Importing Contacts

I am trying to import contact information (FirstName, 
LastName, Title, Phone and Email) from a .xls file into 
Outlook. I used the Import/Export wizard but it does not 
ignore or replace duplicate entries.

Which fields does Outlook use to check for duplicates?
How can I avoid duplicate entries in my Contacts folder?

Thanks

2.resolve duplicate contacts doesn't work

Outlook 2003

When I copy a contact to the same folder, it doesn't prompt me to resolve 
duplicates, even though I have "Check for Duplicate Contacts" selected.

3.Resolving Outlook Contact duplicates

4.BUGGY: Resolve duplicate Account or Business Contact records

BUGGY: Resolve duplicate Account or Business Contact records

The fficialadvice paragraph following these four comments is 
insufficient and only applicable under certain circumstances.  
Exceptions:
1. Drag or copy/paste a duplicate .pst contact into Account or Contact and 
the "update or existing record" dialog box does not appear.  Leaving 
duplicate contacts (not good).
2. Rename an existing or fictitious Account or Business Contact with just 
the same ccount Nameas an existing Account or Business Contact and the 
dialog box does not appear.
3. Most users, I assume are going to try like myself to migrate existing 
.pst contacts to BCM.  Problem: Keeping track of the transfer when BCM does 
not recognize a duplicate or modified contact as described above.  Historical 
.pst contacts in reality need to be sorted by hand one by one due to the 
innate Account - Business Contact hierarchy that really does not jive with 
BCM or CRM for that matter.  This takes time and with thousands of contacts 
more that one session.  Making any attempt to migrate historical .pst 
contacts into BCM at this point seems to me to be waste of time without 
better supporting documentation or version fix.  New contacts do work as 
advertised.
4.  Current help on this topic outside this forum is circular with no 
realistic solution as applied to scenarios cited above. Reference: 
HP011135171033.aspx
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Correction: Please fix or address in user help.
Advice From: Assistanc> > Outlook 200> > Business Contact Manager Updat> > 
Accounts
Title: Resolve duplicate Account or Business Contact records in Business 
Contact Manager for Outlook 
Outlook
BCM: Ver: 2.00.4813.00
Outlook: Ver: 11.8010.6568 SP2<

"If you save an Account or Business Contact record with the same name or 
e-mail address as one that already exists in your Accounts or Business 
Contacts folder, Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager 
Update displays a dialog box that allows you to either add the new record, or 
update the existing record with information from the new Account or Business 
Contact record."
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5.How to delete a duplicate Contacts file

When I want to send a new e-mail, and I click on 
the "To..." button a message box comes up 
titled "Microsoft Outlook" with the following message:
  "The address list could not be displayed. The Contacts 
folder associated with this address list could not be 
opened; it may have been moved or deleted, or you do not 
have permissions. For information on how to remove this 
folder from the Outlook Address Book, see Microsoft 
Ourlook Help."
Pressing OK brings up the dialog box "Select Name"; there 
are no names displayed; the "Show Names from the:" combo 
box is showing "Contacts". If this is opened it shows two 
folders named "Contacts" in the list below "Outlook 
Address Book".
If the second listed "Contacts" folder is selected, all 
the names appear, and I can move a name to the 
email "To.." list.

The problem seems to be that I have some screwed up links 
in that I have a second "Personal Folders" folder (which 
now contains absolutely nothing), but which Oulook will 
not allow me to remove (along with its subfolders [all 
empty]). I think this situation arose after backing up all 
my data, installing a new Hard Drive and installing the OS 
from scratch. When I reinstalled MS Office, it created a 
blank outlook .pst file, and when I imported (or did I 
just repoint to the original pst file?) from the back-up, 
I got the duplicated folders which then gave rise to this 
problem with the contacts.

To clarify; in my Outlook Folder List I have 5 folder 
groups:
1. Personal Folders (with the special icon, and containing 
all the proper folders and sub-folders)
2. Archive folders (generic folder group icon)
3. Hotmail (generic folder group icon)
4. MSN (generic folder group icon)
5. Personal Folders (generic folder group icon, and empty)

If I try to access the 5th folder group, I get an Alert 
Dialog (Warning icon: The operation failed. An object 
could not be found.)

Whatever I do, I cannot seem to get rid of this 
duplicate "Personal Folders" Group. This is where I am 
looking for guidance. I don't know where this list of 
folder groups is generated - is it the registry? or the 
Outlook.fav file or some other file? I have deleted an old 
outlook.pst file which was about 265k in size and located 
in "C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\ Application 
Data\Microsoft\Outlook" which is where one of the previous 
OS's kept personal data; the current outlook files are 
in "C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local 
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook"

TIA for any helpful suggestions

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