New to Outlook - Multiple Contacts files ?

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1."New message to contact" for contact with multiple email addresses

In Outlook 2003, if you go to a contact and use "Actions | New Message to 
Contact", and the contact has multiple email addresses defined, it puts ALL 
of the email addresses in the To: line and thus sends multiple copies of the 
email.  Is there a way to have just one address inserted?  I guess one would 
have to be defined as the default somehow.

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Specs - XP-SP2, Outlook 2002, SP3

Hi,

My Outlook install which seems to be working fine in all respects except 
when creating a new email using the TO: option.  On my Outlook desktop in 
the left panel (Outlook shortcuts) I have a Contacts icon which opens fine 
and shows all of my contacts. The problem arises when I click new to create 
an email.  The blank email page opens, I can type in an address and send an 
email without a problem.  If I choose to use the TO: option I get an error 
message saying "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...."  At this point I click OK and the Select names 
window opens as is normal and there are no names showing.  The top field 
Show Names from the: displays Contacts.  The dropdown menu shows Outlook 
address book, Contacts and a second Contacts file. Selecting Outlook Address 
Book yields no entries, the first Contacts option gives no entries but the 
second Contacts option shows the entries found when I click on Contacts in 
the left pane shortcuts window.

With all this being said what I would like to do is:

A) Find out what the Address Book option links to.
B) How to I get rid of the first Contacts entry?
C) How do I set the second Contacts folder to be the default folder for the 
TO: option when creating a new email?

Thanks for all the help.
Bob 

4.Delete duplicate contacts, resolve multiple contact files

I have over 4000 contacts in Outlook.  I've recently had to move my PST file 
back to an older computer because my new computer failed.  There is only one 
user, me.  But somehow, there are multiple contact files associated with the 
Outook program.  When Outlook cannot find a contact (always when I start a 
new message since the mvoe) it gives me the option of selecting another 
contacts folder.  Most are named "contact."  Yet, when I click on contacts, 
all my contacts are there, in duplicate (over 8000)...EXCEPT the new contacts 
I've entered and contacts I've updated since moving back to the old computer. 
 I have searched for help online, but it produced 0 results.  I think one 
problem is that I moved my PST file for easier back-up.  If anyone can help 
me with this, please email me at  XXXX@XXXXX.COM .  Thanks!

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as" is like "LnameFname", although by default it should be "Lname,Fname". How 
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Thanks,

JZ

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