Thanks, I'll try that. I'm leaving for the holiday weekend, so it might be a
few days before I can give you some feedback.

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:

> Well, a quick look at the menus seems to show File | New | Folder... Select
> Contact Items for Folder Contains.
>
> Paul T.
>
> "duh" <duh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3742DBD5-9895-49EC-9C02-9C9D844E0B9B@microsoft.com...
> > Well, that presents another question, how do I make a seperate (or
> > different)
> > folder in Outlook contacts?
> >
> > "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Use a contacts folder in Outlook. Since ActiveSync will not sync
> >> contacts
> >> from folders, store the things that you *don't* want to go to the device
> >> in
> >> those folders and leave the things that you *do* want synchronized in the
> >> main folder.
> >>
> >> Paul T.
> >>
> >> "duh" <duh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9C53C43A-1098-4FD9-9C55-D88241C86535@microsoft.com...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Todd Allcock" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> At 29 Jun 2008 21:04:01 -0400 Duh wrote:
> >> >> > The first time I sync'd everything was fine. The next day I only
> >> >> > wanted to sync Files for other purposes, I unchecked Contacts
> >> >> > and everything else, received the files I needed. Later went to
> >> >> > contacts nothing there, so I resync'd contacts. A day later I sync'd
> >> >> > more Files, with contacts unchecked, all contacts disappeared again.
> >> >> > Ant ideas "Why contacts disappear"?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> That's the way WM works- it assume that the data "belongs" to the PC,
> >> >> so
> >> >> when you uncheck the data type, that data is removed from the device.
> >> >>
> >> >> While that may seem to be a silly design decision, the real question
> >> >> is
> >> >> why
> >> >> are you unchecking it each sync? If you haven't changed anything,
> >> >> that
> >> >> sync will happen (relatively) quickly, since the device and PC will
> >> >> deduce
> >> >> that nothing has changed. OTOH, initial syncs, like when you check
> >> >> the
> >> >> contacts box, take forever, comparatively, since the PC now has to
> >> >> copy
> >> >> every Contact to the device.
> >> >>
> >> >> Just leave everything you want synched checked, and it'll all go much
> >> >> more
> >> >> smoothly! ;-).
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> The reasoning behind that, I have modified the contacts on my phone
> >> >> for
> >> >> family and friends. I wanted to leave all the others (business, clubs,
> >> >> others) on my computer. When I sync, it pulls every contact over to my
> >> >> phone, which I do not want (way too many). If I uncheck contacts, it
> >> >> deletes my modified (shortened) list. Now when I sync to update
> >> >> personal
> >> >> file and documents, all contacts dissapear. Downloading and syncing
> >> >> files
> >> >> is primarily all I need to do, not contacts. This should be all
> >> >> together
> >> >> a seperate issue.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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