It's Outlook 2003. Yes, the Contacts folder I accidentally deleted was my
current one, but not my default one. The default one is a few months old
(from the last time I had to use THIS computer because my laptop was in the
shop, as it is now again), and doesn't include my recently-added contacts.

I looked through all the folders in the navigation pane and didn't see a
Deleted Items folder that contained the Contacts folder I just deleted.
ARRRGGHH!

Any other suggestions? Thanks, Brian, for your help so far.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Steve Motenko Steve wrote:

Help! I deleted an entire Contacts folder by mistake (I had multiple
Contacts folders, some of which were duplicates, some old, some empty
- probably due to copying Outlook files back and forth between
computers).

The Contacts folder I deleted - which (oops!) was my current one -
doesn't show up in Deleted Items. Is there any way to get it back?
I can't copy a Contacts folder from a back-up, can I, without also
copying the other Outlook info (which would be old)?

What version of Outlook?

Outlook won't allow you delete your default Contacts folder, so the one you
deleted can't be your "current one". Whichever one you deleted should be in
the Deleted Items folder of the Personal Folders file that contained the
folder. This is not necessarily your default set of folders.
--
Brian Tillman