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I just found out that Outlook actually copies deleted contacts to the recycle bin, so I could retrieve most of them. (Why didn't I think about that first place *facepalm number 2*)
Anyway, it was maybe not a bad thing to press the "Reset all friends" 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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That's remarkably...helpful...for a Microsoft product!
Normally they just laugh and say "well, I did ask if you wanted to do that..." 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Mmmhhh... There is no "restore" options, and moving them out of the recycle bin to the contact folder just created ... one contact containing all the deleted  . I need to investigate that a bit further... I think Microsoft is just laughing and saying "Eh boy, you ignored the warnings, we saverd your b**t, but you will not go away with it that easily".
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Ah. I see.
Microsoft wrote: I told you not to do that! I did! Didn't I tell 'im? I did! I told 'im not to do that, but would 'e listen to me? Oh, no. Knew better, 'e did, didn't 'e? I told you not to do that!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I'm using Outlook 2010, if I select all deleted contacts in the Mail | Deleted Items folder and right-click and select Move to Other Folder and select Contacts, it moves them individually as before.
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You have friends? Wow!
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy, he said contacts, not friends, let's be realistic here! 
Oops, my bad, I just read Quote: Reset all friends
The list may have been empty, of course?
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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a genuine "1d10t" error
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Out with the old, in with the new. Find some new contacts.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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I can send you some new contacts. I get them in the mail every day.
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I have the perfect solution to such a problem.
I'm antisocial and have no desire to have any contact with other people.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Wow, talk about synchronicity!
We were just talking about Win '95!
You know, the version of Windows that introduced the recycle bin?
You probably haven't lost a thing.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Yep, indeed. I did not realize at first, since the recycle bin only appears in the eMail/Calendar view, so I assumed only mails and meetings were "recycled".
Anyway got back a good part of it, but I also just realized not everything get sync'ed properly, must be due to different contact data format.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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I did that a few years back and lost 4 years worth of contacts on my google account.
Fortunately google now allows you to restore contacts, probably because lot's of people had done that.
It's one of those things you have to do once in your life to remember how painful it was in order to not do it again 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Yep, that and telling your wife she is wrong.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Rage wrote: Yep, that and telling your wife she is wrong and living.
FTFY
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GuyThiebaut wrote: It's one of those things you have to do once in your life to remember how painful it was in order to not do it again
Which is why I only have one child 
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Rage, I don't see the problem. Everyone should do this at least once a year and early January seems apposite.
If they are either real friends or important contacts, they'll be in touch.
Of course, there's a flaw in this plan: If everyone does it, they'll have lost your info too. Oh well, bummer!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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PhilLenoir wrote: If everyone does it, they'll have lost your info too
Do you mean, we should then go to each-others' places and meet and drink some beers and have fun as it was done 15 years ago ? What an awful nightmare ! 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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I still do, but then I'm an old fart!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Actually, this speaks volumes to bad software design. At least Outlook saved the deleted stuff in the recycle bin (I read your "Saved" post) but the software on your phone should always, always, always make a backup of important data like contact information. If it can't make a backup, it should tell you. If you want to delete it permanently, it should ask you. This kind of stuff drives me nuts, because it's so simple to store deleted contacts in a recovery database on the phone.
It's a pity that the likes of Google and Microsoft and Apple can sue each other all day long for patent infringements, but we users can't sue them for their sh*tty software. Wouldn't that change the world, mwahaha!
Marc
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Movie Quote Of The Day
This isn't just about typos, tapes, staples and pencils, is it, Lee?
Which movie?
Tip: This movie´s story closely resembles a famous story of which the movie comes out soon... witty replies expected 
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The King's Speech
Geek code v 3.12
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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