Deleting Categories . . .

[omarabdallah]

I have searched for answers for this on the site but never found any.

There are a number of old empty categories in Contacts that continue to show in the dropdown list and in the Add/Delete window although they are empty and have been removed from Outlook 2003 on my PC.

How can I remove them from the Contacts dropdown list?

Also, is there a way to control which categories appear in the dropdown list? With the More... option showing me the complete list? I am thinking something like a registry edit that controls which categories are displayed by default instead of simply listing them alphabetically . . .

Finally, can I get Contacts to remember the last category I was on instead of showing me All Contacts everytime I start it?

[Rudegar]

tried picked more...
from the list
and choosing add/delete
and deleting them from there ?

[omarabdallah]

They are not in the Add/Delete list because I have already deleted them from there, but they still appear in the dropdown menu and in the More... window with the phrase "Not in Master Category List" next to them.

But they are NOT available in the Add/Delete window. I am sorry, I made a mistake in my original message.

[Rudegar]

i just made a cat and added a contact to it
and deleted the cat
and then i too got the (Not in Master Category List)
thing

then i reassigned the contact to another cat
and the deleted cat was removed from the list completely

[omarabdallah]

I did exactly like you told me but it is still there, it did not go away.

Any other suggestions? How about a registry key to change or something?

[shaolin11]

I think I may have found the solution:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904670

The Workaround solution should be adapted slightly:

1. Create a new Contact item
2. Assign to it one of the Categories that you would like to delete
3. View the summary card of the new contact from the unfiltered category view
4. Delete the contact from the summary view

The Category should then be removed from the list.