astro46
Senior Member
- OS Version(s)
- Windows
- Outlook version
- Outlook 2021 64 bit
- Email Account
- IMAP
Outlook 2016, installed locally.
Several times i have found the Outlook.com contact folder populated by all (or sometimes most, no idea how the choice is made) of the contacts held in my local contacts folder. This means that all these contacts are now uploaded to outlook.com site. I have no use for this, not do I want the company (MS) in possession of the contacts. Most recently I discovered that it happened again after my phone, after syncing with Companionlink, had many contacts deleted. Companionlink, for some reason, picked the outlook.com folder as default, rather than the local Outlook contacts folder. (Eventually, after much trial and error, I discovered that I needed to change the contact data folder in Companionlink). I suspect that MS uses updates to copy contacts to outlook.com folder and make it the default.
Occasionally, when adding a new contact it winds up in the outlook.com folder rather than the local folder.
If I could eliminate/deactivate/disassociate, the outlook.com contacts folder from local Outlook these issues wouldn't happen.
note: I do use outlook.com for syncing calendar items between computer and and my windows phone. I don't use Outlook tasks.
thanks for any insight given in dealing with this problem.
Several times i have found the Outlook.com contact folder populated by all (or sometimes most, no idea how the choice is made) of the contacts held in my local contacts folder. This means that all these contacts are now uploaded to outlook.com site. I have no use for this, not do I want the company (MS) in possession of the contacts. Most recently I discovered that it happened again after my phone, after syncing with Companionlink, had many contacts deleted. Companionlink, for some reason, picked the outlook.com folder as default, rather than the local Outlook contacts folder. (Eventually, after much trial and error, I discovered that I needed to change the contact data folder in Companionlink). I suspect that MS uses updates to copy contacts to outlook.com folder and make it the default.
Occasionally, when adding a new contact it winds up in the outlook.com folder rather than the local folder.
If I could eliminate/deactivate/disassociate, the outlook.com contacts folder from local Outlook these issues wouldn't happen.
note: I do use outlook.com for syncing calendar items between computer and and my windows phone. I don't use Outlook tasks.
thanks for any insight given in dealing with this problem.