Comments on: Free Outlook Email, Contacts and Calendar Duplicate Remover

By: Fred F

Fred F — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:22:04 +0000

I fixed the freezing/hanging problem by closing the toolbar I had running for FranklinCovey PlanPlus. Maybe you are also having a problem with a toolbar that is running. Go to View/Toolbars and disable toolbars other than the standard Outlook ones, run ODIR, then re-enable the toolbar.

ODIR seems to have fixed my duplicate appointments except for the recurring all-day events. Maybe there’s another fix for that.

By: Nitin

Nitin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:26:24 +0000

Hi,

I have just installed this software, but do not find option in outlook 2007 in any of the menu option. Can anyone help?

Nitin

By: SaltandLight52

SaltandLight52 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:22:58 +0000

Outlook 2007. Sorry about the typo

By: SaltandLight52

SaltandLight52 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:22:26 +0000

ODIR hangs for me, too. Does this mean I have to reinstall Outlook1997 to get rid of ODIR?

By: Linde

Linde — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:35:24 +0000

I have Outlook 2007 and Vista basic and am now trying it for the umpteenth time out of desperation to get rid of all the duplicate emails in outlook. I have used other duplicate mail removers’ trial versions, but still have duplicates left.

The developers of ODIR referred me to this solution. http://vaita.com/faq.asp#scanpst
Will try and see if it works.

By: Vinnster

Vinnster — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:23:53 +0000

It does not work with Outlook 2007 and Vista Enterprise. Outlook goes into Not Responding mode and hangs.

By: Keith Dsouza

Keith Dsouza — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:47:14 +0000

@Linde I have used this with Outlook 2007 and it seemed to work fine for me

By: Linde

Linde — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:19:20 +0000

Is this program compatible with outlook 2007. I have installed it and it doesn’t pick up my .pst or .ost file even after I have specifically created one.

By: BeeDee

BeeDee — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:58:21 +0000

Not free. It is limited to remove a maximum of 10 entries at a time. So if you have 5000 duplicate entries it will take you a very long time. To get the full version is maybe cheap in dollars but not so cheap for other currencies, especially seeing usage is maybe a once-off.

By: IDNoble

IDNoble — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:50:04 +0000

Re: Outlook Duplicate Item Remover (ODIR)
The criteria for removing duplicate contacts is flawed. It is based on the following – First Name, Last Name, Company, and email. This criteria is not enough to identify an item as being duplicate. When I ran the program against my contacts in outlook, it identified several contacts as being duplicate which is incorrect because these contacts have different phone numbers. Thus care must be taking to ensure that the aforementioned criteria is sufficient to identify an item as being duplicate. This is a good concept though. The program is fast. Emails criteria should be fine since every email have a unique id. I think contacts is an easy fix.
Good job and thanks to the author. I hope I did not come across as knocking the program because I am not. I’m merely pointing out something that might have been overlooked.
Thanks