MoDaCo's Duplicate Contact Remover: "DupeDeDupe"

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MoDaCo's Duplicate Contact Remover: "DupeDeDupe"

04-23-2008, 04:00 PM

Jason Dunn Executive Editor Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 29,160		MoDaCo's Duplicate Contact Remover: "DupeDeDupe" http://www.modaco.com/content/Smart...icate-contacts/ "This is a very very very simple application for WM5+ PPC / SP (CF2.0) I rustled up in response to a need to remove duplicate contacts on a device. It is an EXE only (copy to your device and run), which has a basic GUI which allows you to scan for duplicates, and then choose (after being told your duplicate count) whether to remove them. Contacts are compared based on 'File As', field, 'Email' field and 'Home / Work / Mobile' phone fields. If all those fields match, it's deemed a duplicate. The application scans my ~200 contacts in under 2 seconds. Hope this is useful to someone!" Ah, the joys of being a developer - you see a problem, and crank out a fix for it - which is exactly what Paul did in under 24 hours after a few people were complaining about problems with duplicate contacts on their device. This is a free download, although you'll have to register at MoDaCo to get it. Remember this is a "Use At Your Own Risk" tool, so you should make sure you have a backup of your device and/or contacts before using it. __________________ Want to contact me personally? Use this. Want to read my personal blog? Check it out. Want to follow me on Twitter? Here you go.

04-24-2008, 04:59 PM

Sven Johannsen Editorial Contributor Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,411		This is terrible. I ran the dup remover and found out I really only have like 6 friends.

04-24-2008, 05:28 PM

daS Thinker Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 484		Nice idea, especially if you end up with your contact list completely doubled due to ActiveSync issues. (Not that *THAT* ever happens. ) However, it would be much more useful if it told you at least the names that it found for removal so that you can verify if you want to remove them or not. I ended up with one duplicate, but I don't know which one. (As a side note, I was able to see which one by checking the "deleted items" folder in Outlook on the desktop. __________________ David Shier VP - Sales & Marketing CK Technologies, Inc.

04-24-2008, 06:27 PM

Jason Dunn

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Join Date: Aug 2006

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Originally Posted by Sven

This is terrible. I ran the dup remover and found out I really only have like 6 friends.

Bwahahaha....nice one Sven!

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04-24-2008, 08:31 PM

Paul Intellectual Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 168		I'm going to open source this and update / improve, sharing via Popfly Explorer: http://www.modaco.com/index.php?s=&s...dpost&p=890532 P

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