I've somehow completely broken my contacts folder and have no idea how to fix it. I flirted briefly with Windows 8 with Office 2013 and then 8.1 with Office 2013 on my laptop. I decided I'd done enough playing and reverted back to an image I had taken of my laptop when it had Windows 7 and Office 2010 on it. All looked OK at first but then I noticed that I had two calendars and two Contacts folders. One was blank and the other had all of my contacts and meetings in it. I deleted the blank contacts folder and then got distracted so left the calendar as it was.
I then noticed that I no longer had any Exchange contacts in my Windows 8 phone. None at all! I checked my calendar on my phone and everything was in there. I then created a test appointment and sure enough it went into my new blank calendar folder. Easily fixed, I copied all appointments to the new folder and deleted the old one.
Now I just needed to do the same for contacts. However the Contacts folder that I had deleted is sitting under my Recycled folder and I am unable to do anything with it. I cant move it or delete it.
My phone is steadfastly refusing to sync my contacts.
I tried removing all Outlook Addressbooks in account settings and restoring my contacts from several days ago - no luck.
I have browsed folders and tried to delete the old contacts or move it that way - I get no option to move it.
Any ideas at all would be greatly appreciated!