>Is there a way to determine the type of items located in an Outlook folder, for example, whether a item is an email message, a contact, or a task note?
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>Hope this makes sense!

You can check DefaultItemType property of the folder. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbaol11/html/olhowConstants_HV01121141.asp for OlItemType values.