I'm trying to make my two switched outlets to be half hot. I tried breaking the brass tab on outlet 1 to accomplish that but that didn't work. It only made one receptacle work from the switch while the other didn't work at all. It also caused outlet 2 to not work at all. I don't know if it's the current wiring or if it's just not possible at all. Help please!! 
Electrical – How to change switched outlets to half switched and half always hot
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It would be easy to change the half switched outlet to always on (by replacing it), but not trivial to make the switch control a different outlet. There is a dedicated wire running from the switch to the top half of your outlet (see red wire below). To control a different outlet, you'd need to run that wire to it.
No. It's not possible to do what you want, without running additional wires.
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Best Answer
You should not have broken off the tabs on the hot sides of the receptacles unless you had an always hot in the receptacle boxes.
If you want to restore the existing function without buying new receptacles, you can
(1) make a pair of pigtails with black or red insulated wire and connect to the two hot screws and connect the switched hot to that with a wire nut or
(2) make a loop with the one switched hot wire over to the other screw and strip off a little of the insulation, or
(3) if the receptacle has back wiring secured by a screw (not just push in) you can connect a jumper (insulated black or red) in the back holes