Adding Outlook Address Book for Outlook '97

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Peter Brown

I'm running Outlook '97 and Windows '98. I had to reformat the hard drive so
I had to reinstall Windows Messaging from the Old '95 folder of the Windows
'98 disk. Question1: Why are there two versions of Messaging? one folder
labelled "intl" and one labelled "us". Which one should I have used?

I can't remember which one I used but now i don't have the option to add
service "outlook address book", nor can I make contacts an email address
book. Preformatting the hard drive I could and it was very useful.

What can I do? Which version of messaging should i have installed?

Peter
 
Why are you installing Windows Messaging after installing Outlook? See if
this old set of instructions helps:

Add the following to your C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MAPISVC.INF file (Oh, make a
copy before you try this, just in case)

In the [Services] section at the top of the file add this to the list:

CONTAB=Outlook Address Book

At the bottom of the file add these sections:

[CONTAB]
Providers=CONTABP
PR_SERVICE_DLL_NAME=contab.dll
PR_SERVICE_SUPPORT_FILES=contab.dll
PR_SERVICE_DELETE_FILES=contab.dll
PR_SERVICE_ENTRY_NAME=ServiceEntry
PR_RESOURCE_FLAGS=SERVICE_NO_PRIMARY_IDENTITY | SERVICE_SINGLE_COPY

[CONTABP]
PR_PROVIDER_DLL_NAME=contab.dll
PR_RESOURCE_TYPE=MAPI_AB_PROVIDER
PR_PROVIDER_DISPLAY=Outlook Address Book
PR_RESOURCE_METHODS=STATUS_SETTINGS_DIALOG

Try to add the service after you save the file.
 
Peter Brown said:
I'm running Outlook '97 and Windows '98. I had to reformat the hard
drive so I had to reinstall Windows Messaging from the Old '95 folder
of the Windows '98 disk. Question1: Why are there two versions of
Messaging? one folder labelled "intl" and one labelled "us". Which
one should I have used?

I can't remember which one I used but now i don't have the option to
add service "outlook address book", nor can I make contacts an email
address book. Preformatting the hard drive I could and it was very
useful.
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In which mode did you install Outlook 97?
 
OL97 only has/had one mode (what would later be called Corporate/Workgroup
mode).
 
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