Contacts not appearing in e-mail

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I recently re-installed Windows XP and Office 2003 on my computer.

When I started up Outlook, I connected to my original PST file and deleted
the empty "default" file that Outlook created when I first started it.

Everything appears fine except that when I compose a message, and click the
"To:" button to pull an address up from my contacts, my contacts do not
appear.

The only option in the "Show names from the:" drop box is "Outlook Address
Book" and that is empty.

My contacts ARE there, I can open them up and view them.

Any ideas?

Dave
 
Bring up the Properties dialog for your Contacts folder and make sure the
Outlook Address book box is checked.
 
That worked. Thanks Sue!

I wonder why that isnt set by default? What is the use of having contacts if
you cant access them?

Dave
 
It has to do with how you configured your mail profile. Outlook does not
show secondary contacts folders in the OAB unless you explicitly add them,
and that was a secondary contacts folder before you changed the default
delivery store.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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