Deleted contact name reappears

[Dick]

I am using Outlook XP. When entering a person's name into the TO: line of
an email message a small box appears when more than one name shares the
first few letters I have entered, and this is as it should be. However in
more than one instance one of the names offered in the box is of a contact
that was deleted long ago. I cannot find an instance of the name in my
Contacts or anywhere else. I would like to delete these unneeded names.
What have I overlooked in searching for these 'old' contact names? A search
of C: didn't turn up any of them. TIA, Dick

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Remove individual addresses from the autocompletion cache by highlighting
the entry when presented in the suggested names list (use your arrow key to
migrate to the entry) and then hitting your Delete key before you tab out of
the field. To clear the entire cache, follow the instructions here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q287623

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Not a related question at all.
Remove the invalid reference to a Contacts Folder here:
Go to Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or
address books > Outlook Address Book > Change. >

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am tagging along on Dick's question - I have the same problem with

Outlook XP but it applies to an entire contact list. When I moved my old
contacts over to my new computer, I created a new contact list to give me
time to clean up my old contacts. After I had merged the two lists, i
deleted the redundant (old) Contacts folder. However, every time I go to
look up an e-mail address, the name of the deleted Contacts folder still
appears. How can I get rid of it? TIA, Shardlow

 

[Dick]

Many thanks Russ. I'll do right now. Dick

 

[Guest]

Russ - thanks for answering even tho I was unknowingly off-topic. I'll try your suggestion.