Export address cache

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S. Craft

Hello:

I am moving a user from one machine to another. This user has never used
his Contacts folder; instead, he relies on the "To:" line address cache to
store all of his contact information (yes, I *do* want to slap him). I am
aware of the existence of the

c:\docs&settings\user\app data\microsoft\outlook\user.nk2

file. Is moving the address cache from one machine to another as simple as
moving that file into the same directory on the new mahcine? I've done a
little experimenting to mixed results, although the test environement I have
available to me is less than pristine -- so I'm checking here for some
independent confirmation before I go "losing" all this guy's contacts
information.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
-SC
 
THe file name (without extension) needs to match the mail profile name.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
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Very helpful responses -- thank you both very much for your assistance.

-SC


Russ Valentine said:
Good information on how to do this here:
http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm
See Migrating your NK2(s) file to a new machine

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
S. Craft said:
Hello:

I am moving a user from one machine to another. This user has never used
his Contacts folder; instead, he relies on the "To:" line address cache
to store all of his contact information (yes, I *do* want to slap him).
I am aware of the existence of the

c:\docs&settings\user\app data\microsoft\outlook\user.nk2

file. Is moving the address cache from one machine to another as simple
as moving that file into the same directory on the new mahcine? I've
done a little experimenting to mixed results, although the test
environement I have available to me is less than pristine -- so I'm
checking here for some independent confirmation before I go "losing" all
this guy's contacts information.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
-SC
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