How Editable is the Outlook .NK2 file?

[MagGyver]

Greetings,

I recently had some corruption in my NK2 file, the one that keeps track of
your nicknames used so you only have to type a few letters of a recipient's
name and it fills the rest in. I've read before that renaming it to
something else (.old) makes Outlook create a new one which fixes the
problem.

It made me wonder, though, whether it's possible to edit that file in some
program in case that's needed. I tried opening it in a text editor but it
didn't look very friendly. Just curious. Thanks for a reply

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Not natively. There is a third party utility that lets you do so:
http://www.ingressor.com/ingressor.htm

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

and if you don't want to edit, only view or extract,
http://www.epute.com/nk2csv/

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

Not natively. There is a third party utility that lets you do so:
http://www.ingressor.com/ingressor.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Greetings,

I recently had some corruption in my NK2 file, the one that keeps track
of your nicknames used so you only have to type a few letters of a
recipient's name and it fills the rest in. I've read before that renaming
it to something else (.old) makes Outlook create a new one which fixes
the problem.

It made me wonder, though, whether it's possible to edit that file in
some program in case that's needed. I tried opening it in a text editor
but it didn't look very friendly. Just curious. Thanks for a reply

 

[MagGyver]

Thanks for these tools! Appreciated.

and if you don't want to edit, only view or extract,
http://www.epute.com/nk2csv/

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

Not natively. There is a third party utility that lets you do so:
http://www.ingressor.com/ingressor.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Greetings,

I recently had some corruption in my NK2 file, the one that keeps track
of your nicknames used so you only have to type a few letters of a
recipient's name and it fills the rest in. I've read before that
renaming it to something else (.old) makes Outlook create a new one
which fixes the problem.

It made me wonder, though, whether it's possible to edit that file in
some program in case that's needed. I tried opening it in a text editor
but it didn't look very friendly. Just curious. Thanks for a reply

 

[Randy]

Diane,

It is important to note a significant difference between Ingressor and the
nk2csv products. The latter only reads smtp email addresses, not Exchange
entries. Further, it doesn't provide the name that corresponds to that smtp
record.

Most Ingressor customers purchase our product to edit the Exchange x500 data
to sync. it with the AD or, purchase it to quickly and globally change
erroneous records (smtp or exchange or fax) without the need to export, then
create a new NK2 file. It will also add a record, name AND smtp address from
the Ingressor GUI.

However, that said, for the ability to read email addresses only, the nk2csv
does satisfy the need at is affordable at the "free" price.

Randy

and if you don't want to edit, only view or extract,
http://www.epute.com/nk2csv/

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

Not natively. There is a third party utility that lets you do so:
http://www.ingressor.com/ingressor.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Greetings,

I recently had some corruption in my NK2 file, the one that keeps track
of your nicknames used so you only have to type a few letters of a
recipient's name and it fills the rest in. I've read before that
renaming it to something else (.old) makes Outlook create a new one
which fixes the problem.

It made me wonder, though, whether it's possible to edit that file in
some program in case that's needed. I tried opening it in a text editor
but it didn't look very friendly. Just curious. Thanks for a reply

 

[aksaks]

Terrible ingressor customer service

Ingressor might be a good product, but I wouldn't know because their customer service is TERRIBLE and rude.

I downloaded the software, and the code they emailed me to unlock it did not work. Randy kept insisting that I had "clearly" tried to download it to more than one computer (in other words, steal their software), and would not give me another one, or work with me to try and figure out what had happened. He said that he wouldn't give me a phone number to speak on the phone to try and figure out the discrepancy because he didnt want to "waste time on it."

Randy would only insist that I was trying to cheat him out of money, because he "knows how their software works" insisting that I had tried to download the product to more than one computer. I kept telling him that I only own one computer, so there had to be a discrepancy, and suggested that he try and look up whether the activation code I was sent had ever been used. He never responded ot this suggestion, and insisted that I was wrong and he was right. He is patronizing, unhelpful, and accusatory of a customer who was only trying to use his product - in addition to being incredibly rude and (I assume) insecure.

Ultimately, I won the disputed charge with American Express after sending them copies of our email exchanges. Be wary of dealing with this company, as their customer service is horrendous and you might never receive the product you paid for.

 

[beau909]

thanks for that useful tip about ingressor cust. svc

thanks aksaks - i was contemplating purchasing that software, but will now re-consider after having heard of your nightmarish experience with them. good on you for letting us know about that issue.

all the best,
beau

 

[stevewil]

Ingressor Desktop Software

Thought i would add to this post as i suffered an NK2 file corruption recently and discovered Ingressors website and products.

I also saw this review which intially made me cautious. Since, i have contacted Ingressor and purchased there desktop software to resolve the corruption.

The install was easy, registration was a doddle and the file was fixed in seconds. 1019 autocomplete email addresses restored and one happy CEO.

During the purchase i needed to contact their support team as i work in a restricted environment due to the infrastructure (firewalls). As a work around i registered on a laptop and moved the licence to another so i didnt have to expose the PC from its current evironment.

Any sysadmins looking for a quick fix for NK2 files need this.

 

[DudleyDoright]

hey Ingressor CEO

Thought i would add to this post as i suffered an NK2 file corruption recently and discovered Ingressors website and products.

I also saw this review which intially made me cautious. Since, i have contacted Ingressor and purchased there desktop software to resolve the corruption.

The install was easy, registration was a doddle and the file was fixed in seconds. 1019 autocomplete email addresses restored and one happy CEO.

During the purchase i needed to contact their support team as i work in a restricted environment due to the infrastructure (firewalls). As a work around i registered on a laptop and moved the licence to another so i didnt have to expose the PC from its current evironment.

Any sysadmins looking for a quick fix for NK2 files need this.

I don't know, but this sure reads like something Ingressor would write. Now, they wouldn't do something like that, would they? I mean, that would suggest the CEO thERE thinks everyone else is an idiot. Nah, they wouldn't do that....

Hey Randy - people aren't stupid.