Outlook 2007/new e-mail profile/can't find old address book

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Exmontrealer

Here's the problem:
I just created a new e-mail profile. The old one got corrupted. Now, I
can't figure out how to access the address book from my old profile. I've
tried transferring all kinds of .pst files, backing up files, etc. Nothing
works. I can only open the old address book when the old profile is open.
Help! Thanks.
 
Russ, thank you....

The address book in my old, corrupted profile looks fine. It contains all
of my contacts.

Even after configuring the address book in the new profile, I can't seem to
grab the old contacts.

Any other ideas? Much appreciated.....
Michael

Russ Valentine said:
Outlook has no address book so there was nothing to transfer. You Contact
data is in your Contacts Folder. Do you have your Contacts? If so, explain
what you think is missing. I suspect you haven't configured the address book
view in your new profile. Feel free to do so:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Exmontrealer said:
Here's the problem:
I just created a new e-mail profile. The old one got corrupted. Now, I
can't figure out how to access the address book from my old profile. I've
tried transferring all kinds of .pst files, backing up files, etc.
Nothing
works. I can only open the old address book when the old profile is open.
Help! Thanks.
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Then you must start providing at least some information. For starters, state
in detail how you "configured" your Outlook Address Book and what happened.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Exmontrealer said:
Russ, thank you....

The address book in my old, corrupted profile looks fine. It contains all
of my contacts.

Even after configuring the address book in the new profile, I can't seem
to
grab the old contacts.

Any other ideas? Much appreciated.....
Michael

Russ Valentine said:
Outlook has no address book so there was nothing to transfer. You Contact
data is in your Contacts Folder. Do you have your Contacts? If so,
explain
what you think is missing. I suspect you haven't configured the address
book
view in your new profile. Feel free to do so:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Exmontrealer said:
Here's the problem:
I just created a new e-mail profile. The old one got corrupted. Now,
I
can't figure out how to access the address book from my old profile.
I've
tried transferring all kinds of .pst files, backing up files, etc.
Nothing
works. I can only open the old address book when the old profile is
open.
Help! Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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Thanks for being patient; this isn't my area of expertise.

From the beginning:

I set up a new profile after Outlook suddenly stopped connecting with my POP
account. With the new profile, it connected fine.

I made backup copies of all old .pst files and tried to import them into
Outlook while using the new profile.

Like I said, my address book still exists in the old profile. But I can't
seem to grab those contacts and insert them into my new profile. I've tried
every fix I could find online.

To "configure" the address book, I followed your instructions yesterday, but
nothing.

I may be mangling some of the lingo here - again, I'm not a tech person -
but I hope this gives you enough information.

Thanks.

Russ Valentine said:
Then you must start providing at least some information. For starters, state
in detail how you "configured" your Outlook Address Book and what happened.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Exmontrealer said:
Russ, thank you....

The address book in my old, corrupted profile looks fine. It contains all
of my contacts.

Even after configuring the address book in the new profile, I can't seem
to
grab the old contacts.

Any other ideas? Much appreciated.....
Michael

Russ Valentine said:
Outlook has no address book so there was nothing to transfer. You Contact
data is in your Contacts Folder. Do you have your Contacts? If so,
explain
what you think is missing. I suspect you haven't configured the address
book
view in your new profile. Feel free to do so:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Here's the problem:
I just created a new e-mail profile. The old one got corrupted. Now,
I
can't figure out how to access the address book from my old profile.
I've
tried transferring all kinds of .pst files, backing up files, etc.
Nothing
works. I can only open the old address book when the old profile is
open.
Help! Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
For starters, you would never import Outlook data to transfer it. Doing so
often fails to resolve the electronic addresses, which may be why they won't
appear in the address book view. Try opening your old PST file in the
profile, setting it as your default, restart Outlook, and close the PST file
the new profile created and into which you attempted the import.
After you configured the Outlook Address Book, can you see your Contacts
Folder in the dropdown list in the address book view?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Exmontrealer said:
Thanks for being patient; this isn't my area of expertise.

From the beginning:

I set up a new profile after Outlook suddenly stopped connecting with my
POP
account. With the new profile, it connected fine.

I made backup copies of all old .pst files and tried to import them into
Outlook while using the new profile.

Like I said, my address book still exists in the old profile. But I can't
seem to grab those contacts and insert them into my new profile. I've
tried
every fix I could find online.

To "configure" the address book, I followed your instructions yesterday,
but
nothing.

I may be mangling some of the lingo here - again, I'm not a tech person -
but I hope this gives you enough information.

Thanks.

Russ Valentine said:
Then you must start providing at least some information. For starters,
state
in detail how you "configured" your Outlook Address Book and what
happened.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Exmontrealer said:
Russ, thank you....

The address book in my old, corrupted profile looks fine. It contains
all
of my contacts.

Even after configuring the address book in the new profile, I can't
seem
to
grab the old contacts.

Any other ideas? Much appreciated.....
Michael

:

Outlook has no address book so there was nothing to transfer. You
Contact
data is in your Contacts Folder. Do you have your Contacts? If so,
explain
what you think is missing. I suspect you haven't configured the
address
book
view in your new profile. Feel free to do so:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Here's the problem:
I just created a new e-mail profile. The old one got corrupted.
Now,
I
can't figure out how to access the address book from my old profile.
I've
tried transferring all kinds of .pst files, backing up files, etc.
Nothing
works. I can only open the old address book when the old profile is
open.
Help! Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
You're a hero; this worked. Thank you.

Russ Valentine said:
For starters, you would never import Outlook data to transfer it. Doing so
often fails to resolve the electronic addresses, which may be why they won't
appear in the address book view. Try opening your old PST file in the
profile, setting it as your default, restart Outlook, and close the PST file
the new profile created and into which you attempted the import.
After you configured the Outlook Address Book, can you see your Contacts
Folder in the dropdown list in the address book view?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Exmontrealer said:
Thanks for being patient; this isn't my area of expertise.

From the beginning:

I set up a new profile after Outlook suddenly stopped connecting with my
POP
account. With the new profile, it connected fine.

I made backup copies of all old .pst files and tried to import them into
Outlook while using the new profile.

Like I said, my address book still exists in the old profile. But I can't
seem to grab those contacts and insert them into my new profile. I've
tried
every fix I could find online.

To "configure" the address book, I followed your instructions yesterday,
but
nothing.

I may be mangling some of the lingo here - again, I'm not a tech person -
but I hope this gives you enough information.

Thanks.

Russ Valentine said:
Then you must start providing at least some information. For starters,
state
in detail how you "configured" your Outlook Address Book and what
happened.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ, thank you....

The address book in my old, corrupted profile looks fine. It contains
all
of my contacts.

Even after configuring the address book in the new profile, I can't
seem
to
grab the old contacts.

Any other ideas? Much appreciated.....
Michael

:

Outlook has no address book so there was nothing to transfer. You
Contact
data is in your Contacts Folder. Do you have your Contacts? If so,
explain
what you think is missing. I suspect you haven't configured the
address
book
view in your new profile. Feel free to do so:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Here's the problem:
I just created a new e-mail profile. The old one got corrupted.
Now,
I
can't figure out how to access the address book from my old profile.
I've
tried transferring all kinds of .pst files, backing up files, etc.
Nothing
works. I can only open the old address book when the old profile is
open.
Help! Thanks.
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? I have a question to.

My hard drive had to be replaced and I backed up outlook. But unfortunately
I lost all my address book contacts.

I have found them under contacts, but there seems to be no way to transfer
them to my address book.

Can anyone help? I don't like the idea of having to manually add 243
address to my address book. Surely there must be a faster way?


Regards

Sheena
 
My hard drive had to be replaced and I backed up outlook. But unfortunately
I lost all my address book contacts.

I have found them under contacts, but there seems to be no way to transfer
them to my address book.

Can anyone help? I don't like the idea of having to manually add 243
address to my address book. Surely there must be a faster way?
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Outlook's "address book is just a view of your Contacts. It doesn't contain
any data on its own. Right-click Contacts, choose Properties, select the
Outlook Address Book tab. Examine the "Show this folder as an e-mail Address
Book". If you can check it, do so, then restart Outlook. If you can't, you
need to create a new maikl profile because the one you have is damaged because
of how you transferred your data.
 
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