Transform file install and Contacts

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I'm installing Office 2003 with a transforms file that auto configures
Outlook profiles and does a few other things. A problem that has become
apparent is the following:

When users compose emails and click on the To:, CC:, etc and browse the
"Show Names from the" listings, their Contacts don't show up in the list of
address books. The Contacts folder is available however, and when going to
Properties -> Outlook Address Book, "Show this folder as an e-mail Address
Book" is greyed out.
The user can go through Tools -> E-mail Accounts -> Add a new directory or
address book and select "Outlook Address Book" and click out. After a restart
of Outlook the Contacts folder shows up in the "Show Names from the" address
listings.
Where in the transform is this undesired behavior being configured? How can
I correct this?

Thanks
 
It's not possible to deploy that setting with any of the tools in the Office
Resource Kit. I have been working on a script to set it programmatically,
after Outlook has run to process the .prf file and create the new profile.
If you want to give it a try, I'd be delighted to get some feedback. It's at
http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=804,
 
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