RE: Can't access Outlook address book - Diana Pormensky.

[cdbits]

I have moved on a little having read article 287563 - how to mark your
contact folder for use with your address book. Only problem is that there is
no tab labelled "outlook address book" on the folder properties.

"cdbits" wrote:

> Found the Diane Poremsky comments very helpful and can now access my "Outlook
> address book" After deleting and adding I had a choice of 3 address books -
> Outlook address book, personal address book and contacts - it was the latter
> which worked. Can you explain the difference between the three please .
> Also I have 4 personal folders which I mistakenly imported into Outlook and
> I can't delete them (Outlook says "Object missing" or similar message. How
> do I delete them ?

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The Outlook Address Book never has any individual items in it. It functions solely as a parent container for address lists derived from your contacts folders.

The Personal Address Book is a legacy address list included for backwards compatibility. You can remove it through Tools | E-mail Accounts.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"cdbits" <cdb...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6701791D-B137-40A6...@microsoft.com...
> Answering my own questions now !! Found the page refered to. Contacts
> folder is ticked and does appear on list of address books when I click the
> "to" tab. However, neither the outlook address book or the personal address
> book listed have anything in them. Why do I now have to select the contacts
> folder ?
> Still haven't found how to delete the personal folders (can't open them
> either).

[cdbits]

Thanks Sue but I'm still confused. Before I "lost" the address book the list
of contacts came up automatically - now I have to choose the "contacts"
folder - so what did I do ? Also - my last question also asked about
deleting personal folders that won't delete by the normal method - rt click
on the folder and click "remove folder"" When I do this I get the message
"object not found" (or similar)

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You mean you have to select the Contacts list in the address book? You can change what list the address book displays by default by opening the address book, then choosing Tools | Options.

Your PST question is unrelated to the address book (best to put unrelated questions in separate posts). See http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/ghosts.htm

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"cdbits" <cdb...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8CB3B1C4-2A7A-4B4E...@microsoft.com...

> Thanks Sue but I'm still confused. Before I "lost" the address book the list
> of contacts came up automatically - now I have to choose the "contacts"
> folder - so what did I do ? Also - my last question also asked about
> deleting personal folders that won't delete by the normal method - rt click
> on the folder and click "remove folder"" When I do this I get the message
> "object not found" (or similar)
>
> Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> The Outlook Address Book never has any individual items in it. It functions solely as a parent container for address lists derived from your contacts folders.
>>
>> The Personal Address Book is a legacy address list included for backwards compatibility. You can remove it through Tools | E-mail Accounts.

>> "cdbits" <cdb...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6701791D-B137-40A6...@microsoft.com...