OL 2000 on Windows Vista: Accessing Contacts?

[A Baffled User]

I have just bought a new HP Pavilion a6250t desktop computer loaded with
Windows Vista Home Premium. I have succeeded at installing and tweaking my
Outlook 2000 program, from Office 2000 Small Business, so it works on this
OS. (For help with this, see the wonderful step-by-step instructions
provided by Scott's Blog at
http://miniblurb.wordpress.com/outlook-2000-on-vista/.) I have not, however,
been able to access my huge list of Contacts compiled over the course of
years on the Vista machine. Has anyone found a way to transfer OL Contacts
into the Windows Address Book (WAB) that Vista makes you use?

Thanks!

Joan

[Roady [MVP]]

Why are you using a wab-file in the first place? Outlook has a Contacts
folder to keep your contacts in. You'll need to convert it on a Windows XP
machine since Vista doesn't offer wab-support.

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"A Baffled User" <vze2...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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[A Baffled User]

I'm not using a WAB file. WAB is the kind of file to which *Vista* assigns
contact information. I am using my decades-old MS Outlook Contacts file, but
my program, as installed on Windows Vista, does not access the Contacts
file.

Say, for instance, I want to compose a brand-new message in my OL 2000 on
Vista program. I click New Message and then I click the To: button. Nothing
happens. There are no addresses visible there to choose from, even though my
Contacts folder is exactly where it belongs.

Joan

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[Roady [MVP]]

This has nothing to do with Vista; you're using Outlook. If your contact in
the Contacts folder in Outlook but not visible in your Address Book you'll
need to add the Outlook Address Book service via Tools-> Accounts (or
Services depending on your Outlook mode).
Then right click your Contacts folder-> Properties and set the option to use
it as an address list.

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"A Baffled User" <vze2...@verizon.net> wrote in message

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[A Baffled User]

Thank you, Robert. I'll try this when I get back from the movies.

Joan

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[Roady [MVP]]

You're welcome and enjoy! :-)

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"A Baffled User" <vze2...@verizon.net> wrote in message

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[A Baffled User]

The movie--Juno--was great, thanks! Unfortunately, my Contacts still aren't
interacting with my OL program...

My contacts *are* visible in the Outlook Contacts folder. They just are not
accessible in the usual manner. I can, for example, click on any of my
hundreds of contacts on the list and *manually* copy an e-mail address from
an individual Contacts file and *paste* it into the To: field of an e-mail.
But I cannot get the e-mail address to appear in that To: field by either
typing the first few letters of the contact's name into the field or by
clicking the To: button and choosing the contact's name. There is some kind
of disconnect.

When I go to Tools --> Accounts ("Services" is not a choice), I find the one
(default) ISP I have set up. Under Properties for that ISP, the tabs are
General, Servers, Connection, and Advanced. None of those tabs offers the
option of adding Outlook Address Book.

When I right-click on Contacts in the folder list and then click
Properties-->Outlook Address Book, "Show this folder as an e-mail address
book" is grayed out and there is a similarly grayed-out check mark in the
square field attached to it. Beneath what I've just described, under "Name
of the address book," it says, "Contacts" in a field that, like the
grayed-out ones above, is not open to modification.

Sorry to be so long-winded, but I wanted you to know that I have followed
your instructions to the letter!

Joan

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[Roady [MVP]]

> The movie--Juno--was great
I'll keep that in mind. It won't be out in Holland for another 3 weeks and
even 2 months before it will be released in Germany...

You'll have to add the Outlook Address Book service. Can't remember Outlook
2000 by heart anymore but I believe there is an Add... button in Accounts
but instead of choosing to add an email account or pst-file, you can also
choose to add the Outlook Address Book service. After that, things should be
ok for you.

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"A Baffled User" <vze2...@verizon.net> wrote in message

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[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Actually it depends entirely on which mail support mode the OP is using,
which he had not the courtesy to post. Neither is supported on Vista, of
course.
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[A Baffled User]

Okay, I'll try. Will let you know how I make out.

I think that Juno will be worth the wait. Filmed in Vancouver, very sweet.

So how's the ethnic situation in Holland these days? From what I hear,
you've had it pretty rough these last couple of years.

Joan in North America

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[A Baffled User]

What does OP stand for? How do I determine what mail support mode the OP is
using?

Joan

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[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You. The original poster.
If you don't know what version you are using, look in Help About, line 2.

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"A Baffled User" <vze2...@verizon.net> wrote in message

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[Roady [MVP]]

> So how's the ethnic situation in Holland these days? From what I hear,
> you've had it pretty rough these last couple of years.

Haha, it's what we known for outside our borders and if not that there is
always the drugs issue ;-) But it's like with a lot of things in live; when
you are living in the middle of it, you're the last who takes notice. As
long as people are talking about it instead of fighting about it, it's
actually kind of interesting and good. Who knows; it might actually lead to
something that can apply to a worldwide solution...

Talking about solutions; are you ever going to figure out how you can safe
the dollar? ;-)
When introduced 1 Euro rated $0.85 and now $1.57

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"A Baffled User" <vze2...@verizon.net> wrote in message

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[A Baffled User]

I don't know what "OP" means. I'm using no other form of e-mail than
Internet Mail, if that's what you mean.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <rus...@gmail.com> wrote in message

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[A Baffled User]

>Who knows; it might actually lead to something that can apply to a
>worldwide solution...

That would be great. God knows the world needs one! As far as the dollar is
concerned, I'm sure it would help if George Bush stopped wasting billions on
the Iraq war--to say nothing of American and Iraqi lives.

So is there no hope for my OL 2000 ever being able to use my Contacts
normally?

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[Brian Tillman]

A Baffled User <vze2...@verizon.net> wrote:

> So is there no hope for my OL 2000 ever being able to use my Contacts
> normally?

OL 2000 should work on Vista and access its Contacts folder just fine if you
switch it to Corporate/Workgroup mode. That will make it fairly easy to add
the Outlook Address Book service to the mail profile.
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[A Baffled User]

To change my e-mail configuration, OL 2000 Help tells me to click on
Tools>Options>Mail Services. The only tabs that are available in my program
under Tools>Options are Preferences, Mail Delivery, Mail Format, Spelling,
Security, and Advanced. None of these tabs contains an option called Mail
Services.

"Brian Tillman" <tillm...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[A Baffled User]

My previous post, re the tabs available under Tools>Options, somehow got
sent before I meant it to. I wanted to add that OL 2000 Help also tells me
that there should be a "Services" option under Tools. There isn't.

"Brian Tillman" <tillm...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[A Baffled User]

Another way of explaining the problem I'm having is to say that when I click
on Contacts in the Folder List of OL 2000, I see all my contacts listed
there as usual; but when I click on the little address book icon on the OL
toolbar, I get a multi-frame dialog box *called* Contacts, but where the
contact information should be listed, it says, "This folder is empty."

"Brian Tillman" <tillm...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

It is. That version is not supported on Vista, hence the error message. Well
documented:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm

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"A Baffled User" <vze2...@verizon.net> wrote in message

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[A Baffled User]

As it happens, I've just worked out a way to solve the well documented
problems you refer to. For those of you out there who would like to continue
using Outlook 2000 on Vista in Internet Mail Only mode, here is how it can
be done:

First, follow the instructions posted on Scott's Blog, at
http://miniblurb.wordpress.com/outlook-2000-on-vista/ to stop Outlook from
forcing you to go through the setup process every time you open the program.
Then, in order to have access to the OL Contacts you already have, export
your OL Contacts to a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file (instructions for
this operation can be found at
http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et090604.htm). Then find the
Windows Contacts file, called simply "Contacts," which should be located
under your username on the Windows Explorer hierarchy, and import the CSV
file you've just created into the Windows Contacts folder.

Once you have done these things, you will be able to access your Contacts
via the To: button at the top of your OL e-mail message. You will not,
however, have the autocomplete functionality, when you type a partial e-mail
address into the To: field, that you had with Outlook.

Good luck!

Joan

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[Roady [MVP]]

Let's go one step back; are you in Corporate/Workgroup mode or in Internet
Only mode?
Choose Help-> About to look that up.

IIRC: On the Mail Delivery tab at the bottom you can change your Outlook
mode.

Note that you can run into many more issues with Outlook 2000. You are
probably much better off using Windows (Live) Mail if you do not want to
invest in an Outlook upgrade.

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"A Baffled User" <vze2...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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[A Baffled User]

Thanks! I'm in Internet Mail Only mode.

I have found a way to at least work around the problems I was having (see
below), but I may try the Corporate/Workgroup option just to see how it
works. Many thanks.

To use Outlook 2000 on Vista in Internet Mail Only mode, first, follow the

instructions posted on Scott's Blog, at
http://miniblurb.wordpress.com/outlook-2000-on-vista/ to stop Outlook from
forcing you to go through the setup process every time you open the program.
Then, in order to have access to the OL Contacts you already have, export
your OL Contacts to a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file (instructions for
this operation can be found at
http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et090604.htm). Then find the
Windows Contacts file, called simply "Contacts," which should be located
under your username on the Windows Explorer hierarchy, and import the CSV
file you've just created into the Windows Contacts folder.

Once you have done these things, you will be able to access your Contacts
via the To: button at the top of your OL e-mail message. You will not,
however, have the autocomplete functionality, when you type a partial e-mail
address into the To: field, that you had with Outlook.

Joan

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Egad - use a 9 year old program made for the W95-98 OS on Vista OS that is programmed completely different.

Guess some folks just don't understand obsolete.

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After furious head scratching, A Baffled User asked:

[A Baffled User]

Why should I be forced to trade in a program with which I am totally
satisfied because of an operating system with which I am anything but? Do
you really think that things are automatically superior because they are
newer? Egad, indeed!

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[Brian Tillman]

A Baffled User <vze2...@verizon.net> wrote:

> Why should I be forced to trade in a program with which I am totally
> satisfied because of an operating system with which I am anything
> but? Do you really think that things are automatically superior
> because they are newer? Egad, indeed!

If you're not happy with Vista, why did you choose it? Why didn't you
install XP?
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[Brian Tillman]

A Baffled User <vze2...@verizon.net> wrote:

> My previous post, re the tabs available under Tools>Options, somehow
> got sent before I meant it to. I wanted to add that OL 2000 Help also
> tells me that there should be a "Services" option under Tools. There
> isn't.

Not if it's in IMO mode. Then it's Tools>Accounts. If it's in
Corporate/Workgroup mode, you'll see Tools>Services instead. That;s why I
said to use CW mode. Tools>Mail Delivery>Reconfigure Mail Support.
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[A Baffled User]

"Brian Tillman" <tillm...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I finally got around to trying this today--it works great! Thank you so
much, Brian!!

Best,
Joan

[Brian Tillman]

A Baffled User <vze2...@verizon.net> wrote:

> I finally got around to trying this today--it works great! Thank you
> so much, Brian!!

I'm glad. You're welcome.
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