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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / March 2005Import Email Address AutoComplete from Outlook Express
Hi. I have a friend who I helped transfer email and contacts from Outlook Express on her Win 98 computer to Outlook 2003 on her new computer. I had to import the dbx files from her old computer's outlook express to the outlook express on her new computer, then exported the contacts and email from outlook express on her new computer to outlook 2003 on her new compter. HOWEVER, she says that when composing messages, the address book/contacts autocomplete that normally starts filling in email addresses on the To: line no longer works for her hundreds of contacts. I googled and found info on transferring autocomplete info from outlook to outlook, BUT NOT from outlook express to outlook. Is this possible, and if so, how??? Phil Boston, MA You're really at the wrong site for OE help. But you might want to review the document: http://www.dcs-imaging.com/autocompletetips.htm as it will help you create a new autocomplete (NK2) file in Outlook. Good luck, Randy > Hi. I have a friend who I helped transfer email and contacts from Outlook > Express on her [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Phil > Boston, MA Autocompletion has nothing to do with Contacts data. It uses a cache of names derived from messages that have been sent. That cache is empty in a new installation.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Hi. I have a friend who I helped transfer email and contacts from Outlook > Express on her [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Phil > Boston, MA Russ, is the cache stored in a particular folder/file in the Outlook Express file store folder?? I was trying to find out if it could be massaged into an NK2 file. The previous replier was confused, as I am interested in Outlook 2003 functioning as the only client used by my friend. Phil > Autocompletion has nothing to do with Contacts data. It uses a cache of > names derived from messages that have been sent. That cache is empty in a [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> Phil >> Boston, MA As with all features, Outlook and OE have nothing in common. Autocompletion in OE is a completely different function that does use Contacts data. There is no separate file. Once you have imported Contacts from OE into Outlook, it is fairly easy to populate your NK2 file all at once. Randy has the instructions in the link he posted. Just go to "Building a new NK2 file from data recovered using our Owtlook program:" and start at step 8. You won't even have to purchase Owtlook to do this, but if it works, perhaps you should :) SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Russ, is the cache stored in a particular folder/file in the Outlook > Express file store folder?? [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >>> Phil >>> Boston, MA Thanks Russ and Randy. > As with all features, Outlook and OE have nothing in common. > Autocompletion in OE is a completely different function that does use [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >>>> Phil >>>> Boston, MA |
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