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Teo - 01 Nov 2005 23:43 GMT

Hi,
i want to use one of my public folders as an address book. i have shared the
file on the Server and all of my users have the folder by default when they
connect to email the first time. I go that contact group, properties and
share it. the problem is it seems one of my users deleted the public folders
from their left pane folders section. how would i get the public folder to
show again over there? Like i said all the other users i have looked at had
the public folder listed and i was able to check the 'use as address list'
box. I just want to restore the conection to it. Do i import/export? add new
folder and point to the Server?

i am usinng version 2002

Thank You,
Matt

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 01 Nov 2005 23:50 GMT

If the user wants to see the folder in the Contacts navigation pane in Outlook 2003, have the user drag the folder to Public Folders\Favorites.

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> Hi,
> i want to use one of my public folders as an address book. i have shared the
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> Thank You,
> Matt

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Teo - 02 Nov 2005 15:30 GMT

Thank You for your response Sue,

I got the folder to my desktop but i wasn't sure what you wanted me to do
from there. I thought that outlook should initiate the import so it could
catalog/place the folder where it should be but i don't see the place to do
that. So I tried to copy the folder to my contacts. It said i could copy a
folder but needed to copy objects. I copied the contents of the folder which
had 150 objects but that created one contact which included all 150, i guess
i was looking to bring the folder in and when clicked on that's when i would
see the 150 contacts. i think it's close but i'm missing something. I do have
the folder on the desktop so where would i go from here to finish the process?

Thanks,
Matt

> If the user wants to see the folder in the Contacts navigation pane in Outlook 2003, have the user drag the folder to Public Folders\Favorites.

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 03 Nov 2005 01:42 GMT

What does the desktop have to do with it? I was suggested that you drag the folder to the Public Folders\Favorites hierarchy within Outlook.

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> Thank You for your response Sue,
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>> If the user wants to see the folder in the Contacts navigation pane in Outlook 2003, have the user drag the folder to Public Folders\Favorites. .

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