The Contacts Folder is your "address book." Outlook has no separate address
book. The Outlook Address Book is just a view of your Contacts. Perhaps you
have corrupted your Outlook Address Book and need to repair it. I trust you
know how. If not, you must post your Outlook version for someone to help
you.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
> When I need to look up an email address I have to go to contacts because
> my
> address book is empty. All my email groups are gone. However, the contacts
> file is OK (i.e. all addresses, phones, etc.), just can't access from the
> email screen.