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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / January 2006Ghost Contacts folder- linking to contacts
Office 2003 Not using Exchange Server I just recovered my computer data and moved my recovered .pst file into the location for this file. I first renamed the outlook.pst which was created when I installed Outlook. I then imported its contents into the recovered outlook.pst file, and that worked. New contacts, appointments, email, journal entries were where I expected to find them. However, if I click on the contacts button in an appointment, or a message, or a journal entry, or a distribution list in the contacts folder itself, I get a message that there are no contacts. If I click on the drop-down that lists CONTACTS I find a second contacts list. This one has my contacts. There is only one contacts folder in my pst file. No others are loaded. Ideas? Suggestions? TIA Charles Kenyon This is a poor way to migrate data. Always use the Data File Management utility as spelled out in the Help Files. Never rename PST files and expect Outlook to figure out what's going on and never import PST files. If you're lucky, the only thing disrupted at this point is the Outlook Address Book Service. Just remove the invalid reference to your previous Contacts Folder here: Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address books > Outlook Address Book > Change. If you find other problems, you'll need to create a new profile and then set the PST file you want as your default according to the instructions in Help.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Office 2003 > Not using Exchange Server [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Charles Kenyon Thank you for the help. I think I've gotten it working. Charles Kenyon > This is a poor way to migrate data. Always use the Data File Management > utility as spelled out in the Help Files. Never rename PST files and [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >> >> Charles Kenyon |
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