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MWE - 04 Apr 2006 05:40 GMT

I am running Outlook2000 and WinXP/SP2. I have not typically used contacts
because I want ONE "address book" for multiple profiles. I have not found a
way to sync my PAB with my PDA, so I am forced to migrate to Contacts. I
imported my PAB into the Contacts folder. That worked OK. I removed the PAB
from the list of services. I expected to be able to "see" contacts when I
navigated to Tools | Services | Addressing, but found nothing. When I click
on Address Book, again nothing. When I try to look up an email address using
either the TO button or cntl K, there is nothing. So, for some reason, the
Contacts folder is not being recognized as a valid "address book".

Any idea why this might happen?

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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] - 04 Apr 2006 09:32 GMT

I'm a little rusty on OL2000 stuff but is the Outlook Address Book service
in your profile here: Tools menu > Services? If not, add it then right click
on your Contacts folder, go to the Outlook Address Book tab and check the
box to show the folder as an email address book.

>I am running Outlook2000 and WinXP/SP2. I have not typically used contacts
> because I want ONE "address book" for multiple profiles. I have not found
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> Any idea why this might happen?

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MWE - 04 Apr 2006 18:00 GMT

Thanks. Your reply gave me the clues I needed to sort this out. More
importantly, I have figured out a way to "share" the contacts folder across
multiple profiles.

> I'm a little rusty on OL2000 stuff but is the Outlook Address Book service
> in your profile here: Tools menu > Services? If not, add it then right click
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> >
> > Any idea why this might happen?

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