What did you do to break it?
What version of Outlook are you using?
How are you "attempting to save contact details from an email into the
"contacts"
address book?"

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
> When attempting to save contact details from an email into the "contacts"
> address book, outlook becomes partially inactive and I can no longer save
> any
> data or open new emails. I often need to restart the computer to regain
> all
> outlook functions. What do I need to do to fix this?