Moving NK2 File from XP machine to Vista machine

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Darrin - 02 Feb 2007 17:00 GMT

Was running machine with XP Pro w/Office 2007, now running machine with Vista
Ult w/Office 2007. When I copy over the NK2 file onto the new box,
auto-complete does not work. The directory didn't even have any NK2 files
prior to the copy, even after running Outllok for a couple of days.

Anyone have any tips on how to get the old NK2 file to work with the new
machine?

Thanks in advance!
-Darrin

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Brian Tillman - 02 Feb 2007 18:26 GMT

> Was running machine with XP Pro w/Office 2007, now running machine
> with Vista Ult w/Office 2007. When I copy over the NK2 file onto the
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> Anyone have any tips on how to get the old NK2 file to work with the
> new machine?

Is it in the %AppData%\Microsoft\Outlook folder? Did you name it the same
as your mail profile name? Perhaps this will help:
http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm

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Darrin - 02 Feb 2007 19:11 GMT

That is correct. I did move it into the directory and made sure it was named
the same as the current profile.
-Darrin

> > Was running machine with XP Pro w/Office 2007, now running machine
> > with Vista Ult w/Office 2007. When I copy over the NK2 file onto the
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> as your mail profile name? Perhaps this will help:
> http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 02 Feb 2007 21:06 GMT

The path to this file is quite different in Vista. If you try to use the
same path you did in XP, you shouldn't even be able to access it. State the
path you used.

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> That is correct. I did move it into the directory and made sure it was
> named
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>> as your mail profile name? Perhaps this will help:
>> http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm

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Darrin - 02 Feb 2007 21:36 GMT

I guess in fustration I missed the that it goes into the AppData\ROAMING\....
directory. Moved it into there and all fixed.
Thanks again for your help!
-Darrin

> The path to this file is quite different in Vista. If you try to use the
> same path you did in XP, you shouldn't even be able to access it. State the
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> >> as your mail profile name? Perhaps this will help:
> >> http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 02 Feb 2007 21:53 GMT

Bingo. You got it. The old path is now just a junction, and you should have
gotten an Access Denied warning when trying to access it.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

>I guess in fustration I missed the that it goes into the
>AppData\ROAMING\....
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>> >> as your mail profile name? Perhaps this will help:
>> >> http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm

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