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ktemay - 11 Apr 2007 20:06 GMT

When I click on the contact button on the navigation pane my contacts don't
come up. The navigation pane changes to contacts but whatever I was
previously in (mail, calendar, etc) stays in the main screen. And on the
contact navigation pane thre is nothing listed under my contacts. But If i
right click on the contacts button and say open in new window they are all
there. Can anyone help?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 11 Apr 2007 22:41 GMT

If resetting your Nav Pane doesn't work, try starting Outlook once with the
/cleanviews command line switch. This switch (and a few other really helpful
ones) are discussed here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q156/9/82.asp

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> When I click on the contact button on the navigation pane my contacts
> don't
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> right click on the contacts button and say open in new window they are all
> there. Can anyone help?

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ktemay - 12 Apr 2007 23:52 GMT

I tired reseting the navigation pane and that didn't work. Then I tried the
switch you suggested and that didn't work either. Any other suggestions?

> If resetting your Nav Pane doesn't work, try starting Outlook once with the
> /cleanviews command line switch. This switch (and a few other really helpful
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> > right click on the contacts button and say open in new window they are all
> > there. Can anyone help?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 13 Apr 2007 01:12 GMT

Not until you provide more information. State the steps that created your
problem in the first place.

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>I tired reseting the navigation pane and that didn't work. Then I tried
>the
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>> > all
>> > there. Can anyone help?

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ktemay - 13 Apr 2007 20:00 GMT

I started outlook 1 morning and it wasn't working. For whatever reason my
view changes each time I open outlook. Sometimes I'll have all my folders in
the "favorite folders" and sometimes it will only have my inbox. Each time I
start it I never know what it will look like. I thought this was just that
so I tried restarting it but they have never come back. it's like the whole
file was deleted except when I right click on the contact button I can open
them in a new window and all the contacts are there.

> Not until you provide more information. State the steps that created your
> problem in the first place.
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> >> > all
> >> > there. Can anyone help?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 13 Apr 2007 22:00 GMT

So as far as you know this just started all of a sudden for no reason? You
made no changes or updates to your OS or Office installation and encountered
no errors before this started?
That does make it rather difficult to sort out from a distance. You never
stated your Office version nor information store. I posted the list of
repair options. The next most likely candidate is /resetfolders. Since we
can only take shots in the dark here, you can also try repairing your data
file and creating a new profile.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

>I started outlook 1 morning and it wasn't working. For whatever reason my
> view changes each time I open outlook. Sometimes I'll have all my folders
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>> >> > all
>> >> > there. Can anyone help?

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