Business Contact Manager is new enough that we don't have a lot of solid
troubleshooting information yet. But here's what we do know:
-- BCM will disable itself if the profile contains an Exchange account. This
behavior is by design, but can be circumvented (but not in a supported
fashion). See http://www.slipstick.com/bcm/bcmfaq_more.aspx?id=52
-- If you don't see the Business Tools menu, BCM probably failed to load
when Outlook started. Run Regedit and go to the
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\Microsoft.BusinessSolutions.eC
RM.OutlookAddin.Connect.1 key. If the value for LoadBehavior is something
other than 3, make a backup of the registry, edit LoadBehavior to set it to
3, then restart Outlook.
-- If you get errors during setup, if BCM does not load even after you edit
the LoadBehavior registry value, or if the database does not load, you
should initiate a support incident with Microsoft at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;incidentsubmit. You
will need a .Net Passport, but there should be no charge for filing the
request for help.

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> I installed BCM at the same time I installed/configured
> Office/Outlook 2003. No new icons showed up for BCM, no
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> Jay K. Eiler
Jay K. Eiler - 16 Feb 2004 03:50 GMT
Thanks for the help. I'll try your tips this week.
I have a point to make. Why in the world would this not
be designed to work with Exchange? That doesn't make any
sense. Could you answer that one for me?
I can be reached at jkeiler42@hotmail.com
Again, thanks for the help.
JKE
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>Business Contact Manager is new enough that we don't have a lot of solid
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 16 Feb 2004 13:21 GMT
BCM is a single-user CRM tool. Microsoft apparently thought that in a
collaborative environment like that represented by Exchange, people would be
frustrated that they couldn't share BCM data (and it might be argued, should
be using Microsoft CRM instead). I don't think that's a valid argument,
since plenty of companies have individuals who need personal contact
relationship management beyond what Outlook provides, without any sharing
requirement.

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> I have a point to make. Why in the world would this not
> be designed to work with Exchange? That doesn't make any
> sense. Could you answer that one for me?