Why is it that my contacts are sorted by last name, first
name in every part of outlook EXCEPT for when I select
contacts from the "select members" dialogue box when I
create a new distribution list?

This question has perplexed me literally for years -- just
discovered this newsgroup, hopefully one of you can help
me!
I use Outlook 2002 (on a WinXP PC, if it matters).  In the

How can I protect the records in Outlook contacts that I
marked as private. I want them to be hidden unless opened
by a password. I want to have this feature in Pocket
Pc2003.

when I open microsoft outlook 97 it gives me a message
that reads:  "the add-in scrptxtn.dill could not be
installed or loaded. Unable to load scrptxtn.dill, you
may be out of memory, out of system resourses or missing

I want to send a document to a Distribution Group, however, I only want one individuals name to appear in the TO section.  We do not want each person in the group to see the names and addresses of all others in the group.  Can this be done?

My hard disk recently crashed and I had backed up my PST
files which I have back up and running successfully. I
can access my Contacts folder, however, when I compose a
new email and click on the "To", or "CC" buttons, the

i have set up 5 different catagories under contacts. These
catigories represent different business Ie:condominium
contacts, personal, business, office building, computers ,
etc. I need to have differnt views in each of them;

Using Windows XP & Outlook 2002:
Some in my 'Contacts' have telephone numbers only (A), others have
email addresses only (B), and others have both telephone numbers and
email addresses (C).

Since upgrading from Outlook XP, I have been unable to
import my Organizer 97 files directly. In the import
dialogue box, there is no Organizer 97 option, just
Organizer 5 and 5. Can anyone help me please?

Win 98 2nd Ed., had 3 settings for display.  XP Home ver. has 2.  One time I accessed Display Propert. Settings and had the 2 Default settings, plus 3 other settings greater than 1024x768.   Would like to get them back again and would like to get the middle setting between ...

I am trying to restore my contacts but when I import the
backup pst file every folder is there other than the
contacts folder.  I know the folder must be there as i
managed to import the contacts two days ago from the same

I am in the process of changing computers.  I need to move my Outlook contacts to the new machine.  Both computers operate on XP.  I am not conected to an exchange server so I need to find a way to email my current contact list or burn it on a CD to get to my new computer.  Can ...

Im using Microsoft Outlook 2003 and was wondering if
anyone knew how to :
Create Form (Layout) - Use as default; Switch Layouts
like ACT!; Create Tabs - User Fields, Alt Contacts,

I have every name in my Ouitlook 2003 address book formatted to display as "last name, first name,"  which automatically, I believe, sets up the email address to display as "first name last name (email address)".  In several cases, however, the email display name shows up as ...

My computer died, but I was able to retrieve all the files
on my hard drive.  How can I find my contacts in Outlook -
what file name would I search for?
Also, in Outlook Express, how would I find my address book?