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Outlook Contacts problem
I have Outlook 2003 and recently all my contacts disappeared from it. They
were totally deleted. However, when I click in the TO box, and start typing the addresses are there. The question I have is this: I tried doing a Detect and Repair on Outlook. That completed normally. I then tried right - clicking on the contact name and choosing "Save As Contact". That's when I get an error message that states: The name or distribution list has been deleted and is no longer a valid Address Book entry. Unable to add recipient to Contacts. An internal support function returned an error. Does someone know what may be the cause of this error? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. -- Rifleman_scar Always wanting to learn more... |
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The auto-fill/resolution cache is separate from your contacts hence the
reason why you still see names when you start typing an address. Did you somehow delete your Contacts folder? What happens you open that folder? "Rifleman_scar" wrote in message ... I have Outlook 2003 and recently all my contacts disappeared from it. They were totally deleted. However, when I click in the TO box, and start typing the addresses are there. The question I have is this: I tried doing a Detect and Repair on Outlook. That completed normally. I then tried right - clicking on the contact name and choosing "Save As Contact". That's when I get an error message that states: The name or distribution list has been deleted and is no longer a valid Address Book entry. Unable to add recipient to Contacts. An internal support function returned an error. Does someone know what may be the cause of this error? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. -- Rifleman_scar Always wanting to learn more... |
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When I open the Contacts folder, only 3 names remained out of the many that
were stored. When I try to add some of the addresses back in, autocomplete comes up and it gives me the same error message. I've never run into that problem before. -- Rifleman_scar Always wanting to learn more... "Vince Averello" wrote: The auto-fill/resolution cache is separate from your contacts hence the reason why you still see names when you start typing an address. Did you somehow delete your Contacts folder? What happens you open that folder? "Rifleman_scar" wrote in message ... I have Outlook 2003 and recently all my contacts disappeared from it. They were totally deleted. However, when I click in the TO box, and start typing the addresses are there. The question I have is this: I tried doing a Detect and Repair on Outlook. That completed normally. I then tried right - clicking on the contact name and choosing "Save As Contact". That's when I get an error message that states: The name or distribution list has been deleted and is no longer a valid Address Book entry. Unable to add recipient to Contacts. An internal support function returned an error. Does someone know what may be the cause of this error? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. -- Rifleman_scar Always wanting to learn more... |
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Auto-complete shouldn't pop up while you're adding contact records. Where
are you adding them in? From the contact folder or elsewhere? "Rifleman_scar" wrote in message ... When I open the Contacts folder, only 3 names remained out of the many that were stored. When I try to add some of the addresses back in, autocomplete comes up and it gives me the same error message. I've never run into that problem before. |
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Actually, it does. The email field in a Contact Record is one of the fields
that brings up the autocomplete dropdown. Obviously the autocompletion cache would remain even though the Contacts have gone missing. What I'm wondering is what caused Contact Records to disappear in the first place. If they aren't in the Deleted Items Folder, I'd suspect a synchronization error. Wonder if the OP backs up his data. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Vince Averello" wrote in message ... Auto-complete shouldn't pop up while you're adding contact records. Where are you adding them in? From the contact folder or elsewhere? "Rifleman_scar" wrote in message ... When I open the Contacts folder, only 3 names remained out of the many that were stored. When I try to add some of the addresses back in, autocomplete comes up and it gives me the same error message. I've never run into that problem before. |
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No I don't back up my data. I didn't plan for the worst this time. The
question why can't I just right-click and add those contacts in from the cached autocomplete lists back in? It would simplify the recovery of them for me. And why wouldn't a Detect and Repair process correct the issue with the Contacts folder? It sounds to me like there is a partial corruption of the database storing the address book/contact list. Is that possible? -- Rifleman_scar Always wanting to learn more... "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Actually, it does. The email field in a Contact Record is one of the fields that brings up the autocomplete dropdown. Obviously the autocompletion cache would remain even though the Contacts have gone missing. What I'm wondering is what caused Contact Records to disappear in the first place. If they aren't in the Deleted Items Folder, I'd suspect a synchronization error. Wonder if the OP backs up his data. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Vince Averello" wrote in message ... Auto-complete shouldn't pop up while you're adding contact records. Where are you adding them in? From the contact folder or elsewhere? "Rifleman_scar" wrote in message ... When I open the Contacts folder, only 3 names remained out of the many that were stored. When I try to add some of the addresses back in, autocomplete comes up and it gives me the same error message. I've never run into that problem before. |
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Because the autocompletion cache has no connection whatsoever to your
Contacts Folder. Obviously it will let you select the addresses it contains one by one as you recreate each Contact Record. You can also purchase a third party utility that will create Contacts from your autocompletion cache. No one can figure out how you lost your Contacts without more information. Outlook does not do this. There is no address book in Outlook--only Contacts Folders. The address book view is simply a view of your Contacts Folder. So the data that you lost is from your Contacts Folder. There is no corruption of the address book view. You would do well to review the steps that created or preceded this problem so you can take steps to avoid it. Detect and Repair has nothing to do with your data files. It only repairs the installation. If you value your data files, you back them up. In no way is the autocompletion cache a substitute for backing up your Contact data. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Rifleman_scar" wrote in message ... No I don't back up my data. I didn't plan for the worst this time. The question why can't I just right-click and add those contacts in from the cached autocomplete lists back in? It would simplify the recovery of them for me. And why wouldn't a Detect and Repair process correct the issue with the Contacts folder? It sounds to me like there is a partial corruption of the database storing the address book/contact list. Is that possible? -- Rifleman_scar Always wanting to learn more... "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Actually, it does. The email field in a Contact Record is one of the fields that brings up the autocomplete dropdown. Obviously the autocompletion cache would remain even though the Contacts have gone missing. What I'm wondering is what caused Contact Records to disappear in the first place. If they aren't in the Deleted Items Folder, I'd suspect a synchronization error. Wonder if the OP backs up his data. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Vince Averello" wrote in message ... Auto-complete shouldn't pop up while you're adding contact records. Where are you adding them in? From the contact folder or elsewhere? "Rifleman_scar" wrote in message ... When I open the Contacts folder, only 3 names remained out of the many that were stored. When I try to add some of the addresses back in, autocomplete comes up and it gives me the same error message. I've never run into that problem before. |
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Rifleman_scar wrote on Thu, 16 July 2009 19:19
I have Outlook 2003 and recently all my contacts disappeared from it. They were totally deleted. However, when I click in the TO box, and start typing the addresses are there. The question I have is this: I tried doing a Detect and Repair on Outlook. That completed normally. I then tried right - clicking on the contact name and choosing "Save As Contact". That's when I get an error message that states: The name or distribution list has been deleted and is no longer a valid Address Book entry. Unable to add recipient to Contacts. An internal support function returned an error. Does someone know what may be the cause of this error? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. -- Rifleman_scar Always wanting to learn more... Hello, If you are stuck in the issue, try out some third party tools for PST recovery. Googling will help you out. One such software is Kernel for Outlook software for outlook recovery and outlook repair. To use this utility, you need to list your mailbox PST file, scan it and it will recover your contacts from the PST file. PST files are database of MS Outlook which stores every mailbox item. If you do not know the location of PST file then search it in your drives with inbuilt search option, type *.PST and it will list the file. Software will recover every contact item and save it to new PST file. Give a try to the demo version which will let you know if it works for you or not. if it works, then you can purchase the full version: http://www.nucleustechnologies.com/M...-Recovery.html |
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On 17 июл, 03:19, Rifleman_scar
wrote: I haveOutlook2003 and recently all my contacts disappeared from it. Â*They were totally deleted. Â*However, when I click in the TO box, and start typing the addresses are there. Â*The question I have is this: Â*I tried doing a Detect and Repair onOutlook. Â*That completed normally. Â*I then tried right - clicking on the contact name and choosing "Save As Contact". Â*That's when I get an error message that states: Â* Â* Â* The name or distribution list has been deleted and is no longer a valid Address Book entry. Â*Unable to add recipient to Contacts. Â*An internal support function returned an error. Â* Â* Â*Does someone know what may be the cause of this error? Â*Any help would be greatly appreciated. Â*Thank you. Â* Â* You can try to recover your contacts with Easy Mail Recovery softwa http://www.munsoft.com/EasyMailRecovery/ The program uses original algorithms that assist in the recovery of a maximum number of messages even if the mail client cannot open the message database. |
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Outlook Contacts problem
You can also try a popular Outlook recovery tool called Advanced
Outlook Repair to repair your PST file. It is a powerful tool to recover messages, folders and other objects from corrupt or damaged Microsoft Outlook PST files. Detailed information about Advanced Outlook Repair can be found at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/ And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/aor.exe Good luck! Wangdong |
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