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Outlook 2007 address books unavailable
I used to think of myself as fairly computer literate until going from
XP/Office 2003 to Vista/Office 2007. I have read through this thread and this is what I came up with. It seems to have worked. Close Outlook 2007 In Control Panel: Mail / Profiles / Show Profiles Outlook (only profile shown) Add Outlook 2007 (my new profile name) Answer questions to set up email account(s) for this profile. Once new profile is added, change the name under “Always use this profile” to new name (Outlook 2007). Open Outlook 2007 In Outlook: File / Data File Management / Data Files tab Change default to old folders Close Your old mail, contacts extra should now show Right Click on a Contact Folder Click on properties Click on Outlook Address Book Tab Check Show this folder as an e-mail Address |
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I did all this and the option to make outlook the default was "greyed" out..
any other suggestions Ann "Bham Sue" wrote: I used to think of myself as fairly computer literate until going from XP/Office 2003 to Vista/Office 2007. I have read through this thread and this is what I came up with. It seems to have worked. Close Outlook 2007 In Control Panel: Mail / Profiles / Show Profiles Outlook (only profile shown) Add Outlook 2007 (my new profile name) Answer questions to set up email account(s) for this profile. Once new profile is added, change the name under “Always use this profile” to new name (Outlook 2007). Open Outlook 2007 In Outlook: File / Data File Management / Data Files tab Change default to old folders Close Your old mail, contacts extra should now show Right Click on a Contact Folder Click on properties Click on Outlook Address Book Tab Check Show this folder as an e-mail Address |
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Post the steps you used to corrupt your profile and your Outlook version.
-- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Ann" wrote in message ... I did all this and the option to make outlook the default was "greyed" out.. any other suggestions Ann "Bham Sue" wrote: I used to think of myself as fairly computer literate until going from XP/Office 2003 to Vista/Office 2007. I have read through this thread and this is what I came up with. It seems to have worked. Close Outlook 2007 In Control Panel: Mail / Profiles / Show Profiles Outlook (only profile shown) Add Outlook 2007 (my new profile name) Answer questions to set up email account(s) for this profile. Once new profile is added, change the name under “Always use this profile” to new name (Outlook 2007). Open Outlook 2007 In Outlook: File / Data File Management / Data Files tab Change default to old folders Close Your old mail, contacts extra should now show Right Click on a Contact Folder Click on properties Click on Outlook Address Book Tab Check Show this folder as an e-mail Address |
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I have had this same problem since i switched computers back in December. I
think I'm just about to the point where it may actually work. But I'm a little confused here.... I created a new user via the mail / control panel. I used one of my current email addresses to do so. Which is also in my other folder. I have 4 other (total of 5) email's set up as pop accounts in the old profile. Which worked fine except for the address book not showing the contacts. Since i imported everything via the data transfer cable initially, i'm not sure where / how to find the settings so that everything will transfer to the new profile account. If I do as stated from this last post, "open your old PST file" .... should this be done under the new profile or old? I assumed New..... Soooo I click on that and it opens folders... microsoft... Outlook.... from there on the right side, i have a folder titled accounts and under that i have 9 other files all titled outlook (1.2.3.4. etc...) they are all type .pst. I'm not sure how they all got there, I'd assume from trying so many darn times to create the new profile to merge as I've read before. I click on one and ok... I can now open my sub folders for each of the accounts as i had set up in the old profile. BUT.... There are no accounts showing in the list except for the new one. This is driving me crazy!! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Of course. Only you should never import a PST file. When you create your new profile, it will create a new, empty PST file as its default. All you need to do is open your old PST file in Outlook (File Open Outlook data file...), set it to be the default, then restart Outlook and close new empty PST file. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "deekramer" wrote in message ... Thank you for this posting! I have been trying for a month to figure out why after getting my new machine with Vista & MS Office 2007 then migrating my datafiles/setting from old machineto new one that the Outlook Address Book was grayed out and I could not link my contacts to my address book. A support person at Microsoft said I did not move my csv file and that was why I could not get my address book to work even through I could see the contacts in my contact list. It did not make sense to me so I started web research on this issue and finally cam on your answer. My question is if I delete the current profile and add a new one to make the Outlook Address Book visible, can I still use the same information from the old profile for the new one and import my old pst file? "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Yeah. We were thrilled to discover that one. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: There's a bug in Outlook 2007. You can no longer remove the Outlook Address Book service and re-add it to repair the service. All you can do is create a new profile. I haven't explicitly tried that in my copy of OL 2007. What a bummer. -- Brian Tillman |
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1. Create a new Outlook profile (which will create a new, empty data file as
its default). 2. Add whatever email _accounts_ you want to that profile (which I assume is what you meant when you said you "used one of my current email addresses"). 3. Open your previous Outlook data file in Outlook and set it as your default. 4. Restart Outlook. 5. Close the new, empty data file the Outlook created by default when you created the new profile. 6. Make sure your Contacts Folder is enabled as an email address book in its properties. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Christa" wrote in message ... I have had this same problem since i switched computers back in December. I think I'm just about to the point where it may actually work. But I'm a little confused here.... I created a new user via the mail / control panel. I used one of my current email addresses to do so. Which is also in my other folder. I have 4 other (total of 5) email's set up as pop accounts in the old profile. Which worked fine except for the address book not showing the contacts. Since i imported everything via the data transfer cable initially, i'm not sure where / how to find the settings so that everything will transfer to the new profile account. If I do as stated from this last post, "open your old PST file" .... should this be done under the new profile or old? I assumed New..... Soooo I click on that and it opens folders... microsoft... Outlook.... from there on the right side, i have a folder titled accounts and under that i have 9 other files all titled outlook (1.2.3.4. etc...) they are all type .pst. I'm not sure how they all got there, I'd assume from trying so many darn times to create the new profile to merge as I've read before. I click on one and ok... I can now open my sub folders for each of the accounts as i had set up in the old profile. BUT.... There are no accounts showing in the list except for the new one. This is driving me crazy!! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Of course. Only you should never import a PST file. When you create your new profile, it will create a new, empty PST file as its default. All you need to do is open your old PST file in Outlook (File Open Outlook data file...), set it to be the default, then restart Outlook and close new empty PST file. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "deekramer" wrote in message ... Thank you for this posting! I have been trying for a month to figure out why after getting my new machine with Vista & MS Office 2007 then migrating my datafiles/setting from old machineto new one that the Outlook Address Book was grayed out and I could not link my contacts to my address book. A support person at Microsoft said I did not move my csv file and that was why I could not get my address book to work even through I could see the contacts in my contact list. It did not make sense to me so I started web research on this issue and finally cam on your answer. My question is if I delete the current profile and add a new one to make the Outlook Address Book visible, can I still use the same information from the old profile for the new one and import my old pst file? "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Yeah. We were thrilled to discover that one. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: There's a bug in Outlook 2007. You can no longer remove the Outlook Address Book service and re-add it to repair the service. All you can do is create a new profile. I haven't explicitly tried that in my copy of OL 2007. What a bummer. -- Brian Tillman |
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Hi Russ. This is my first time posting on a web community, so please forgive
me if I am not using the right terminology. I am using Outlook 2007 and have exactly the same problem. I have read this and other group postings and have followed your suggestions, including using the 287563 article suggestions and creating a new Outlook profile as you suggest. I still cannot see my contact information as an address book. Perhaps (most probably) there is a step i have omitted, and i would be very grateful if you can assist me. regards "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: 1. Create a new Outlook profile (which will create a new, empty data file as its default). 2. Add whatever email _accounts_ you want to that profile (which I assume is what you meant when you said you "used one of my current email addresses"). 3. Open your previous Outlook data file in Outlook and set it as your default. 4. Restart Outlook. 5. Close the new, empty data file the Outlook created by default when you created the new profile. 6. Make sure your Contacts Folder is enabled as an email address book in its properties. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Christa" wrote in message ... I have had this same problem since i switched computers back in December. I think I'm just about to the point where it may actually work. But I'm a little confused here.... I created a new user via the mail / control panel. I used one of my current email addresses to do so. Which is also in my other folder. I have 4 other (total of 5) email's set up as pop accounts in the old profile. Which worked fine except for the address book not showing the contacts. Since i imported everything via the data transfer cable initially, i'm not sure where / how to find the settings so that everything will transfer to the new profile account. If I do as stated from this last post, "open your old PST file" .... should this be done under the new profile or old? I assumed New..... Soooo I click on that and it opens folders... microsoft... Outlook.... from there on the right side, i have a folder titled accounts and under that i have 9 other files all titled outlook (1.2.3.4. etc...) they are all type .pst. I'm not sure how they all got there, I'd assume from trying so many darn times to create the new profile to merge as I've read before. I click on one and ok... I can now open my sub folders for each of the accounts as i had set up in the old profile. BUT.... There are no accounts showing in the list except for the new one. This is driving me crazy!! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Of course. Only you should never import a PST file. When you create your new profile, it will create a new, empty PST file as its default. All you need to do is open your old PST file in Outlook (File Open Outlook data file...), set it to be the default, then restart Outlook and close new empty PST file. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "deekramer" wrote in message ... Thank you for this posting! I have been trying for a month to figure out why after getting my new machine with Vista & MS Office 2007 then migrating my datafiles/setting from old machineto new one that the Outlook Address Book was grayed out and I could not link my contacts to my address book. A support person at Microsoft said I did not move my csv file and that was why I could not get my address book to work even through I could see the contacts in my contact list. It did not make sense to me so I started web research on this issue and finally cam on your answer. My question is if I delete the current profile and add a new one to make the Outlook Address Book visible, can I still use the same information from the old profile for the new one and import my old pst file? "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Yeah. We were thrilled to discover that one. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: There's a bug in Outlook 2007. You can no longer remove the Outlook Address Book service and re-add it to repair the service. All you can do is create a new profile. I haven't explicitly tried that in my copy of OL 2007. What a bummer. -- Brian Tillman |
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This is a long and old thread which contains many posts. Could you state
exactly what problem you are having and which steps you've used to correct it? I can't decipher that information from your post, and we'd need to know that to tell if you're doing anything wrong. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Peterfar" wrote in message ... Hi Russ. This is my first time posting on a web community, so please forgive me if I am not using the right terminology. I am using Outlook 2007 and have exactly the same problem. I have read this and other group postings and have followed your suggestions, including using the 287563 article suggestions and creating a new Outlook profile as you suggest. I still cannot see my contact information as an address book. Perhaps (most probably) there is a step i have omitted, and i would be very grateful if you can assist me. regards "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: 1. Create a new Outlook profile (which will create a new, empty data file as its default). 2. Add whatever email _accounts_ you want to that profile (which I assume is what you meant when you said you "used one of my current email addresses"). 3. Open your previous Outlook data file in Outlook and set it as your default. 4. Restart Outlook. 5. Close the new, empty data file the Outlook created by default when you created the new profile. 6. Make sure your Contacts Folder is enabled as an email address book in its properties. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Christa" wrote in message ... I have had this same problem since i switched computers back in December. I think I'm just about to the point where it may actually work. But I'm a little confused here.... I created a new user via the mail / control panel. I used one of my current email addresses to do so. Which is also in my other folder. I have 4 other (total of 5) email's set up as pop accounts in the old profile. Which worked fine except for the address book not showing the contacts. Since i imported everything via the data transfer cable initially, i'm not sure where / how to find the settings so that everything will transfer to the new profile account. If I do as stated from this last post, "open your old PST file" .... should this be done under the new profile or old? I assumed New..... Soooo I click on that and it opens folders... microsoft... Outlook.... from there on the right side, i have a folder titled accounts and under that i have 9 other files all titled outlook (1.2.3.4. etc...) they are all type .pst. I'm not sure how they all got there, I'd assume from trying so many darn times to create the new profile to merge as I've read before. I click on one and ok... I can now open my sub folders for each of the accounts as i had set up in the old profile. BUT.... There are no accounts showing in the list except for the new one. This is driving me crazy!! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Of course. Only you should never import a PST file. When you create your new profile, it will create a new, empty PST file as its default. All you need to do is open your old PST file in Outlook (File Open Outlook data file...), set it to be the default, then restart Outlook and close new empty PST file. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "deekramer" wrote in message ... Thank you for this posting! I have been trying for a month to figure out why after getting my new machine with Vista & MS Office 2007 then migrating my datafiles/setting from old machineto new one that the Outlook Address Book was grayed out and I could not link my contacts to my address book. A support person at Microsoft said I did not move my csv file and that was why I could not get my address book to work even through I could see the contacts in my contact list. It did not make sense to me so I started web research on this issue and finally cam on your answer. My question is if I delete the current profile and add a new one to make the Outlook Address Book visible, can I still use the same information from the old profile for the new one and import my old pst file? "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Yeah. We were thrilled to discover that one. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: There's a bug in Outlook 2007. You can no longer remove the Outlook Address Book service and re-add it to repair the service. All you can do is create a new profile. I haven't explicitly tried that in my copy of OL 2007. What a bummer. -- Brian Tillman |
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Hi Russ. The problem started when I migrated all my files from one PC to
another using the Windows Vista file transfer facility. is that my contact information does not appear in the Outlook address book i.e. All my contact information is up to date and available in the 'Contacts' view, but if I go to the 'Mail' view and click on the address book tab, there is nothing in the address book. Likewise, if I click on the 'To' or 'CC' or 'BCC' tabs on a new mail message, it does not bring up any names. I have followed this whole thread as far as possible and have tried creating a new mail profile and then changing the default folder as suggested by yourself in the thread and also followed the steps given by 'Bham Sue' in her posting in this thread. However, no matter what I do, when I get to the last step - that is, going to the 'Contact Folder'/'Properties'/'Address Book' tab, I am unable to check the box 'Show as Address Book' because it is greyed out. Thanks so much for your assistance on this as this issue is giving me more grey hair than I already have:-). "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: This is a long and old thread which contains many posts. Could you state exactly what problem you are having and which steps you've used to correct it? I can't decipher that information from your post, and we'd need to know that to tell if you're doing anything wrong. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Peterfar" wrote in message ... Hi Russ. This is my first time posting on a web community, so please forgive me if I am not using the right terminology. I am using Outlook 2007 and have exactly the same problem. I have read this and other group postings and have followed your suggestions, including using the 287563 article suggestions and creating a new Outlook profile as you suggest. I still cannot see my contact information as an address book. Perhaps (most probably) there is a step i have omitted, and i would be very grateful if you can assist me. regards "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: 1. Create a new Outlook profile (which will create a new, empty data file as its default). 2. Add whatever email _accounts_ you want to that profile (which I assume is what you meant when you said you "used one of my current email addresses"). 3. Open your previous Outlook data file in Outlook and set it as your default. 4. Restart Outlook. 5. Close the new, empty data file the Outlook created by default when you created the new profile. 6. Make sure your Contacts Folder is enabled as an email address book in its properties. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Christa" wrote in message ... I have had this same problem since i switched computers back in December. I think I'm just about to the point where it may actually work. But I'm a little confused here.... I created a new user via the mail / control panel. I used one of my current email addresses to do so. Which is also in my other folder. I have 4 other (total of 5) email's set up as pop accounts in the old profile. Which worked fine except for the address book not showing the contacts. Since i imported everything via the data transfer cable initially, i'm not sure where / how to find the settings so that everything will transfer to the new profile account. If I do as stated from this last post, "open your old PST file" .... should this be done under the new profile or old? I assumed New..... Soooo I click on that and it opens folders... microsoft... Outlook.... from there on the right side, i have a folder titled accounts and under that i have 9 other files all titled outlook (1.2.3.4. etc...) they are all type .pst. I'm not sure how they all got there, I'd assume from trying so many darn times to create the new profile to merge as I've read before. I click on one and ok... I can now open my sub folders for each of the accounts as i had set up in the old profile. BUT.... There are no accounts showing in the list except for the new one. This is driving me crazy!! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Of course. Only you should never import a PST file. When you create your new profile, it will create a new, empty PST file as its default. All you need to do is open your old PST file in Outlook (File Open Outlook data file...), set it to be the default, then restart Outlook and close new empty PST file. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "deekramer" wrote in message ... Thank you for this posting! I have been trying for a month to figure out why after getting my new machine with Vista & MS Office 2007 then migrating my datafiles/setting from old machineto new one that the Outlook Address Book was grayed out and I could not link my contacts to my address book. A support person at Microsoft said I did not move my csv file and that was why I could not get my address book to work even through I could see the contacts in my contact list. It did not make sense to me so I started web research on this issue and finally cam on your answer. My question is if I delete the current profile and add a new one to make the Outlook Address Book visible, can I still use the same information from the old profile for the new one and import my old pst file? "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Yeah. We were thrilled to discover that one. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: There's a bug in Outlook 2007. You can no longer remove the Outlook Address Book service and re-add it to repair the service. All you can do is create a new profile. I haven't explicitly tried that in my copy of OL 2007. What a bummer. -- Brian Tillman |
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When you created a new profile, did you give it a unique name?
Look in Tools Account Settings Address Books Does the Outlook Address Book Service appear there? It should. If not, add it. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Peterfar" wrote in message ... Hi Russ. The problem started when I migrated all my files from one PC to another using the Windows Vista file transfer facility. is that my contact information does not appear in the Outlook address book i.e. All my contact information is up to date and available in the 'Contacts' view, but if I go to the 'Mail' view and click on the address book tab, there is nothing in the address book. Likewise, if I click on the 'To' or 'CC' or 'BCC' tabs on a new mail message, it does not bring up any names. I have followed this whole thread as far as possible and have tried creating a new mail profile and then changing the default folder as suggested by yourself in the thread and also followed the steps given by 'Bham Sue' in her posting in this thread. However, no matter what I do, when I get to the last step - that is, going to the 'Contact Folder'/'Properties'/'Address Book' tab, I am unable to check the box 'Show as Address Book' because it is greyed out. Thanks so much for your assistance on this as this issue is giving me more grey hair than I already have:-). "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: This is a long and old thread which contains many posts. Could you state exactly what problem you are having and which steps you've used to correct it? I can't decipher that information from your post, and we'd need to know that to tell if you're doing anything wrong. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Peterfar" wrote in message ... Hi Russ. This is my first time posting on a web community, so please forgive me if I am not using the right terminology. I am using Outlook 2007 and have exactly the same problem. I have read this and other group postings and have followed your suggestions, including using the 287563 article suggestions and creating a new Outlook profile as you suggest. I still cannot see my contact information as an address book. Perhaps (most probably) there is a step i have omitted, and i would be very grateful if you can assist me. regards "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: 1. Create a new Outlook profile (which will create a new, empty data file as its default). 2. Add whatever email _accounts_ you want to that profile (which I assume is what you meant when you said you "used one of my current email addresses"). 3. Open your previous Outlook data file in Outlook and set it as your default. 4. Restart Outlook. 5. Close the new, empty data file the Outlook created by default when you created the new profile. 6. Make sure your Contacts Folder is enabled as an email address book in its properties. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Christa" wrote in message ... I have had this same problem since i switched computers back in December. I think I'm just about to the point where it may actually work. But I'm a little confused here.... I created a new user via the mail / control panel. I used one of my current email addresses to do so. Which is also in my other folder. I have 4 other (total of 5) email's set up as pop accounts in the old profile. Which worked fine except for the address book not showing the contacts. Since i imported everything via the data transfer cable initially, i'm not sure where / how to find the settings so that everything will transfer to the new profile account. If I do as stated from this last post, "open your old PST file" .... should this be done under the new profile or old? I assumed New..... Soooo I click on that and it opens folders... microsoft... Outlook.... from there on the right side, i have a folder titled accounts and under that i have 9 other files all titled outlook (1.2.3.4. etc...) they are all type .pst. I'm not sure how they all got there, I'd assume from trying so many darn times to create the new profile to merge as I've read before. I click on one and ok... I can now open my sub folders for each of the accounts as i had set up in the old profile. BUT.... There are no accounts showing in the list except for the new one. This is driving me crazy!! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Of course. Only you should never import a PST file. When you create your new profile, it will create a new, empty PST file as its default. All you need to do is open your old PST file in Outlook (File Open Outlook data file...), set it to be the default, then restart Outlook and close new empty PST file. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "deekramer" wrote in message ... Thank you for this posting! I have been trying for a month to figure out why after getting my new machine with Vista & MS Office 2007 then migrating my datafiles/setting from old machineto new one that the Outlook Address Book was grayed out and I could not link my contacts to my address book. A support person at Microsoft said I did not move my csv file and that was why I could not get my address book to work even through I could see the contacts in my contact list. It did not make sense to me so I started web research on this issue and finally cam on your answer. My question is if I delete the current profile and add a new one to make the Outlook Address Book visible, can I still use the same information from the old profile for the new one and import my old pst file? "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Yeah. We were thrilled to discover that one. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: There's a bug in Outlook 2007. You can no longer remove the Outlook Address Book service and re-add it to repair the service. All you can do is create a new profile. I haven't explicitly tried that in my copy of OL 2007. What a bummer. -- Brian Tillman |
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Hi Russ.
Yes, I called the new profile Outlook 2007. In ToolsAccount SettingsAddress Books there is "Outlook Address Book" Type "MAP1". When I double-click on this, the window that then opens doesn't show an address book. I hope this helps. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: When you created a new profile, did you give it a unique name? Look in Tools Account Settings Address Books Does the Outlook Address Book Service appear there? It should. If not, add it. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Peterfar" wrote in message ... Hi Russ. The problem started when I migrated all my files from one PC to another using the Windows Vista file transfer facility. is that my contact information does not appear in the Outlook address book i.e. All my contact information is up to date and available in the 'Contacts' view, but if I go to the 'Mail' view and click on the address book tab, there is nothing in the address book. Likewise, if I click on the 'To' or 'CC' or 'BCC' tabs on a new mail message, it does not bring up any names. I have followed this whole thread as far as possible and have tried creating a new mail profile and then changing the default folder as suggested by yourself in the thread and also followed the steps given by 'Bham Sue' in her posting in this thread. However, no matter what I do, when I get to the last step - that is, going to the 'Contact Folder'/'Properties'/'Address Book' tab, I am unable to check the box 'Show as Address Book' because it is greyed out. Thanks so much for your assistance on this as this issue is giving me more grey hair than I already have:-). "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: This is a long and old thread which contains many posts. Could you state exactly what problem you are having and which steps you've used to correct it? I can't decipher that information from your post, and we'd need to know that to tell if you're doing anything wrong. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Peterfar" wrote in message ... Hi Russ. This is my first time posting on a web community, so please forgive me if I am not using the right terminology. I am using Outlook 2007 and have exactly the same problem. I have read this and other group postings and have followed your suggestions, including using the 287563 article suggestions and creating a new Outlook profile as you suggest. I still cannot see my contact information as an address book. Perhaps (most probably) there is a step i have omitted, and i would be very grateful if you can assist me. regards "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: 1. Create a new Outlook profile (which will create a new, empty data file as its default). 2. Add whatever email _accounts_ you want to that profile (which I assume is what you meant when you said you "used one of my current email addresses"). 3. Open your previous Outlook data file in Outlook and set it as your default. 4. Restart Outlook. 5. Close the new, empty data file the Outlook created by default when you created the new profile. 6. Make sure your Contacts Folder is enabled as an email address book in its properties. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Christa" wrote in message ... I have had this same problem since i switched computers back in December. I think I'm just about to the point where it may actually work. But I'm a little confused here.... I created a new user via the mail / control panel. I used one of my current email addresses to do so. Which is also in my other folder. I have 4 other (total of 5) email's set up as pop accounts in the old profile. Which worked fine except for the address book not showing the contacts. Since i imported everything via the data transfer cable initially, i'm not sure where / how to find the settings so that everything will transfer to the new profile account. If I do as stated from this last post, "open your old PST file" .... should this be done under the new profile or old? I assumed New..... Soooo I click on that and it opens folders... microsoft... Outlook.... from there on the right side, i have a folder titled accounts and under that i have 9 other files all titled outlook (1.2.3.4. etc...) they are all type .pst. I'm not sure how they all got there, I'd assume from trying so many darn times to create the new profile to merge as I've read before. I click on one and ok... I can now open my sub folders for each of the accounts as i had set up in the old profile. BUT.... There are no accounts showing in the list except for the new one. This is driving me crazy!! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Of course. Only you should never import a PST file. When you create your new profile, it will create a new, empty PST file as its default. All you need to do is open your old PST file in Outlook (File Open Outlook data file...), set it to be the default, then restart Outlook and close new empty PST file. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "deekramer" wrote in message ... Thank you for this posting! I have been trying for a month to figure out why after getting my new machine with Vista & MS Office 2007 then migrating my datafiles/setting from old machineto new one that the Outlook Address Book was grayed out and I could not link my contacts to my address book. A support person at Microsoft said I did not move my csv file and that was why I could not get my address book to work even through I could see the contacts in my contact list. It did not make sense to me so I started web research on this issue and finally cam on your answer. My question is if I delete the current profile and add a new one to make the Outlook Address Book visible, can I still use the same information from the old profile for the new one and import my old pst file? "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Yeah. We were thrilled to discover that one. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: There's a bug in Outlook 2007. You can no longer remove the Outlook Address Book service and re-add it to repair the service. All you can do is create a new profile. I haven't explicitly tried that in my copy of OL 2007. What a bummer. -- Brian Tillman |
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