Contact folder as default address book

[Orcas2369]

Outlook 2003
How do I make my contact folder teh default address book when I click "TO"
in a new message? right now "Personal Address Book" is the default and it is
empty

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

First off, you can remove the Personal Address Book from your profile since
it's obsolete now and has been for a while. Remove it here: Control Panel >
Mail applet > Email Accounts > View/Change existing directories / address
books > Click Next

Remove it should make the Outlook Address Book the default since it should
be the only one left

 

[Orcas2369]

There are NO address boks listed there. There is also no addresses available
in teh "To" button in a new mail message. How do I get my address book in the
correct location?
Thanks

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Well, you can try adding the Outlook Address Book service in the same place
I mentioned about removing the other service.

 

[Orcas2369]

Ok. I did that. Now the Outlook Address Bok appears but it is empty. How do I
get my addresses to show? They are visible in 'contacts'.

Thanks

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Right click on the Contacts folder, choose Properties, go to the Outlook
Address Book tab and make sure the "Show this folder as an email address
book" box is checked.

 

[Orcas2369]

Ok -that worked. Thanks. I still have a problem however. When I imported the
Outlook Data file from the laptop everything was there except for the
subfolders in my contacts. I have 12 subfolders in contacts that appear in my
laptop. I copied the Outlook data file from the laptop to the desktop after I
formated that disc on the desktop.Curious that the rest of the data is there.
Thanks

 

[Brian Tillman]

Ok -that worked. Thanks. I still have a problem however. When I
imported the Outlook Data file from the laptop everything was there
except for the subfolders in my contacts. I have 12 subfolders in
contacts that appear in my laptop. I copied the Outlook data file
from the laptop to the desktop after I formated that disc on the
desktop.Curious that the rest of the data is there. Thanks

Every contacts folder must be enabled as an address book individually.

 

[Orcas2369]

Well yeah--except that they do not appear anywhere. Where might they be so I
can
enable them as an address books individually?

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Do you still have the PST file from the laptop? If so, open it using the
File menu > Open > Outlook Data File command and poke around it to see where
all your data may be. Then drag/drop what you need from one to the other.

 

[Orcas2369]

I do still have the pst file on my laptop. How do I open it? When I "File
menu > Open > Outlook Data File command " I am asked what program to use to
open this file. Nothing seems to work. I have never 'poked around' in a PST
file. Your thoughts?

thx

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

You should already be in Outlook when you follow the command path I
mentioned. You shouldn't be asked which program to use to open the file.

 

[Orcas2369]

WEll, I ended up copy/pasting all of the contacts from my 13 address lists
onto a flash drive and moving them to the desktop. IT worked and all is in
order. Thanks for the help. I just don't understand why those addresses did
not appear with the rest of the data when I imported the pst file.