Email can't use my Contacts

[Joe Chalmers]

When I click "TO" in email window, I get "The address list could not be displayed. The COntacts folder associated with this address list could not ne opened..."
It then opens the "Select Names" dialog with no names listed. But in the "Show Names .." box there are 2 "Contacts" items listed; if I change to the second noe, I get my contatcs names, but next time I have to startover.
Base on answer to post 174057 I tried to open the address book dialog but I got the same thing.
I have configured this correctly in the past, but I just did a new Outlook install and I can't get it back like before.
I am in Outlook 2003, Win XP
Thank

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]]

When I click "TO" in email window, I get "The address list could not be
displayed. The COntacts
folder associated with this address list could not ne opened..."
It then opens the "Select Names" dialog with no names listed. But in the
"Show Names .." box
there are 2 "Contacts" items listed; if I change to the second noe, I get my
contatcs names, but
next time I have to startover.
Base on answer to post 174057 I tried to open the address book dialog but I
got the same thing.
I have configured this correctly in the past, but I just did a new Outlook
install and I can't get it back
like before.
I am in Outlook 2003, Win XP

In Outlook, click Tools>E-mail Accounts>View or change existing directories or
address books>Next. Select Outlook Address Book and click Change. Select the
first "Contacts" folder and then click "Remove Address Books". Click Close,
then Finish, then stop and restart Outlook.