outlook contacts

[jim Sebring]

my contacts became corrupted with about 45k of blank contacts.
i got frustrated with it and deleted the whole thing now i can't get
anything to work in the contacts, including being able to access my contacts
from winword

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

When you say that you "deleted the whole thing".... what did you delete? Did
you remove the Contacts folder somehow? If so, you might need to do a
/resetfolders as described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/182112/en-us

 

[jim Sebring]

i'm running windows xp and i still have a mess on my hands. although i have
contacts in under conacts when i try to access the address book they are not
there also if i try to access contacts from winword i can't get to my contacts

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Is the Contacts folder still flagged as an address book here: Right click on
the Contacts folder, choose Properties and go to the Outlook Address Book
tab

 

[jim Sebring]

yes.

Is the Contacts folder still flagged as an address book here: Right click on
the Contacts folder, choose Properties and go to the Outlook Address Book
tab

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Maybe you should remove & readd the Outlook Address Book service here: Tools
menu > Accounts > View/Change existing directories/address books

 

[Brian Tillman]

i'm running windows xp and i still have a mess on my hands. although
i have contacts in under conacts when i try to access the address
book they are not there also if i try to access contacts from winword
i can't get to my contacts

See if this helps: close Outlook and use the Mail applet in Control Panel to
remove the Outlook Address Book service from your mail profile. Then add it
back in.