C
Chuck
Home PC running XP Home, SP1 and OfficeXP. I use an administrator logon
exclusively.
The C: hard drive was failing, so I backed up Documents and Settings
directory, replaced hard drive and reloaded all applications and recovered
Documents and Settings, with a "Force Replace Exisiting Directories & Files"
option.
When I first used OutlookXP, there were no email accounts (had been two), no
mail folders and no Contacts. I used the Outlook Import Files and finally
regained my mail folders intact, setup the two email accounts by hand and
they work fine. I can send and receive mail from both of my two email
accounts.
The problem is in the absence now of my Personal Address Book. If I click
on "Contacts" in the left Outlook pane, I see the contents of what was
originally in my PAB. If I click on the PAB button at the top of OutlookXP,
I get an error "The address list could not be displayed. The Contacts folder
associated with this address list could not be opened; it may have been
moved or deleted, or you may not have permissions. For information on how
to remove this folder from the Outlook Address Book, see MS Outlook Help."
I checked into the help section, but found nothing fitting my problem.
If I go into WinExplorer and search the C: drive (including hidden and
system files) for a file called "Contacts", I get one hit. The Contacts
file shows up as in My Computer. The properties are Type: Internet shortcut;
Internet Address: outlook:Contacts. If I double click on the Contacts
shortcut, OutlookXP opens and shows me all of my original contact (and PAB)
information.
I have yet to find a way to get this information back into my PAB. Can
someone please help me out on this one?? Thanks in advance.
exclusively.
The C: hard drive was failing, so I backed up Documents and Settings
directory, replaced hard drive and reloaded all applications and recovered
Documents and Settings, with a "Force Replace Exisiting Directories & Files"
option.
When I first used OutlookXP, there were no email accounts (had been two), no
mail folders and no Contacts. I used the Outlook Import Files and finally
regained my mail folders intact, setup the two email accounts by hand and
they work fine. I can send and receive mail from both of my two email
accounts.
The problem is in the absence now of my Personal Address Book. If I click
on "Contacts" in the left Outlook pane, I see the contents of what was
originally in my PAB. If I click on the PAB button at the top of OutlookXP,
I get an error "The address list could not be displayed. The Contacts folder
associated with this address list could not be opened; it may have been
moved or deleted, or you may not have permissions. For information on how
to remove this folder from the Outlook Address Book, see MS Outlook Help."
I checked into the help section, but found nothing fitting my problem.
If I go into WinExplorer and search the C: drive (including hidden and
system files) for a file called "Contacts", I get one hit. The Contacts
file shows up as in My Computer. The properties are Type: Internet shortcut;
Internet Address: outlook:Contacts. If I double click on the Contacts
shortcut, OutlookXP opens and shows me all of my original contact (and PAB)
information.
I have yet to find a way to get this information back into my PAB. Can
someone please help me out on this one?? Thanks in advance.