autocomplete names

G

Greg

I am desperate autocomplete finds the names I want when I want them. I don't
want all these names in my contacts as some are simply people I speak to only
a few times a year if that. I am paranoid about outlook falling over in some
way and would feel much better if I had a back up of the addresses that are
stored in the auotcomplete cache. The problem is I can't find this cache
file on my computer. Reading other messages it seems to be an nk2 but I have
no idea what this is or how to find it.
 
V

Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]

Look for a file with an NK2 extension in the C:\Documents and Settings\<user
name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook directory
 
B

Brian Tillman

Greg said:
I am desperate autocomplete finds the names I want when I want them.
I don't want all these names in my contacts as some are simply people
I speak to only a few times a year if that.

Autocomplete doesn't use your contacts, so don't worry about those names
"polluting" your Contacts folder.
I am paranoid about
outlook falling over in some way and would feel much better if I had
a back up of the addresses that are stored in the auotcomplete cache.
The problem is I can't find this cache file on my computer.

Open Windows Explorer and enter

%AppData%\Microsoft\Outlook

in the Address field and click Go. You'll see the NK2 file there.
 

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