Empty Address Book - "Contacts not associated"

[JB]

If your Address Book comes up empty, or your get the message "contacts not
associated with Address book" :

STEP A: ASSOCIATE THE CONTACTS FOLDER WITH AN ADDRESS BOOK

1. In the left-hand Contacts pane, right-clidk the folder you want to show
up in the Address book.
2. Select Properties.
3. Select the Outlook Address Book tab
4. Clicke "Show this folder as an e-mail Address Book"
5. Rename the Address book, if more than one Contacts folder showed up in
the left-hand pane. (All Contacts folders are named "Contacts" by default and
if you don't rename them you will have no way of telling them apart. )
6. IMPORTANT: Click APPLY. Nothing will work if you don't click APPLY
before you click OK.
7. Click OK.

STEP B. MAKE THE RENAMED ADDRESS BOOK THE DEFAULT

1. Click the Address Book icon.
2. Select Tools/Options.
3 The Adressing tab will pop up, with three boxes.
a. Choose the renamed address book as the first address list to show
b. Choose the renamed address book as the destination for saved addresses
c. Move the renamed address book to the top of the "check names" list
using the arrow.
4. CLICK "APPLY"
5. Click OK.

jb