Error Message When Opening Outlook

[Sheila Wayne]

We're on a network using Windows NT and I have several
workstations (Windows 2000, XP and a few 98). When we
open Outlook on a couple of the Windows 2000 workstations
we get the following message: "Personal Address Book
could not be opened. The path specified for the addresss
book is not a valid path. Do you want to open using
a ....."

The path is correct and the problem just began during the
past two weeks and is intermittent. Does anyone know what
would cause this and a possible fix?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Is the .pad stored on a network drive? If yes, have you checked for other
network connectivity problems?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Sheila Wayne <[email protected]> asked:

| We're on a network using Windows NT and I have several
| workstations (Windows 2000, XP and a few 98). When we
| open Outlook on a couple of the Windows 2000 workstations
| we get the following message: "Personal Address Book
| could not be opened. The path specified for the addresss
| book is not a valid path. Do you want to open using
| a ....."
|
| The path is correct and the problem just began during the
| past two weeks and is intermittent. Does anyone know what
| would cause this and a possible fix?