Need Help With Outlook Address Book (2003)

[rustyfender04]

Hi all,

I have a strange issue here.

In my OAB (2003) I have a sublisting for my contacts, but there are no
listings in the OAB itself. Am I supposed to import a list from, say, the
Outlook Express Address Book (.csv), or is there a way to make my contact
list appear in the OAB?


Regards

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

The Outlook Address Book contains no data. All you need to do is configure
it to show your Contacts:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002

 

[rustyfender04]

I followed all of the directions in the article, but the OAB still has no
listings. I even deleted the old OAB and created a new one, but the
listings are not there...Except in the OAB subfolder called "contacts".

Regards

The Outlook Address Book contains no data. All you need to do is configure
it to show your Contacts:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi all,

I have a strange issue here.

In my OAB (2003) I have a sublisting for my contacts, but there are no
listings in the OAB itself. Am I supposed to import a list from, say,
the Outlook Express Address Book (.csv), or is there a way to make my
contact list appear in the OAB?


Regards

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

We can't help with no information. We have no idea what you did wrong. All
the information you need has been posted. At this point it is up to you to:
State exactly what you did.
State exactly what happened.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I followed all of the directions in the article, but the OAB still has no
listings. I even deleted the old OAB and created a new one, but the
listings are not there...Except in the OAB subfolder called "contacts".

Regards

The Outlook Address Book contains no data. All you need to do is
configure it to show your Contacts:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi all,

I have a strange issue here.

In my OAB (2003) I have a sublisting for my contacts, but there are no
listings in the OAB itself. Am I supposed to import a list from, say,
the Outlook Express Address Book (.csv), or is there a way to make my
contact list appear in the OAB?


Regards

 

[Brian Tillman]

I followed all of the directions in the article, but the OAB still
has no listings. I even deleted the old OAB and created a new one,
but the listings are not there...Except in the OAB subfolder called
"contacts".

And that's exactly what you should see. There will be one (or more,
depending on how many Contacts folders you have) Contacts folders under
"Outlook Address Book". Those Contacts folders will contain your contact
data. Why do you believe anything is wrong?

 

[rustyfender04]

I could have sworn that there were listings in the OAB (before I did a
format & reinstall), but I could have been mistaken....I guess I was
mistaken.

But I don't feel too bad about it after seeing all of the questions
regarding this issue on Google groups. MS could have done a much better
job of letting people know that there were not supposed to be listings the
OAB itself.

It's very confusing to the average pc operator.

Thanks for helping me to clear this up Brian!

Regards

 

[rustyfender04]

All I did was reformat & reinstall XP Home.

My HD has 4 partitions and I reformatted the C drive, but I alway kept the
Outlook.pst folder on D drive. When Outlook was reinstalled I had to create
a new e-mail account. I then closed Outlook; went to the C:\Documents and
Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook and renamed
the new .pst file to .old.

That in turn allowed me to open Outlook and guide it to the .pst file on D
drive. I just didn't remember how the OAB used to look before the
reinstall...I mean, I could have sworn that their were addresses listed
there (besides having them in contacts subfolders too).

I guess all is well now since I'm not supposed to have address listings in
the OAB in the first place.


Regards

We can't help with no information. We have no idea what you did wrong. All
the information you need has been posted. At this point it is up to you
to:
State exactly what you did.
State exactly what happened.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I followed all of the directions in the article, but the OAB still has no
listings. I even deleted the old OAB and created a new one, but the
listings are not there...Except in the OAB subfolder called "contacts".

Regards

The Outlook Address Book contains no data. All you need to do is
configure it to show your Contacts:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi all,

I have a strange issue here.

In my OAB (2003) I have a sublisting for my contacts, but there are no
listings in the OAB itself. Am I supposed to import a list from, say,
the Outlook Express Address Book (.csv), or is there a way to make my
contact list appear in the OAB?


Regards

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Right. What you're seeing is what you should see and have always seen.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

All I did was reformat & reinstall XP Home.

My HD has 4 partitions and I reformatted the C drive, but I alway kept the
Outlook.pst folder on D drive. When Outlook was reinstalled I had to
create a new e-mail account. I then closed Outlook; went to the
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook and renamed the new .pst file to .old.

That in turn allowed me to open Outlook and guide it to the .pst file on D
drive. I just didn't remember how the OAB used to look before the
reinstall...I mean, I could have sworn that their were addresses listed
there (besides having them in contacts subfolders too).

I guess all is well now since I'm not supposed to have address listings in
the OAB in the first place.


Regards

We can't help with no information. We have no idea what you did wrong.
All the information you need has been posted. At this point it is up to
you to:
State exactly what you did.
State exactly what happened.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I followed all of the directions in the article, but the OAB still has no
listings. I even deleted the old OAB and created a new one, but the
listings are not there...Except in the OAB subfolder called "contacts".

Regards
The Outlook Address Book contains no data. All you need to do is
configure it to show your Contacts:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi all,

I have a strange issue here.

In my OAB (2003) I have a sublisting for my contacts, but there are no
listings in the OAB itself. Am I supposed to import a list from, say,
the Outlook Express Address Book (.csv), or is there a way to make my
contact list appear in the OAB?


Regards

 

[rustyfender04]

Thank you for your help.

Regards

Right. What you're seeing is what you should see and have always seen.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

All I did was reformat & reinstall XP Home.

My HD has 4 partitions and I reformatted the C drive, but I alway kept
the Outlook.pst folder on D drive. When Outlook was reinstalled I had to
create a new e-mail account. I then closed Outlook; went to the
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook and renamed the new .pst file to .old.

That in turn allowed me to open Outlook and guide it to the .pst file on
D drive. I just didn't remember how the OAB used to look before the
reinstall...I mean, I could have sworn that their were addresses listed
there (besides having them in contacts subfolders too).

I guess all is well now since I'm not supposed to have address listings
in the OAB in the first place.


Regards

We can't help with no information. We have no idea what you did wrong.
All the information you need has been posted. At this point it is up to
you to:
State exactly what you did.
State exactly what happened.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I followed all of the directions in the article, but the OAB still has
no listings. I even deleted the old OAB and created a new one, but the
listings are not there...Except in the OAB subfolder called "contacts".

Regards
The Outlook Address Book contains no data. All you need to do is
configure it to show your Contacts:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi all,

I have a strange issue here.

In my OAB (2003) I have a sublisting for my contacts, but there are
no listings in the OAB itself. Am I supposed to import a list from,
say, the Outlook Express Address Book (.csv), or is there a way to
make my contact list appear in the OAB?


Regards