Outlook adding " (E-mail)" to EmailDisplayName field in "To:" and "CC:" boxes

[StepHenHairNet]

Wonder if anyone can help me with this.

After years of using the Personal Address Book I decided to de-dupe and
cleanout my mail contacts.

I managed to import all the old addresses into my contacts folder and when
I look at each Contact details the Display name property is correct.
However, when Outlook does the lookup, it decides to add the characters "
(E-mail)" after each display name.

Weirdly, when you view the contact, right click and select "New message to
contact" it does NOT add " (E-mail)".

Is there any way to prevent this happening? I've been searching for hours
now and cannot find a solution.

The mail still sends, but I *know* it's the contact's email address, I
don't need Outlook to tell me this too.

File under "I see you're writing a letter" MS Office annoyances!

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

What version of Outlook are you using? Prior to OL2002 the only way I know
of to remove those labels is to use a hex editor to modify Contab32.DLL to
remove the labels carefully. I used to host copies of modified DLLs on one
of my web sites but got rid of that site years ago.

 

[StepHenHairNet]

What version of Outlook are you using?

Outlook 2000 Vince.

Using the Hex editor sounds VERY daunting.

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

It is if you're not skilled in the use of one. You can do more harm than
good if you're not careful

 

[StepHenHairNet]

It is if you're not skilled in the use of one. You can do more harm than

good if you're not careful

Is it just a matter of replacing " (E-mail)" with something else?

Stephen

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

I replaced it with nulls. Seemed to work OK. Save an untouched version of
the file before you do anything... just in case

 

[StepHenHairNet]

Vince,

My sincerest thanks for this.

I opened the contab32.dll file in Visual Studio which actually has an
editor that allows you to "touch up" the DLL string table without having
to resort to Hex Editing.

The string to change (should any other nutcase such as myself be
interested in the future) is 800 which is "(E-mail)". I simply replaced it
with a single space character, as opposed to a null string, which was
impossible to input using Visual Studio.

I can now use the Contacts folder and at LONG last wave goodbye to the
peronal address book.

Many thanks again!

Steve T.