Hi,

What im trying to do is change the default "contacts" to our public folder
contacts.
Ive set the public folder contacts as the default in Address book but in
Outlook 2003 / 2007 when i change to Contacts view, the default in there is
my personal contacts i need to find a way to change this to the public folder
contacts.

The reason i need to do this, is when a user right clicks on an email and
selects add to contacts, it is currently saving by default to his or her
personal contacts not the public folder contacts.

And help would be appriciated.
Thanks

The default contacts folder cannot be changed. It is always the contacts folder in the user's default information store.

To save a new contact to a folder other than the default, choose File | Move to Folder instead of Save and Close.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Jason Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:C09926FC-0091-4129-9E18-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> What im trying to do is change the default "contacts" to our public folder
> contacts.
> Ive set the public folder contacts as the default in Address book but in
> Outlook 2003 / 2007 when i change to Contacts view, the default in there is
> my personal contacts i need to find a way to change this to the public folder
> contacts.
>
> The reason i need to do this, is when a user right clicks on an email and
> selects add to contacts, it is currently saving by default to his or her
> personal contacts not the public folder contacts.
>
> And help would be appriciated.
> Thanks

Thanks very much Sue, you have solved a big problem with such an easy answer!

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> The default contacts folder cannot be changed. It is always the contacts folder in the user's default information store.
>
> To save a new contact to a folder other than the default, choose File | Move to Folder instead of Save and Close.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
> and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
> "Jason Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:C09926FC-0091-4129-9E18-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > What im trying to do is change the default "contacts" to our public folder
> > contacts.
> > Ive set the public folder contacts as the default in Address book but in
> > Outlook 2003 / 2007 when i change to Contacts view, the default in there is
> > my personal contacts i need to find a way to change this to the public folder
> > contacts.
> >
> > The reason i need to do this, is when a user right clicks on an email and
> > selects add to contacts, it is currently saving by default to his or her
> > personal contacts not the public folder contacts.
> >
> > And help would be appriciated.
> > Thanks
>