How can I delete ALL addresses from the AutoComplete list? It is very time
consuming and very user-unfriendly to delete them individually.

Time consuming? highlighting with the arrow keys and using Delete Btn
Turn of the autocomplete/ suggest names function
Locate & delete the 'username'.nk2 file

"bthomson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:58DAF400-5E80-4F44-A5CE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> How can I delete ALL addresses from the AutoComplete list? It is very
> time
> consuming and very user-unfriendly to delete them individually.

Thanks for your reply!

Time consuming, yes -- I have about a thousand entries in autocomplete,
including several multiples for a person, some of which are years out of
date. To check all of these for what is current would be very time consuming.
Also, there are hundreds of entries I will never use again. And as for
user-unfriendly, every time you delete an entry, it goes back to the top of
the list.

Could not find the username file you suggested (did search of all files
folders containing username). If I do locate it, should I delete the whole
file, or just the contents?

"DL" wrote:

> Time consuming? highlighting with the arrow keys and using Delete Btn
> Turn of the autocomplete/ suggest names function
> Locate & delete the 'username'.nk2 file
>
> "bthomson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:58DAF400-5E80-4F44-A5CE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > How can I delete ALL addresses from the AutoComplete list? It is very
> > time
> > consuming and very user-unfriendly to delete them individually.
>
>
>

Did you search hidden files & folders? You can either delete the entire file
or rename it, eg adding _old to the end of it.

"bthomson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0A3CEAFC-89F7-43E2-AA9F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for your reply!
>
> Time consuming, yes -- I have about a thousand entries in autocomplete,
> including several multiples for a person, some of which are years out of
> date. To check all of these for what is current would be very time
consuming.
> Also, there are hundreds of entries I will never use again. And as for
> user-unfriendly, every time you delete an entry, it goes back to the top
of
> the list.
>
> Could not find the username file you suggested (did search of all files
> folders containing username). If I do locate it, should I delete the whole
> file, or just the contents?
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
> > Time consuming? highlighting with the arrow keys and using Delete Btn
> > Turn of the autocomplete/ suggest names function
> > Locate & delete the 'username'.nk2 file
> >
> > "bthomson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:58DAF400-5E80-4F44-A5CE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > How can I delete ALL addresses from the AutoComplete list? It is very
> > > time
> > > consuming and very user-unfriendly to delete them individually.
> >
> >
> >

I have found outlook.nk2 (no username.nk2). However I believe outlook.nk2
contains the data in question. How can I open outlook.nk2?

"K. Orland" wrote:

> Did you search hidden files & folders? You can either delete the entire file
> or rename it, eg adding _old to the end of it.
>
> "bthomson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:0A3CEAFC-89F7-43E2-AA9F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks for your reply!
> >
> > Time consuming, yes -- I have about a thousand entries in autocomplete,
> > including several multiples for a person, some of which are years out of
> > date. To check all of these for what is current would be very time
> consuming.
> > Also, there are hundreds of entries I will never use again. And as for
> > user-unfriendly, every time you delete an entry, it goes back to the top
> of
> > the list.
> >
> > Could not find the username file you suggested (did search of all files
> > folders containing username). If I do locate it, should I delete the whole
> > file, or just the contents?
> >
> > "DL" wrote:
> >
> > > Time consuming? highlighting with the arrow keys and using Delete Btn
> > > Turn of the autocomplete/ suggest names function
> > > Locate & delete the 'username'.nk2 file
> > >
> > > "bthomson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:58DAF400-5E80-4F44-A5CE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > How can I delete ALL addresses from the AutoComplete list? It is very
> > > > time
> > > > consuming and very user-unfriendly to delete them individually.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

Don't open it...just delete it. The next time you start Outlook it will
automatically create a new, empty, .NK2 file for you and will start
populating it with e-mail addresses you use going forward.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q



"bthomson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FE8F66A9-14F0-48AF-BCBE-(E-Mail Removed):

> I have found outlook.nk2 (no username.nk2). However I believe outlook.nk2
> contains the data in question. How can I open outlook.nk2?
>
> "K. Orland" wrote:
>
>
> > Did you search hidden files & folders? You can either delete the entire file
> > or rename it, eg adding _old to the end of it.
> >
> > "bthomson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:0A3CEAFC-89F7-43E2-AA9F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > > Thanks for your reply!
> > >
> > > Time consuming, yes -- I have about a thousand entries in autocomplete,
> > > including several multiples for a person, some of which are years out of
> > > date. To check all of these for what is current would be very time
>
> > consuming.
>
> > > Also, there are hundreds of entries I will never use again. And as for
> > > user-unfriendly, every time you delete an entry, it goes back to the top
>
> > of
>
> > > the list.
> > >
> > > Could not find the username file you suggested (did search of all files
> > > folders containing username). If I do locate it, should I delete the whole
> > > file, or just the contents?
> > >
> > > "DL" wrote:
> > >
>
> > > > Time consuming? highlighting with the arrow keys and using Delete Btn
> > > > Turn of the autocomplete/ suggest names function
> > > > Locate & delete the 'username'.nk2 file
> > > >
> > > > "bthomson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > > news:58DAF400-5E80-4F44-A5CE-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > > > > How can I delete ALL addresses from the AutoComplete list? It is very
> > > > > time
> > > > > consuming and very user-unfriendly to delete them individually.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
>
> >

Thanks for all the input. I did open it with NK2View from
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/outlook...ocomplete.html
I considered deleting only some entries (total was 589), but in the end just
deleted all entries from the file. Appears to have worked fine.

Thanks again all!

"bthomson" wrote:

> Thanks for your reply!
>
> Time consuming, yes -- I have about a thousand entries in autocomplete,
> including several multiples for a person, some of which are years out of
> date. To check all of these for what is current would be very time consuming.
> Also, there are hundreds of entries I will never use again. And as for
> user-unfriendly, every time you delete an entry, it goes back to the top of
> the list.
>
> Could not find the username file you suggested (did search of all files
> folders containing username). If I do locate it, should I delete the whole
> file, or just the contents?
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
> > Time consuming? highlighting with the arrow keys and using Delete Btn
> > Turn of the autocomplete/ suggest names function
> > Locate & delete the 'username'.nk2 file
> >
> > "bthomson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:58DAF400-5E80-4F44-A5CE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > How can I delete ALL addresses from the AutoComplete list? It is very
> > > time
> > > consuming and very user-unfriendly to delete them individually.
> >
> >
> >

'username' is your Documents & Settings 'user name' where outlook folders
are stored for your Profile Profile
Try searching for *.nk2 to include hidden, delete the complete file, it will
be recreated, empty.
It cannot contain 'thousands of entries' as there is a limit on the number,
only third party tools can open it for editing

"bthomson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0A3CEAFC-89F7-43E2-AA9F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for your reply!
>
> Time consuming, yes -- I have about a thousand entries in autocomplete,
> including several multiples for a person, some of which are years out of
> date. To check all of these for what is current would be very time
> consuming.
> Also, there are hundreds of entries I will never use again. And as for
> user-unfriendly, every time you delete an entry, it goes back to the top
> of
> the list.
>
> Could not find the username file you suggested (did search of all files
> folders containing username). If I do locate it, should I delete the whole
> file, or just the contents?
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> Time consuming? highlighting with the arrow keys and using Delete Btn
>> Turn of the autocomplete/ suggest names function
>> Locate & delete the 'username'.nk2 file
>>
>> "bthomson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:58DAF400-5E80-4F44-A5CE-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > How can I delete ALL addresses from the AutoComplete list? It is very
>> > time
>> > consuming and very user-unfriendly to delete them individually.
>>
>>
>>