address book

[CIW]

I am currently using Outlook 2002, and was wondering if it is possible to
view the email addresses that come up as a choice when you type the first few
letters of the address. I have never added these addresses as entries in
Contacts. They are just email addresses that I frequently use. I have
access to a Global Address List and Common Contacts that were set up by our
network administrator. When I searched the help regarding address books, it
says "when you type a name in the To, CC, Bcc box of an email message,
Outlook automatically checks to see if the name you typed matches a name in
the Address Book. If there is a match, the name is displayed." This is what
happens for addresses that I have sent previous emails; however I cannot
access the address book that these reside on.

Thanks,

Carol Wiegmann

 

[VanguardLH]

I am currently using Outlook 2002, and was wondering if it is possible to
view the email addresses that come up as a choice when you type the first few
letters of the address. I have never added these addresses as entries in
Contacts. They are just email addresses that I frequently use. I have
access to a Global Address List and Common Contacts that were set up by our
network administrator. When I searched the help regarding address books, it
says "when you type a name in the To, CC, Bcc box of an email message,
Outlook automatically checks to see if the name you typed matches a name in
the Address Book. If there is a match, the name is displayed." This is what
happens for addresses that I have sent previous emails; however I cannot
access the address book that these reside on.

It's a local nickname cache stored in the .nk2 file. You won't be able
to read that file (it isn't text).

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287623
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256050
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA011394511033.aspx

There are utilities to let you dig inside the .nk2 file. See:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/outlook_nk2_autocomplete.html

 

[DL]

They do not resided in a visible/accessible address book, they are in a
cache otherwise known as the nk2 file

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I am currently using Outlook 2002, and was wondering if it is possible to
view the email addresses that come up as a choice when you type the first
few
letters of the address.

Several tools exist to export that file. See the "Tools" section here:
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/nicknamecache.asp