Making Contacts Default Address Book

[Maurice IRL]

I'm moving to a new PC. Having reinstalled MS Office (incl. Outlook 2002 SP3)
and copied Outlook.pst, from the old PC, all my existing data appears
correctly. I've tried to make Contacts the default Address Book (by right
clicking on Contacts, selecting Properties and the Outlook Address Book tab,
and ticking 'Show this folder as an address book', with Contacts being the
only option shown in the 'Name of the address book' box. This appears to be
accepted (no error message), but when I try to use the Address Book, I get
the long error message 'The address list could not be displayed. . . . etc.'.
However, when I click OK the 'Select Name' screen appears, with no names
visible. When I then look in the 'Show names from the:' box, three options
appear - 'Outlook Address Book', and two 'Contacts'. Only the second
'Contacts' works, i.e. shows me all the names in my Contacts. How do I make
this the default address book, please?

 

[Maurice IRL]

This is a duplicate post, as I received an error message 'This service is
unavailable at present. Try again later'. I did so a few minutes after this.
See above, please.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You migrated your data improperly and thereby created an invalid reference
to a Contacts Folder in your address book view. Just remove it here: Tools >
E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address books >
Outlook Address Book > Change… >

 

[Maurice IRL]

Many thanks, Russ, for you very prompt response. Problem solved, and
something new learned, as usual with your responses!
--
Maurice

You migrated your data improperly and thereby created an invalid reference
to a Contacts Folder in your address book view. Just remove it here: Tools >
E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address books >
Outlook Address Book > Change… >
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I'm moving to a new PC. Having reinstalled MS Office (incl. Outlook 2002
SP3)
and copied Outlook.pst, from the old PC, all my existing data appears
correctly. I've tried to make Contacts the default Address Book (by right
clicking on Contacts, selecting Properties and the Outlook Address Book
tab,
and ticking 'Show this folder as an address book', with Contacts being the
only option shown in the 'Name of the address book' box. This appears to
be
accepted (no error message), but when I try to use the Address Book, I get
the long error message 'The address list could not be displayed. . . .
etc.'.
However, when I click OK the 'Select Name' screen appears, with no names
visible. When I then look in the 'Show names from the:' box, three options
appear - 'Outlook Address Book', and two 'Contacts'. Only the second
'Contacts' works, i.e. shows me all the names in my Contacts. How do I
make
this the default address book, please?