Outlook Contacts for address book

[Jon]

I transferred my files from an XP laptop to a Windows 7 laptop using a
transfer cable. All my contacts transferred, but when I click on the "TO" to
acces my address book it is empty. When I right click on the "CONTACTS" and
go to Properties to click the "Use Contacts for Address Book" it is grayed
out and I cannot click on it. How do I reset Outlook on the new computer to
use my contacts for my e-mail addresses?

 

[Russ Valentine]

You failed to state how you did the transfer. I will assume you used Windows
Easy Transfer. If so, read the countless posts here that tell you what you
did wrong.

 

[Jon]

I did the transfer with Windows Easy Transfer. I have tried the instructions
on every link I could find in the "countless posts" with no success. I copied
some items I needed to e-mail to a jump drive and sent them with my old
computer. Any other ideas on how to get my contacts to show up in my address
book?

 

[Russ Valentine]

Just the ones we post every day. Never use WET. Create a new Outlook profile
from scratch and connect it to your PST file. Then you will be able to
enable the address book service.

 

[Jon]

How do I set uo a new profile?
--
Jon

Just the ones we post every day. Never use WET. Create a new Outlook profile
from scratch and connect it to your PST file. Then you will be able to
enable the address book service.
--
Russ Valentine


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[Jon]

So I set up a new profile. I still connot access my contacts through my
e-mail. I need to enter each e-mail address separate, or copy and paste. I
have about 7- hours invested and still cannot get my contacts to show up as
an address book. What is wrong? I am thinking I dhould have just bought a new
hard drive for my old computer.

 

[Russ Valentine]

Can't tell what you did wrong since we have no idea what you did. There is
no shortage of instructions already posted here.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829918&Product=out2003

 

[Jon]

I got it to work! After I created the new profile, I didn't mark it as the
profile to use. Once I did that it is working. Thanks for the assistance

 

[Russ Valentine]

Glad it worked.
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Russ Valentine

I got it to work! After I created the new profile, I didn't mark it as the
profile to use. Once I did that it is working. Thanks for the assistance