Address Book in Vista

[Don B.]

I copied my Address Book frm Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 in Vista and found
that the names were no longer sorted by last names, but by full name, e.g.
John Smith instead of Smith, John. Is there any way to correct this and
restore the sort by last name?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Since Outlook does not even have or use an address book, one must wonder
what you actually did. State more accurately what you actually did to
migrate your Outlook data from one installation to another. State how you
configured the sort order for the address book view in the new installation.

 

[Don B.]

Russ,
I merely copied Outlook.pst from Outlook 2007 in Windows XP to Outlook 2007
in Windows Vista on my new computer. The address book is what pops up when
one clicks on the "To" or "CC" when addressing email. I believe it is an
offset of the Contacts list in Outlook. With WIndows XP the list of
addresses was sorted by last names. In Vista it is sorted by full name, i.e.
by the first name.

Don

Since Outlook does not even have or use an address book, one must wonder
what you actually did. State more accurately what you actually did to
migrate your Outlook data from one installation to another. State how you
configured the sort order for the address book view in the new
installation.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I copied my Address Book frm Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 in Vista and
found that the names were no longer sorted by last names, but by full
name, e.g. John Smith instead of Smith, John. Is there any way to correct
this and restore the sort by last name?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Copying the file is not enough, and placing it in the wrong location will
corrupt your profile. Where did you copy the file and how did you connect it
to your current profile?
Have you tried just resetting the sort order for the Outlook Address Book
Service?
Tools > Accounts > Outlook Address Book > Change. > Set your sort order
there

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,
I merely copied Outlook.pst from Outlook 2007 in Windows XP to Outlook
2007 in Windows Vista on my new computer. The address book is what pops up
when one clicks on the "To" or "CC" when addressing email. I believe it is
an offset of the Contacts list in Outlook. With WIndows XP the list of
addresses was sorted by last names. In Vista it is sorted by full name,
i.e. by the first name.

Don

Since Outlook does not even have or use an address book, one must wonder
what you actually did. State more accurately what you actually did to
migrate your Outlook data from one installation to another. State how you
configured the sort order for the address book view in the new
installation.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I copied my Address Book frm Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 in Vista and
found that the names were no longer sorted by last names, but by full
name, e.g. John Smith instead of Smith, John. Is there any way to correct
this and restore the sort by last name?

 

[Don B.]

That did it! Thanks for the outstanding help.
Don

Copying the file is not enough, and placing it in the wrong location will
corrupt your profile. Where did you copy the file and how did you connect
it to your current profile?
Have you tried just resetting the sort order for the Outlook Address Book
Service?
Tools > Accounts > Outlook Address Book > Change. > Set your sort order
there

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,
I merely copied Outlook.pst from Outlook 2007 in Windows XP to Outlook
2007 in Windows Vista on my new computer. The address book is what pops
up when one clicks on the "To" or "CC" when addressing email. I believe
it is an offset of the Contacts list in Outlook. With WIndows XP the list
of addresses was sorted by last names. In Vista it is sorted by full
name, i.e. by the first name.

Don

Since Outlook does not even have or use an address book, one must wonder
what you actually did. State more accurately what you actually did to
migrate your Outlook data from one installation to another. State how
you configured the sort order for the address book view in the new
installation.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I copied my Address Book frm Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 in Vista and
found that the names were no longer sorted by last names, but by full
name, e.g. John Smith instead of Smith, John. Is there any way to
correct this and restore the sort by last name?