Address Book Missing Names

[Bob]

I am using Outlook 2000 with Windows XP. Normally all of the entries in
Contacts appear in my address book. But recently something has happened,
and many of the contacts are missing from my address book. Is there any way
to restore all of my contacts to my address book without tediously entering
them one at a time?

I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Not enough information here. Need to know the mail support mode of Outlook
2000, the steps you took just before "recently," and which Contacts are
missing. Things like this do not happen randomly and for no reason.

 

[Bob]

I don't know what you mean by "mail support mode" and there was nothing
overt that I know about that caused the missing entries. There is nothing
in common that I can see among the missing entries.

Not enough information here. Need to know the mail support mode of Outlook
2000, the steps you took just before "recently," and which Contacts are
missing. Things like this do not happen randomly and for no reason.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am using Outlook 2000 with Windows XP. Normally all of the entries in
Contacts appear in my address book. But recently something has happened,
and many of the contacts are missing from my address book. Is there any
way to restore all of my contacts to my address book without tediously
entering them one at a time?

I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook 2000 existed as 2 completely separate programs. We need to know
which you are using. Look at line 2 of Help | About if you don't know.
This will be hard to solve when you portray it as a random act of violence.
There must be more to this story.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I don't know what you mean by "mail support mode" and there was nothing
overt that I know about that caused the missing entries. There is nothing
in common that I can see among the missing entries.

Not enough information here. Need to know the mail support mode of
Outlook 2000, the steps you took just before "recently," and which
Contacts are missing. Things like this do not happen randomly and for no
reason.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am using Outlook 2000 with Windows XP. Normally all of the entries in
Contacts appear in my address book. But recently something has happened,
and many of the contacts are missing from my address book. Is there any
way to restore all of my contacts to my address book without tediously
entering them one at a time?

I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[Bob]

In Outlook, "About" says:
Microsoft Outlook 2000 SR# (9.0.0.6627)
Internet Mail Only - Security Update

In Address Book, "About" says:
Address Book
6.00.2900.3028

If there's more to this story I don't know it. In any event is there some
way to just import all of my contacts into Address Book?

Outlook 2000 existed as 2 completely separate programs. We need to know
which you are using. Look at line 2 of Help | About if you don't know.
This will be hard to solve when you portray it as a random act of
violence. There must be more to this story.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I don't know what you mean by "mail support mode" and there was nothing
overt that I know about that caused the missing entries. There is nothing
in common that I can see among the missing entries.

Not enough information here. Need to know the mail support mode of
Outlook 2000, the steps you took just before "recently," and which
Contacts are missing. Things like this do not happen randomly and for no
reason.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am using Outlook 2000 with Windows XP. Normally all of the entries in
Contacts appear in my address book. But recently something has
happened, and many of the contacts are missing from my address book. Is
there any way to restore all of my contacts to my address book without
tediously entering them one at a time?

I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You're in more trouble than you think. The version of Outlook you are using
was a temporary, dysfunctional version that has not been supported for years
and that provides no opportunity to repair the address book. In fact, you
are actually using Outlook Express for your address book and mail
transports, not Outlook. So any repairs would be in the purview of OE and
the Windows Address Book. There is no way for us to troubleshoot your
problem without more information as to what caused it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

In Outlook, "About" says:
Microsoft Outlook 2000 SR# (9.0.0.6627)
Internet Mail Only - Security Update

In Address Book, "About" says:
Address Book
6.00.2900.3028

If there's more to this story I don't know it. In any event is there some
way to just import all of my contacts into Address Book?

Outlook 2000 existed as 2 completely separate programs. We need to know
which you are using. Look at line 2 of Help | About if you don't know.
This will be hard to solve when you portray it as a random act of
violence. There must be more to this story.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I don't know what you mean by "mail support mode" and there was nothing
overt that I know about that caused the missing entries. There is
nothing in common that I can see among the missing entries.


Not enough information here. Need to know the mail support mode of
Outlook 2000, the steps you took just before "recently," and which
Contacts are missing. Things like this do not happen randomly and for
no reason.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am using Outlook 2000 with Windows XP. Normally all of the entries
in Contacts appear in my address book. But recently something has
happened, and many of the contacts are missing from my address book.
Is there any way to restore all of my contacts to my address book
without tediously entering them one at a time?

I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[Bob]

Can you tell me what file contains the address book? I can replace it with
an elder functional version from my backups.

You're in more trouble than you think. The version of Outlook you are
using was a temporary, dysfunctional version that has not been supported
for years and that provides no opportunity to repair the address book. In
fact, you are actually using Outlook Express for your address book and
mail transports, not Outlook. So any repairs would be in the purview of OE
and the Windows Address Book. There is no way for us to troubleshoot your
problem without more information as to what caused it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

In Outlook, "About" says:
Microsoft Outlook 2000 SR# (9.0.0.6627)
Internet Mail Only - Security Update

In Address Book, "About" says:
Address Book
6.00.2900.3028

If there's more to this story I don't know it. In any event is there
some way to just import all of my contacts into Address Book?

Outlook 2000 existed as 2 completely separate programs. We need to know
which you are using. Look at line 2 of Help | About if you don't know.
This will be hard to solve when you portray it as a random act of
violence. There must be more to this story.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I don't know what you mean by "mail support mode" and there was nothing
overt that I know about that caused the missing entries. There is
nothing in common that I can see among the missing entries.


Not enough information here. Need to know the mail support mode of
Outlook 2000, the steps you took just before "recently," and which
Contacts are missing. Things like this do not happen randomly and for
no reason.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am using Outlook 2000 with Windows XP. Normally all of the entries
in Contacts appear in my address book. But recently something has
happened, and many of the contacts are missing from my address book.
Is there any way to restore all of my contacts to my address book
without tediously entering them one at a time?

I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Won't help. The address book contains no data. It is a simply view of your
Contacts Folder.
If you can't find a pattern to which Contacts are missing, open one that
doesn't appear and see if it has a valid, resolved address. Recreate it and
see if it then appears. Also, make sure you haven't inadvertently created
more than one Contacts Folder in Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Can you tell me what file contains the address book? I can replace it
with an elder functional version from my backups.

You're in more trouble than you think. The version of Outlook you are
using was a temporary, dysfunctional version that has not been supported
for years and that provides no opportunity to repair the address book. In
fact, you are actually using Outlook Express for your address book and
mail transports, not Outlook. So any repairs would be in the purview of
OE and the Windows Address Book. There is no way for us to troubleshoot
your problem without more information as to what caused it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

In Outlook, "About" says:
Microsoft Outlook 2000 SR# (9.0.0.6627)
Internet Mail Only - Security Update

In Address Book, "About" says:
Address Book
6.00.2900.3028

If there's more to this story I don't know it. In any event is there
some way to just import all of my contacts into Address Book?


Outlook 2000 existed as 2 completely separate programs. We need to know
which you are using. Look at line 2 of Help | About if you don't know.
This will be hard to solve when you portray it as a random act of
violence. There must be more to this story.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I don't know what you mean by "mail support mode" and there was nothing
overt that I know about that caused the missing entries. There is
nothing in common that I can see among the missing entries.


Not enough information here. Need to know the mail support mode of
Outlook 2000, the steps you took just before "recently," and which
Contacts are missing. Things like this do not happen randomly and for
no reason.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am using Outlook 2000 with Windows XP. Normally all of the entries
in Contacts appear in my address book. But recently something has
happened, and many of the contacts are missing from my address book.
Is there any way to restore all of my contacts to my address book
without tediously entering them one at a time?

I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Won't help. The address book contains no data. It is a simply view of
your Contacts Folder.

I thought that was true only when Outlook 2000 IMO was using the Outlook
Address Book and not the Windows Address Book. Do I misremember?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That's true in all versions. The Address Book in Outlook is only a viewer for data stored elsewhere. That's what people seem to find so confusing -- that there is no separate address book that can be backed up by itself (except, of course, for people using the ancient PAB).

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers