Can I set up AutoComplete not to forget names for 30 days?

[Guest]

Outlook's "AutoComplete" for cc, bcc etc... seem to remember email addresses
for a few days only. Can we extend the time?

Thx

 

[Randy]

Autocomplete does not "forget" names. The autocomplete cache stores up to
1000 names. What version of Outlook are you using?

 

[Guest]

MS Office Outlook 2003. Thx.

Autocomplete does not "forget" names. The autocomplete cache stores up to
1000 names. What version of Outlook are you using?

 

[Guest]

MagicMusic9 schrieb am 12.01.2005 05:25:

Outlook's "AutoComplete" for cc, bcc etc... seem to remember email addresses
for a few days only. Can we extend the time?

The entries are stored in "profilename.NK2". Usually you'll find it in

C:\Documents....\Profilname\ApplicationData\Microsoft\Outlook

The entries will not be deleted by outlook. Search for this file and
delete it. Outlook will rebuild this file. Watch wheter this behavior
occurs again.

 

[Guest]

Thanks. That file exists and Outlook continues to suggest emails addresses,
only the addresses not used in the last 4 days (?) disappeared.
Would deleting that file help?

Viele Gruesse.
T.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Outlook's "AutoComplete" for cc, bcc etc... seem to remember email
addresses for a few days only. Can we extend the time?

The autocomplete cache has no time dependencies whatsoever. It will hold up
to 1,000 names for as long as the cache file exists.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks. That file exists and Outlook continues to suggest emails
addresses, only the addresses not used in the last 4 days (?)
disappeared.

You can't see any enries in the cache until you begin to enter an address.
As soon as you do begin entering an address, only those entries beginning
with the letter(s) you've entered will be shown. What makes you think only
the last four days of entries are stored?

 

[Randy]

MagicMusic9,

Anyone who recommends "just delete the NK2 file" and start again, should
have their head examined. The autocomplete (NK2) is separate and apart from
the Contact folders. It is, in some cases, the ONLY history of e-mail
addresses that many people rely on. Suggesting the deletion of this file in
a cavalier fashion is completely irresponsible. I've heard stories about
IT/LAN managers who were fired after following such advice from people who
whould know better.

When a problem arises with the autocomplete file, it can almost always be
resolved without deleting the NK2 file. We created a utility that will let
you open and export the data in this file. Once exported, you can delete it
if you determine that it is the NK2 file that is corrupted. However,
oftentimes it is the Profile file that becomes corrupted and a disconnect
occurs in your registry. We also have a recommended way of re-creating your
NK2 file once you've obtained a text or db file of its contents.

You can find our utility at www.dcs-imaging.com/products.htm. It's called
Owtlook. You can contact me through that web site and I can explain in more
detail how to re-create your NK2 file IF it is necessary.

Good luck,

Randy

 

[Brian Tillman]

Anyone who recommends "just delete the NK2 file" and start again,
should have their head examined. The autocomplete (NK2) is separate
and apart from the Contact folders. It is, in some cases, the ONLY
history of e-mail addresses that many people rely on. Suggesting the
deletion of this file in a cavalier fashion is completely
irresponsible. I've heard stories about IT/LAN managers who were
fired after following such advice from people who whould know better.

Since you obviously have a vested interest in selling a product to
manipulate the cache file, naturally you'd say this. That doesn't make it
as dire a situation as you seem to believe.

 

[=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Christian_G=F6ller?=]

Randy schrieb am 13.01.2005 14:12:

[Nonsens]

Ok, I revise my suggestion and change it to

"Don't delte the file but rename it, so you can it restore if appearing
any problems"

 

[=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Christian_G=F6ller?=]

Randy schrieb am 13.01.2005 14:12:

[rank nonsense]

Ok, I revise my suggestion and change it to

"Don't delete the file but rename it. So you can restore the file if any
problems are appearing"