Contacts Displays My Inbox

[Guest]

Hi! I'm running OL 2003, and XP Home. I'm not sure of the sequence of steps
that got me into trouble, but I believe I have fixed the problems except for
one. When I log into Outlook and click on the Contacts icon, what initially
displays is my email (my inbox). In the left-hand column, below "CONTACTS",
is a light blue bar titled "My Contacts", and below that is an icon for a
contacts file, labeled "Contacts"; if I click on this icon, it displays my
contacts as it should. But when I close out and return to Outlook, it once
again displays my inbox. (BTW, if I click on Mail, it displays my inbox --
that's good!) I did something that screwed it up; can you help me to undo
it? Thanks, in advance!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Have you tried resetting your Navigation Pane? (Hint: R click > Navigation
Pane options...)

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the suggestion, Russ, but this doesn't seem to have produced a
change. Even after exiting and re-entering OUtlook, I still am faced with
the same setup. Any other thoughts?

Have you tried resetting your Navigation Pane? (Hint: R click > Navigation
Pane options...)
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi! I'm running OL 2003, and XP Home. I'm not sure of the sequence of
steps
that got me into trouble, but I believe I have fixed the problems except
for
one. When I log into Outlook and click on the Contacts icon, what
initially
displays is my email (my inbox). In the left-hand column, below
"CONTACTS",
is a light blue bar titled "My Contacts", and below that is an icon for a
contacts file, labeled "Contacts"; if I click on this icon, it displays my
contacts as it should. But when I close out and return to Outlook, it
once
again displays my inbox. (BTW, if I click on Mail, it displays my inbox --
that's good!) I did something that screwed it up; can you help me to undo
it? Thanks, in advance!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Not without knowing what caused this mess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks for the suggestion, Russ, but this doesn't seem to have produced a
change. Even after exiting and re-entering OUtlook, I still am faced
with
the same setup. Any other thoughts?

Have you tried resetting your Navigation Pane? (Hint: R click >
Navigation
Pane options...)
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi! I'm running OL 2003, and XP Home. I'm not sure of the sequence of
steps
that got me into trouble, but I believe I have fixed the problems
except
for
one. When I log into Outlook and click on the Contacts icon, what
initially
displays is my email (my inbox). In the left-hand column, below
"CONTACTS",
is a light blue bar titled "My Contacts", and below that is an icon for
a
contacts file, labeled "Contacts"; if I click on this icon, it displays
my
contacts as it should. But when I close out and return to Outlook, it
once
again displays my inbox. (BTW, if I click on Mail, it displays my
inbox --
that's good!) I did something that screwed it up; can you help me to
undo
it? Thanks, in advance!