Edit autocomplete addresses.

[Brown]

Outlook 2003.
As I start to type an address in the To: field of Outlook, it offers the
addresses I have entered before. This is generally handy, except for the
times I fat-fingered an address and discovered it after I sent the mail.
Where are these stored and how can I edit/delete an entry?

Brown

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

they are in a file with the extension NK2. You can just select the bad
addresses (use arrow keys) as you see them and press del.

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[Brown]

What is the most likely place for this file to be hiding? I did a search
against "*.NK2" and didn't get a hit.

Brown

they are in a file with the extension NK2. You can just select the bad
addresses (use arrow keys) as you see them and press del.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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Outlook 2003.
As I start to type an address in the To: field of Outlook, it offers the
addresses I have entered before. This is generally handy, except for the
times I fat-fingered an address and discovered it after I sent the mail.
Where are these stored and how can I edit/delete an entry?

Brown

 

[Brian Tillman]

What is the most likely place for this file to be hiding? I did a
search against "*.NK2" and didn't get a hit.

The NK2 file is in a hidden folder. Click Start>Run and type the following
in the Open field:

%AppData%\Microsoft\Outlook

and press OK. You should see the contents of that folder and it should
contain the NK2 file.

 

[Brown]

OK, the further I go the dumber I get ----
Foung the file, tried opening with WordPad and NotePad, both time I get all
sorts of formating giberish. Please hold my hand and lead me to the
solution ;-)

Brown

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Diane already posted the only solution.
No one said anything about being able to edit this file. That was your idea
You can't unless you use a third party utility:
http://www.dcs-imaging.com/owtlook.htm

 

[Randy]

You may wish to review the following link:
http://www.dcs-imaging.com/autocompletetips.htm

What is the most likely place for this file to be hiding? I did a search
against "*.NK2" and didn't get a hit.

Brown

they are in a file with the extension NK2. You can just select the bad
addresses (use arrow keys) as you see them and press del.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Outlook 2003.
As I start to type an address in the To: field of Outlook, it offers the
addresses I have entered before. This is generally handy, except for
the times I fat-fingered an address and discovered it after I sent the
mail. Where are these stored and how can I edit/delete an entry?

Brown