feature not working...

[Vijgan]

Outlook and windows by default has a feature and am not sure why it
stopped working in outlook the moment I upgraded to 2007.

there is this feature in windows, for eg, u are in windows exlporer...
u are searching for a folder called project. u select a random folder
and type "pro" quickly on ur keyboard and it takes you to the first
folder which starts with pro... not sure what that feature is called.?

similar to this, when I was on OL 2003, I could sort on sender and
type first few character of the sender and it wud take to the email
frm that sender. For eg, I am looking for a mail sent by "Doe, John",
I cud just sort on sender and type Doe and the first email frm Doe
would get selected.

For some reason this stopped working after I upgraded to 2007.
However, for my co-worker who also upgraded it works just fine.. am
wondering if there is any setting that i need to enable.

I could try searching microsoft.. but, I dont know what this feature
is called. Any help on resolving this will be greatly appreciated...

Thanks,
Vijay.

 

[Vijgan]

Just wanted to update that this feature in outlook works when I sort
on subject and type first few characters of subject, the mail is
selected.. only with names it fails to work.

 

[Cynyster]

The feature you are talking about is called "Auto Complete" and unfortunately
the autocomplete file gets wiped when you upgrade.
If you have made a backup of your profile you might be able to restore it I
think the file is "outlook.NK2" and it is located on XP machines in
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Hope that helps

 

[Brian Tillman]

The feature you are talking about is called "Auto Complete" and
unfortunately the autocomplete file gets wiped when you upgrade.

Um, no it doesn't, especially if you're careful.

If you have made a backup of your profile you might be able to
restore it I think the file is "outlook.NK2" and it is located on XP
machines in C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook

It might not be named "outlook.NK2". It will have the NK2 extension, but
its name will match whatever the name of the mail profile was.