File location of auto-complete settings

[Guest]

We've just installed new Exchange servers here at my office, so we had to go
to each users machine and make a backup.pst of all their Outlook contents.
Once we imported it into the new user profile, everything was there as we
expected but the auto-complete wasn't intact. Can anyone tell me which file I
need to look for in the old profile to copy over for this to work?

When I say auto-complete settings, I mean when a user starts a new message
and types in 'a,' a drop-down box would appear of all the addresses starting
with a that he had sent a message to.

The problem we're having is a lot of the users unfortuntely didn't bother
adding people to their contact list, but rather relied on the auto-complete
for someones email address.

Am I being clear or no?
And help is appreciated.

 

[Ken Cheney]

Seems like you could have deployed the settings then not had to leave your
seat

Those autocomplete names are stored in a file called outlook.nk2. The file
lives here where your-profile is unique to your installation: "C:\Documents
and Settings\your-profile\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook" I dont think
you can modify it... but thats where the file is.

 

[Ken Cheney]

you could also try this free utility:

http://www.epute.com/nk2csv/

i have never used it so i have no idea if it works or not

 

[Brian Tillman]

Those autocomplete names are stored in a file called outlook.nk2.

No, they'e in a file whose extension is NK2, but whose name natches the
profile name. If your profile name is "Outlook", then you'd be correct, but
ony then.

The OP should see this: http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm

 

[Brian Tillman]

you could also try this free utility:

http://www.epute.com/nk2csv/

And that tool will not help at all. It can export addresses from the NK2,
but what would you do with them afterward?

 

[Guest]

But we copied everything over from the old profile..including Application Data.

I'll have a look at that utility, however.


Thanks

 

[Guest]

Ok, what do I do with the file once I find it? Any idea?

 

[Guest]

What actually exports from the utility? A comma separated file or what? With
the exported information, how can I use that on the new profile..or can I?

Thanks

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

It doesn't work.

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After furious head scratching, Ken Cheney asked:

| you could also try this free utility:
|
| http://www.epute.com/nk2csv/
|
| i have never used it so i have no idea if it works or not
|
| || We've just installed new Exchange servers here at my office, so we
|| had to go
|| to each users machine and make a backup.pst of all their Outlook
|| contents. Once we imported it into the new user profile, everything
|| was there as we expected but the auto-complete wasn't intact. Can
|| anyone tell me which file I
|| need to look for in the old profile to copy over for this to work?
||
|| When I say auto-complete settings, I mean when a user starts a new
|| message and types in 'a,' a drop-down box would appear of all the
|| addresses starting
|| with a that he had sent a message to.
||
|| The problem we're having is a lot of the users unfortuntely didn't
|| bother adding people to their contact list, but rather relied on the
|| auto-complete
|| for someones email address.
||
|| Am I being clear or no?
|| And help is appreciated.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Ok, what do I do with the file once I find it? Any idea?

With Outlook closed, modify the name of the NK2 file to match the current
mail profile name. Start Outlook. Autocompletion should use the NK2 file
now.

 

[Brian Tillman]

What actually exports from the utility? A comma separated file or
what?

Yes, one containing only the Internet addresses from the NK2 file which, as
I said, don't do you any good.

 

[vinas1]

Just close outlook and copy your NK2 from the old profile to the new
profile name and your autocomplete will work again.