How to clear Outlook 2003 history

[Clayton Sutton]

Hi,

We are running Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2003. Anyone know how to clear the
history in the Outlook address bar? As a user types an address Outlook
shows a list of addresses it thinks you are trying to type. I don't really
want to turn that off, I just would like to clear the history from time to
time. Thanks for any input.


Clayton

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

To remove individual addresses, use the arrow key to select the address and
press delete. To remove the entire cache, delete the N2K file.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Clayton Sutton asked:

| Hi,
|
| We are running Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2003. Anyone know how to
| clear the history in the Outlook address bar? As a user types an
| address Outlook shows a list of addresses it thinks you are trying to
| type. I don't really want to turn that off, I just would like to
| clear the history from time to time. Thanks for any input.
|
|
| Clayton

 

[Clayton Sutton]

Cool!


Clayton



"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

 

[Randy]

While I acknowledge that MVP's are an extremely knowledgeable group of
people who spend a great deal of their time helping others, I continue to
become annoyed when people, benevolent as they may be, proffer bad advice to
people.

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.

Cool!


Clayton



"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

To remove individual addresses, use the arrow key to select the address
and
press delete. To remove the entire cache, delete the N2K file.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Clayton Sutton asked:

| Hi,
|
| We are running Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2003. Anyone know how to
| clear the history in the Outlook address bar? As a user types an
| address Outlook shows a list of addresses it thinks you are trying to
| type. I don't really want to turn that off, I just would like to
| clear the history from time to time. Thanks for any input.
|
|
| Clayton

 

[Andy David - MVP]

Gee, for only $24.95. Go away sales weasel.

While I acknowledge that MVP's are an extremely knowledgeable group of
people who spend a great deal of their time helping others, I continue to
become annoyed when people, benevolent as they may be, proffer bad advice to
people.

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.

Cool!


Clayton



"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

To remove individual addresses, use the arrow key to select the address
and
press delete. To remove the entire cache, delete the N2K file.

--?
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Clayton Sutton asked:

| Hi,
|
| We are running Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2003. Anyone know how to
| clear the history in the Outlook address bar? As a user types an
| address Outlook shows a list of addresses it thinks you are trying to
| type. I don't really want to turn that off, I just would like to
| clear the history from time to time. Thanks for any input.
|
|
| Clayton

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Excuse me, but aren't you the same one who posted that horribly disingenuous
answer to a non-existent question "Guess what I found? A really neat little
utitlity (paraphrased)..." when you are, as Andy so correctly pointed out,
the same "sales weasel" whose company wrote the utility?

I will continue to advise people to delete the NK2 file when someone asks
about the name resolution cache and potential corruption. I refuse to
recommend a utility produced by such blatantly self-serving people as
yourself and I refuse to line your weasel pockets.

Now go away and think up something else to post to boost your sales.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Randy asked:

| While I acknowledge that MVP's are an extremely knowledgeable group of
| people who spend a great deal of their time helping others, I
| continue to become annoyed when people, benevolent as they may be,
| proffer bad advice to people.
|
| 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
| || Cool!
||
||
|| Clayton
||
||
||
|| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
|| ||| To remove individual addresses, use the arrow key to select the
||| address and
||| press delete. To remove the entire cache, delete the N2K file.
|||
||| --
||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|||
||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
||| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
||| personal account will be deleted without reading.
|||
||| After furious head scratching, Clayton Sutton asked:
|||
|||| Hi,
||||
|||| We are running Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2003. Anyone know how to
|||| clear the history in the Outlook address bar? As a user types an
|||| address Outlook shows a list of addresses it thinks you are trying
|||| to type. I don't really want to turn that off, I just would like
|||| to clear the history from time to time. Thanks for any input.
||||
||||
|||| Clayton

 

[Randy]

Now who is being disengenuous? Many of you MVP's weasel your way into
corporate pockets by directing inquirer's to web sites for help. And of
course these web sites that SELL SOLUTIONS and consulting jobs, don't they?

You write about profit like it's a four letter word! We are very honest
about writing a needed solution for profit. Instead of telling people to
delete oftentimes valuable, irresplacable data, we developed a very helpful
solution. This solution even includes a means by which users can edit x500
addresses, very handy when migrating Exchange servers. But then, you seem
like the type of person who hates Bill Gates and Benjamin Franklin and
perhaps anyone else who developed products that help people.

The many companies and government agencies all over this globe that have
written to say "thanks" to us are testimony that we developed a much needed
solution. We will not "go away", and we will continue to call attention to
"dumb advice" given by people who should know better. For your information,
$24.95 is only for the desktop version that doesn't edit GAL records. You
should see what our executable version can do when called from a login
script!

These comments do not apply to ALL MVP's, just a few. Most MVP's that I
have been in touch with are genuine and work very hard to help people.
Others....well it's not a perfect world.

Randy
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

Excuse me, but aren't you the same one who posted that horribly
disingenuous
answer to a non-existent question "Guess what I found? A really neat
little
utitlity (paraphrased)..." when you are, as Andy so correctly pointed out,
the same "sales weasel" whose company wrote the utility?

I will continue to advise people to delete the NK2 file when someone asks
about the name resolution cache and potential corruption. I refuse to
recommend a utility produced by such blatantly self-serving people as
yourself and I refuse to line your weasel pockets.

Now go away and think up something else to post to boost your sales.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Randy asked:

| While I acknowledge that MVP's are an extremely knowledgeable group of
| people who spend a great deal of their time helping others, I
| continue to become annoyed when people, benevolent as they may be,
| proffer bad advice to people.
|
| 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
| || Cool!
||
||
|| Clayton
||
||
||
|| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
|| ||| To remove individual addresses, use the arrow key to select the
||| address and
||| press delete. To remove the entire cache, delete the N2K file.
|||
||| --
||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|||
||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
||| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
||| personal account will be deleted without reading.
|||
||| After furious head scratching, Clayton Sutton asked:
|||
|||| Hi,
||||
|||| We are running Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2003. Anyone know how to
|||| clear the history in the Outlook address bar? As a user types an
|||| address Outlook shows a list of addresses it thinks you are trying
|||| to type. I don't really want to turn that off, I just would like
|||| to clear the history from time to time. Thanks for any input.
||||
||||
|||| Clayton

 

[Guest]

But surely there's another way..this only deletes it for that one time
only...how do you delete the bad address forever...without wiping every
autofill address out?

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:25:01 -1000, RGRuss/SCC Audio""

Selecting it and then deleting it does remove it permanently. Unless you
send to that address again for some reason.

But surely there's another way..this only deletes it for that one time
only...how do you delete the bad address forever...without wiping every
autofill address out?

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote/Outlook
Operations Coordinator
Stockholm/KSG - Honolulu
Microsoft Outlook FAQ:
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/schorr/computers/outlook.htm

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you use the down-arrow method, it deletes it from your N2K cache forever.
What is not working for you using this method?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, RGRuss/SCC Audio asked:

| But surely there's another way..this only deletes it for that one time
| only...how do you delete the bad address forever...without wiping
| every autofill address out?
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| To remove individual addresses, use the arrow key to select the
|| address and press delete. To remove the entire cache, delete the
|| N2K file.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Clayton Sutton asked:
||
||| Hi,
|||
||| We are running Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2003. Anyone know how to
||| clear the history in the Outlook address bar? As a user types an
||| address Outlook shows a list of addresses it thinks you are trying
||| to type. I don't really want to turn that off, I just would like to
||| clear the history from time to time. Thanks for any input.
|||
|||
||| Clayton