Linking to Outlook 2007 contacts?

[Blue Max]

How can we link the Outlook 2007 contact address book to the Windows Fax and
Scan address book so that we do not need to keep importing and exporting
contacts?

 

[Raymond J. Johnson Jr.]

How can we link the Outlook 2007 contact address book to the Windows Fax
and Scan address book so that we do not need to keep importing and
exporting contacts?

You just did 10 posts in an XP newsgroup regarding a Vista feature . I
don't know much about Vista, but I found this: http://tinyurl.com/2ek48o
in about 10 seconds. Quoting:

"The To line in the fax template links directly to your address
book-either the address book in Outlook or the Windows Address Book."

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Post in the correct group.
WFS will use Outlook 2007 by default once you install and configure Outlook
2007 correctly.

 

[Blue Max]

Hello Raymond,

Sorry for the mis-postings, it was a little late and I did make a mistake.
I am trying to see how to move or delete the mis-posted items before I am
stoned to death by respondants, any ideas?

Nevertheless, thank you for the suggestion. The problem with the reference
you suggest is that it does not give any specifics on how to create or
troubleshoot the link between Outlook 2007 and Fax and Scan. Russ Valentine
indicates that the link is automatic, but apparently not in our case as none
of our contacts are available, nor do we find any way to manually create the
association.

Thanks

********************

 

[Blue Max]

Sorry again, Russ, for the mis-postings. There were about ten postings that
should have gone to the Vista forum, any ideas on how to move them before I
get stoned to death by respondants? As to the actual question, thank you
for the heads-up on how it should work. My applications seem to all have
installed fine, but my Outlook contacts are NOT showing up in Windows Fax
and Scan, nor do we see any way to manually make the association. Any
thoughts?

Thanks

******************

Post in the correct group.
WFS will use Outlook 2007 by default once you install and configure
Outlook 2007 correctly.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

How can we link the Outlook 2007 contact address book to the Windows Fax
and Scan address book so that we do not need to keep importing and
exporting contacts?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Which program is set as your default Contact Manager for Vista?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Sorry again, Russ, for the mis-postings. There were about ten postings
that should have gone to the Vista forum, any ideas on how to move them
before I get stoned to death by respondants? As to the actual question,
thank you for the heads-up on how it should work. My applications seem to
all have installed fine, but my Outlook contacts are NOT showing up in
Windows Fax and Scan, nor do we see any way to manually make the
association. Any thoughts?

Thanks

******************

Post in the correct group.
WFS will use Outlook 2007 by default once you install and configure
Outlook 2007 correctly.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

How can we link the Outlook 2007 contact address book to the Windows Fax
and Scan address book so that we do not need to keep importing and
exporting contacts?

 

[Blue Max]

Which program is set as your default Contact Manager for Vista?

Hello Russ,

Thank you for the suggestion. We assume you are referring to the settings
under 'Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs > Set Default Programs'?
Here we have set Outlook 2007 as the default for all its file types and
protocols, but still no Outlook contacts in 'Fax and Scan' or 'Windows
Mail'. We also searched for "default contact manger" in Windows Vista
help, but it doesn't seem to provide any references to a 'contact manger' of
any type. Maybe we are barking up the wrong tree, any further suggestions?

 

[Blue Max]

Which program is set as your default Contact Manager for Vista?

Hello Russ,

Thank you for the suggestion. We assume you are referring to the settings
under 'Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs > Set Default Programs'?
Here we have set Outlook 2007 as the default for all its file types and
protocols, but still no Outlook contacts in 'Fax and Scan' or 'Windows
Mail'. We also searched for "default contact manger" in Windows Vista
help, but it doesn't seem to provide any references to a 'contact manger' of
any type. Maybe we are barking up the wrong tree, any further suggestions?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Installing Outlook and configuring the Outlook Address Book correctly is all
that is required for WFS to use your Outlook Contacts as its data source.
Confirm that you have done both. If so, you would be the first to report
such behavior.

 

[Guest]

Hi Russ,

What you say holds true for all the machines in my office (about a dozen)
except for 3 of them. 2 are WinXP machines, and 1 is Vista Businiess x64.
They all have had Office 2007 installed fresh, but Windows fax still defaults
to WAB or Windows Contacts on the Vista machine. Outlook is installed
correctly and OAB is setup correctly...we are running Exchange 2003 server as
well. I have been trying for days to get this working as it should and
cannot. I have uninstall Office completely and reinstalled fresh. Is there
anyplace I can go in the registry to force this to work?

Installing Outlook and configuring the Outlook Address Book correctly is all
that is required for WFS to use your Outlook Contacts as its data source.
Confirm that you have done both. If so, you would be the first to report
such behavior.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hello Russ,

Thank you for the suggestion. We assume you are referring to the settings
under 'Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs > Set Default
Programs'? Here we have set Outlook 2007 as the default for all its file
types and protocols, but still no Outlook contacts in 'Fax and Scan' or
'Windows Mail'. We also searched for "default contact manger" in Windows
Vista help, but it doesn't seem to provide any references to a 'contact
manger' of any type. Maybe we are barking up the wrong tree, any further
suggestions?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Not that I know of. x64 is a different beast altogether when it comes to
configuring Outlook profiles.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi Russ,

What you say holds true for all the machines in my office (about a dozen)
except for 3 of them. 2 are WinXP machines, and 1 is Vista Businiess x64.
They all have had Office 2007 installed fresh, but Windows fax still
defaults
to WAB or Windows Contacts on the Vista machine. Outlook is installed
correctly and OAB is setup correctly...we are running Exchange 2003 server
as
well. I have been trying for days to get this working as it should and
cannot. I have uninstall Office completely and reinstalled fresh. Is there
anyplace I can go in the registry to force this to work?

Installing Outlook and configuring the Outlook Address Book correctly is
all
that is required for WFS to use your Outlook Contacts as its data source.
Confirm that you have done both. If so, you would be the first to report
such behavior.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Which program is set as your default Contact Manager for Vista?


Hello Russ,

Thank you for the suggestion. We assume you are referring to the
settings
under 'Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs > Set Default
Programs'? Here we have set Outlook 2007 as the default for all its
file
types and protocols, but still no Outlook contacts in 'Fax and Scan' or
'Windows Mail'. We also searched for "default contact manger" in
Windows
Vista help, but it doesn't seem to provide any references to a 'contact
manger' of any type. Maybe we are barking up the wrong tree, any
further
suggestions?

 

[Guest]

Hi again Russel - I am yet another person with exactly this problem
Again, running on 64bit Vista and again Outlook Address Book never appears
as a contacts manager in WFS, even though both installed with default
settings & all features of both working perfectly in isolation .

Office 2007 is a 32 bit app even on 64 bit Vista, so presume outlook
address book handing by WFS should work the same as on 32 bit version of
Vista?

Is there anyone out there who has managed to use Outlook Address book as the
contact manager in WFS under Vista 64bit? I have read several threads where
the same problem is raised, but none so far offer solutions...

Not that I know of. x64 is a different beast altogether when it comes to
configuring Outlook profiles.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi Russ,

What you say holds true for all the machines in my office (about a dozen)
except for 3 of them. 2 are WinXP machines, and 1 is Vista Businiess x64.
They all have had Office 2007 installed fresh, but Windows fax still
defaults
to WAB or Windows Contacts on the Vista machine. Outlook is installed
correctly and OAB is setup correctly...we are running Exchange 2003 server
as
well. I have been trying for days to get this working as it should and
cannot. I have uninstall Office completely and reinstalled fresh. Is there
anyplace I can go in the registry to force this to work?

Installing Outlook and configuring the Outlook Address Book correctly is
all
that is required for WFS to use your Outlook Contacts as its data source.
Confirm that you have done both. If so, you would be the first to report
such behavior.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Which program is set as your default Contact Manager for Vista?


Hello Russ,

Thank you for the suggestion. We assume you are referring to the
settings
under 'Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs > Set Default
Programs'? Here we have set Outlook 2007 as the default for all its
file
types and protocols, but still no Outlook contacts in 'Fax and Scan' or
'Windows Mail'. We also searched for "default contact manger" in
Windows
Vista help, but it doesn't seem to provide any references to a 'contact
manger' of any type. Maybe we are barking up the wrong tree, any
further
suggestions?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I don't think that's a safe assumption. All I can do is confirm that the
Mail icon in Control Panel (which is used for all Outlook profile
configuration) is indeed a 32 bit app so anyone running 64 bit will have
this problem. You might try posting in a Vista group to see what the
workarounds are for running 32 bit apps.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi again Russel - I am yet another person with exactly this problem
Again, running on 64bit Vista and again Outlook Address Book never appears
as a contacts manager in WFS, even though both installed with default
settings & all features of both working perfectly in isolation .

Office 2007 is a 32 bit app even on 64 bit Vista, so presume outlook
address book handing by WFS should work the same as on 32 bit version of
Vista?

Is there anyone out there who has managed to use Outlook Address book as
the
contact manager in WFS under Vista 64bit? I have read several threads
where
the same problem is raised, but none so far offer solutions...

Not that I know of. x64 is a different beast altogether when it comes to
configuring Outlook profiles.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi Russ,

What you say holds true for all the machines in my office (about a
dozen)
except for 3 of them. 2 are WinXP machines, and 1 is Vista Businiess
x64.
They all have had Office 2007 installed fresh, but Windows fax still
defaults
to WAB or Windows Contacts on the Vista machine. Outlook is installed
correctly and OAB is setup correctly...we are running Exchange 2003
server
as
well. I have been trying for days to get this working as it should and
cannot. I have uninstall Office completely and reinstalled fresh. Is
there
anyplace I can go in the registry to force this to work?


:

Installing Outlook and configuring the Outlook Address Book correctly
is
all
that is required for WFS to use your Outlook Contacts as its data
source.
Confirm that you have done both. If so, you would be the first to
report
such behavior.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Which program is set as your default Contact Manager for Vista?


Hello Russ,

Thank you for the suggestion. We assume you are referring to the
settings
under 'Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs > Set Default
Programs'? Here we have set Outlook 2007 as the default for all its
file
types and protocols, but still no Outlook contacts in 'Fax and Scan'
or
'Windows Mail'. We also searched for "default contact manger" in
Windows
Vista help, but it doesn't seem to provide any references to a
'contact
manger' of any type. Maybe we are barking up the wrong tree, any
further
suggestions?