Outlook 2002 - Make it forget past e-mail addresses?

[Joe D.]

Is there a way to clear out the cache in Outlook 2002 so that it
doesn't try to "auto-complete" the name I am typing with old e-mail
addresses? I use Outlook quite a bit every day, but it is still
presenting me with e-mail addresses I deleted months ago when I type
someone's name on a new message. It does also list the current one,
but I have to actually choose the current one from the list. It's not
a major problem, just annoying. Seems like if you haven't used a
deleted e-mail address in month, it should eventually forget about it.

Thanks!

Joe D.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Use the arrow key - highlight the name/address and press delete.

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After furious head scratching, Joe D. asked:

| Is there a way to clear out the cache in Outlook 2002 so that it
| doesn't try to "auto-complete" the name I am typing with old e-mail
| addresses? I use Outlook quite a bit every day, but it is still
| presenting me with e-mail addresses I deleted months ago when I type
| someone's name on a new message. It does also list the current one,
| but I have to actually choose the current one from the list. It's not
| a major problem, just annoying. Seems like if you haven't used a
| deleted e-mail address in month, it should eventually forget about it.
|
| Thanks!
|
| Joe D.
|
|
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[Joe D.]

Wow, that is so simple. Thanks for the tip!

Joe

Use the arrow key - highlight the name/address and press delete.

--?
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, Joe D. asked:

| Is there a way to clear out the cache in Outlook 2002 so that it
| doesn't try to "auto-complete" the name I am typing with old e-mail
| addresses? I use Outlook quite a bit every day, but it is still
| presenting me with e-mail addresses I deleted months ago when I type
| someone's name on a new message. It does also list the current one,
| but I have to actually choose the current one from the list. It's not
| a major problem, just annoying. Seems like if you haven't used a
| deleted e-mail address in month, it should eventually forget about it.

 

[Joe D.]

Uh oh, looks they don't stay gone. Within a day or two, these deleted
e-mail address show up again as a choice on the auto-complete. They
are not listed in contacts and I haven't used them in about a year.
Any other suggestions? Seems like there should be a cache to clear
somewhere.

Thanks!

Joe D.

Use the arrow key - highlight the name/address and press delete.

--?
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, Joe D. asked:

| Is there a way to clear out the cache in Outlook 2002 so that it
| doesn't try to "auto-complete" the name I am typing with old e-mail
| addresses? I use Outlook quite a bit every day, but it is still
| presenting me with e-mail addresses I deleted months ago when I type
| someone's name on a new message. It does also list the current one,
| but I have to actually choose the current one from the list. It's not
| a major problem, just annoying. Seems like if you haven't used a
| deleted e-mail address in month, it should eventually forget about it.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Once deleted correctly, they will only return if you send another message to
that address.
To clear the entire cache, follow the instructions here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q287623

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Uh oh, looks they don't stay gone. Within a day or two, these deleted
e-mail address show up again as a choice on the auto-complete. They
are not listed in contacts and I haven't used them in about a year.
Any other suggestions? Seems like there should be a cache to clear
somewhere.

Thanks!

Joe D.

Use the arrow key - highlight the name/address and press delete.

--?
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, Joe D. asked:

| Is there a way to clear out the cache in Outlook 2002 so that it
| doesn't try to "auto-complete" the name I am typing with old e-mail
| addresses? I use Outlook quite a bit every day, but it is still
| presenting me with e-mail addresses I deleted months ago when I type
| someone's name on a new message. It does also list the current one,
| but I have to actually choose the current one from the list. It's not
| a major problem, just annoying. Seems like if you haven't used a
| deleted e-mail address in month, it should eventually forget about it.

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[Joe D.]

I have not sent any e-mail to those addresses in several months. If I
had, I'm sure they would have bounced as invalid. These are for my
parents, whom I e-mail 2-3 times weekly.

After following the instructions referenced, it does appear the
auto-complete cache has been cleared. Does this file perform any
other functions for Outlook?

Thanks

Joe

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

In theory, it is also supposed to store autoresolution data, but there's
some evidence that it no longer does so.

 

[Guest]

I'm using outlook 2002 (windows xp prof), but how come I can't find .NK2 file
in my harddisk.

Once deleted correctly, they will only return if you send another message to
that address.
To clear the entire cache, follow the instructions here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q287623

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Uh oh, looks they don't stay gone. Within a day or two, these deleted
e-mail address show up again as a choice on the auto-complete. They
are not listed in contacts and I haven't used them in about a year.
Any other suggestions? Seems like there should be a cache to clear
somewhere.

Thanks!

Joe D.

Use the arrow key - highlight the name/address and press delete.

--?
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, Joe D. asked:

| Is there a way to clear out the cache in Outlook 2002 so that it
| doesn't try to "auto-complete" the name I am typing with old e-mail
| addresses? I use Outlook quite a bit every day, but it is still
| presenting me with e-mail addresses I deleted months ago when I type
| someone's name on a new message. It does also list the current one,
| but I have to actually choose the current one from the list. It's not
| a major problem, just annoying. Seems like if you haven't used a
| deleted e-mail address in month, it should eventually forget about it.

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Have you turned on finding hidden/system files?

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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, Peter Li asked:

| I'm using outlook 2002 (windows xp prof), but how come I can't find
| .NK2 file in my harddisk.
|
| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Once deleted correctly, they will only return if you send another
|| message to that address.
|| To clear the entire cache, follow the instructions here:
|| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q287623
||
|| --
|| Russ Valentine
|| [MVP-Outlook]
|| |||
|||
||| Uh oh, looks they don't stay gone. Within a day or two, these
||| deleted e-mail address show up again as a choice on the
||| auto-complete. They
||| are not listed in contacts and I haven't used them in about a year.
||| Any other suggestions? Seems like there should be a cache to clear
||| somewhere.
|||
||| Thanks!
|||
||| Joe D.
|||
|||
||| On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:27:56 -0700, "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
|||
|||| Use the arrow key - highlight the name/address and press delete.
||||
|||| --?
|||| 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, Joe D. asked:
||||
||||| Is there a way to clear out the cache in Outlook 2002 so that it
||||| doesn't try to "auto-complete" the name I am typing with old
||||| e-mail addresses? I use Outlook quite a bit every day, but it is
||||| still presenting me with e-mail addresses I deleted months ago
||||| when I type someone's name on a new message. It does also list
||||| the current one, but I have to actually choose the current one
||||| from the list. It's not a major problem, just annoying. Seems
||||| like if you haven't used a deleted e-mail address in month, it
||||| should eventually forget about it.
|||
|||
|||
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[Guest]

I have turned on finding hidden/system files but still can't find it.
Anyway, I can find it from c:\Document & Setting\[My profile]\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\[My profile name].NK2

Thank you!

Have you turned on finding hidden/system files?

--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, Peter Li asked:

| I'm using outlook 2002 (windows xp prof), but how come I can't find
| .NK2 file in my harddisk.
|
| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Once deleted correctly, they will only return if you send another
|| message to that address.
|| To clear the entire cache, follow the instructions here:
|| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q287623
||
|| --
|| Russ Valentine
|| [MVP-Outlook]
|| |||
|||
||| Uh oh, looks they don't stay gone. Within a day or two, these
||| deleted e-mail address show up again as a choice on the
||| auto-complete. They
||| are not listed in contacts and I haven't used them in about a year.
||| Any other suggestions? Seems like there should be a cache to clear
||| somewhere.
|||
||| Thanks!
|||
||| Joe D.
|||
|||
||| On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:27:56 -0700, "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
|||
|||| Use the arrow key - highlight the name/address and press delete.
||||
|||| --?
|||| 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, Joe D. asked:
||||
||||| Is there a way to clear out the cache in Outlook 2002 so that it
||||| doesn't try to "auto-complete" the name I am typing with old
||||| e-mail addresses? I use Outlook quite a bit every day, but it is
||||| still presenting me with e-mail addresses I deleted months ago
||||| when I type someone's name on a new message. It does also list
||||| the current one, but I have to actually choose the current one
||||| from the list. It's not a major problem, just annoying. Seems
||||| like if you haven't used a deleted e-mail address in month, it
||||| should eventually forget about it.
|||
|||
|||
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||| News==----
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||| >100,000 Newsgroups
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||| =---