Outlook Contacts Setup Help Needed

[Shannon Bradford]

I recently reinstalled Windows XP Pro on my computer and then reinstalled
Outlook 2003 and updated everything. I saved my old outlook.pst file and
put it back where it belongs. My contacts show up in contacts and my email
is in the right place. I setup my account info and everything is working
fine except when I send a new message and then click on "To" field I get the
following error message "The address list could not be displayed. The
Contacts folder associated with this address list could not be opened; it
may have been moved or deleted or you do not have permissions. For more
information on how to remove this forlder from the Out look Address Book,
see Microsoft Office Outlook Help."

I've been down this road before and know there's a way to get my contacts
reassociated with things, but I can't remember how to do it.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks.

Shannon

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Do you have the Outlook Address Book Service installed?
Tools->Options->Mail Setup tab. If not, then add it.

If you already have the service added, then right click on your contact
folder, select properties, then on the Outlook address book tab, ensure it
is marked as an address book.


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Shannon Bradford
asked:

| I recently reinstalled Windows XP Pro on my computer and then
| reinstalled Outlook 2003 and updated everything. I saved my old
| outlook.pst file and put it back where it belongs. My contacts show
| up in contacts and my email is in the right place. I setup my
| account info and everything is working fine except when I send a new
| message and then click on "To" field I get the following error
| message "The address list could not be displayed. The Contacts
| folder associated with this address list could not be opened; it may
| have been moved or deleted or you do not have permissions. For more
| information on how to remove this forlder from the Out look Address
| Book, see Microsoft Office Outlook Help."
|
| I've been down this road before and know there's a way to get my
| contacts reassociated with things, but I can't remember how to do it.
|
| Does anyone have any ideas?
|
| Thanks.
|
| Shannon

 

[Shannon Bradford]

Thanks. That helped!

Shannon