Spurious email addresses

[Bill P]

My wife is using vista with windows mail.
The email address for one of her friends is correct in the contacts list but
when she starts to type in her friends name in the "To" box three options
pop up one of which is the correct address but two have additional letters
embedded in them which makes them unusable. Is there any way to locate and
delete these spurious addresses?
Regards Bill

 

[Dave]

Windows Mail auto-completes from a separate list of 29 addresses you type
in, not from your contacts. This list is stored in the registry.

If you wish to remove old or incorrect addresses, there is a utility to
clear recently used email addresses in Windows Mail...
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...tly-used-email-addresses-in-Windows-Mail.html

To retrieve addresses from your contacts folder, click on the To: button.

This is one of the features that works properly in the newer Windows Live
Mail.

 

[Bill P]

Hi Dave
Have looked at that app but it doesn't locate incorrect addresses which need
deleting, only recently used addresses.
That is unless I am missing something .
Bill

 

[Bob]

CTRL+SHIFT+C

 

[Bob]

How to Delete an Address from the Windows Mail Auto-Complete List

http://email.about.com/od/windowsmailtips/qt/et_del_autocomp.htm

 

[Dave]

The auto-complete function only retrieves email addresses from those you
type in, and these are stored in the Regisrty. The utility should find
them. If it doesn't, you can manually remove the whole key in the registry
if you are comfortable with doing that.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Recently Used Addresses

 

[Bill P]

Thanks Bob, that worked. Easy when you know how.

How to Delete an Address from the Windows Mail Auto-Complete List

http://email.about.com/od/windowsmailtips/qt/et_del_autocomp.htm

 

[Bob]

You're welcome Bill. Glad to hear it.

Thanks Bob, that worked. Easy when you know how.