Unwanted Link with Outlook Express

[mcp6453]

This question was original asked in the Outlook Express newsgroups, but
the gurus there were unable to answer it and recommended that I post it
here.

*Outlook Express* and *Outlook 2003* are installed on the same computer.
(They are different programs. This question relates to Outlook Express
and its interaction with Outlook.) Outlook Express has one identity, and
it is password protected. When Outlook starts, an "Identity Login" box
appears, even though Outlook Express is not being opened. The box
requires either canceling or inputting a password.

This problem is *not* the same as the intermittently appearing Identity
Login box as reported by some gamers using Norton Antivirus. The only
time the box appears is when Outlook is started with Outlook Express
closed or when Outlook Express is started after the Login Identity boxed
is canceled.

To add to the confusion, when the Identity Login box appears, it says,
"There is no current identity. Select your identity name below. To add
or modify an identity, click Manage Identities." Yet, "Main Identity",
the only identity in Outlook Express, is listed, and it's highlighted in
gray. Clicking on "Manage Identities" shows "Main Identity" listed under
"Identities", and "Main Identity" is listed under "Use this identity
when starting a program", which is checked. "Main Identity" is also
listed under "Use this identity when a program cannot ask you to choose
an identity."

Outlook Express and Outlook are somehow conjoined. How can they be
separated such that starting *Outlook* does not cause the Identity Login
box from *Outlook Express* from appearing (until Outlook Express is
started, when it is appropriate for the box to appear)? Since the
"Manage Identities" box is an Outlook *Express* function, this newsgroup
should be the more appropriate forum for a solution.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Did you ever enable Outlook to share contacts with Outlook Express? You can
check by opening the WAB and seeing if it has all of the same contacts as
outlook and create a new one - if you see it in Outlook's contacts, you are
sharing contacts.

 

[mcp6453]

Did you ever enable Outlook to share contacts with Outlook Express? You
can check by opening the WAB and seeing if it has all of the same
contacts as outlook and create a new one - if you see it in Outlook's
contacts, you are sharing contacts.

If I did, I am not aware of it. How do I confirm? Where is the option in
Outlook (2003)? There are definitely differences between the two lists
of contacts.

 

[Brian Tillman]

If I did, I am not aware of it. How do I confirm? Where is the option
in Outlook (2003)? There are definitely differences between the two
lists of contacts.

The option is not in Outlook 2003, it's in the registry. If you had changed
the registry I think you'd remember. However, see this:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oeshare.htm

 

[mcp6453]

The option is not in Outlook 2003, it's in the registry. If you had
changed the registry I think you'd remember. However, see this:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oeshare.htm

No, that key is not present, and I have not edited the registry in
connection with any Address Book functions.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

if there is a difference they are not shared.

 

[mcp6453]

if there is a difference they are not shared.

Then they are not shared. Any further thoughts how do disconnect the two?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

well.. they shouldn't be connected, so nothing to disconnect <g>

it's not telling you it found new accts before popping up this screen, is
it?

 

[mcp6453]

well.. they shouldn't be connected, so nothing to disconnect <g>

it's not telling you it found new accts before popping up this screen,
is it?

No, it's not. It asks me for the password, I enter it, and the prompt
goes away.