Reinstalling Outlook 2003 - Missing Email Addresses

August 8th, 2005 – 1:13 pm

Had to reformat my computer over the weekend and reinstall everything, as does happen from time to time. This morning, went to send an email and Outlook didn’t recognise the name I entered in the “To” field, much less complete the email address.

I checked my Contacts folder - everyone was in there. What’s the go???

After a bit of exploring I found the solution. (For Outlook 2003, anyway.)

  1. Click Go and then Folder List
  2. Right-click your Contacts folder, then left-click Properties
  3. Select the tab “Outlook Address Book”
  4. Add a tick to “Show this folder as an email address book”
  5. Click “Okay”

It’s an easy fix once you figure out where they hid it!

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  1. rajeev says:

    when i tried to “Show this folder as an email address book” and found that the option is greyed out please suggest

    Comment made on 21/5/2008 @ 7:46 am

  2. Jason says:

    Can’t really help you there Rajeev - I upgraded to Outlook 2007 about a year ago and don’t have 2003 installed anywhere at the moment :(

    Comment made on 21/5/2008 @ 8:27 am

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