Re: Outlook Address Book Duplicates

From: Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] (russval_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/14/04 

Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:25:51 -0500

Remove the duplicate references here:
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > Outlook Address Book > Change. 

-- 
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"CJ" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:d07901c409e4$6d372320$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> I may have duplicate address books but don't know how to
> select or change them. This is similar to the recent post
> below but I am still having problems. Let me explain.
>
> I have installed Outlook 2003 over Outlook 2002 with
> Office 2003 with Business Contact Manager in Win XP.
>
> When I click "Open Shared Contacts" I get an error message
> that says "The Address List Could not be Displayed. The
> contact folder associated with this address list could not
> be opened; it may have been moved or deleted, or you do
> not have permissions..."
>
> When I click "Okay" it takes me to a screen where on the
> right side it has a drop down arrow that gives these
> selections:
>
> Outlook Address Book
>   Accounts
>   Accounts
>   Business Contacts
>   Business Contacts
>   Contacts
>   Contacts
>
>
> If I select the first Contacts there is nothing there. If
> I select the second Contacts it has my Contacts.
>
> After reading the other post I went to Tools, Email
> Accounts, View or Change existing accounts or address
> books then pressed Next and then it said:
>
> "The specified account was not found. It might have been
> deleted"
>
> I have no other options to add an address book or to
> change address books as there are no choices in the next
> screen. I could browse to add one but don't know where to
> locate it.
>
> I can use my Outlook just fine and my contacts are in
> place but something seems to be duplicated or not selected
> properly.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks so much!
>
> CJ
>
>
>
>

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