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Thanks...... :oops:
The file that contains this information can be found here:
C:Documents and Settingsyour_profileApplication DataMicrosoftOutlookOutlook.NK2
If you tried to view the file in notepad, you can see that this file is not plain text. However, it obviously contains the autocomplete information because if you erase it, it restarts your autocomplete feature (as noted in the parent recipe).
Anyhoo, one option might be to copy this file to your new computer... if you are worried about losing this information. Logically I think it might work... although I haven't tried it.
Anyway, keep us informed how it goes.
Don't delete your NK2 file, mine it! There 's a utility called Owtlook that let's you open, add, edit, export, and print the NK2 file. You can find it at www.dcs-imaging.com/products.htm.
People have been known to rely on this cache as their contact database in lieu of entering contact info. in a contact folder.
Therefore, I find it wholly irresponsible for anyone to recommend deleting this file or losing it's contents!
Randy
Makes sense?
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloadget.php?id=4391&file=11&evp=87e3707d0fa04dabb6130ecdc1ca09b0
Recommenders of deleting the file: Know that thousands of users have hundreds of entries in the file, sometimes (most times) it is the ONLY place where vital contact information is stored.
JeffK - Obviously you have never spent several hundred hours developing software. Once you have actually produced something useful, something that you have sacrificed to create, I doubt you'd apprciated reading "In my humble opinion, Microsoft should release a .nk2 editor. It seems crazy to pay for Owtlook (to me). Many users could "live" without their auto-fill lists" - Many people (thousands) can NOT live without that data as it is all that many rely on!! While some may appreicate your socialist views and think that software developers should produce their programs for free, we do not subscribe to that view. You see, if we gave everything away, we would not be in a position to write solutions to common problems in the computing world! Once you have created a solution to a common computing problem, worked hundreds of hours on it, and then given it away, feel free to respond to this post.
Regarding the suggestion that one "Delete the NK2 file and start over" - I only have the following to allow:
Anyone who recommends "just delete the NK2 file" and start again, should have their head examined. The autocomplete (NK2) is separate and apart from the Contact folders. It is, in some cases, the ONLY history of e-mail addresses that many people rely on. Suggesting the deletion of this file in a cavalier fashion is completely irresponsible. I've heard stories about IT/LAN managers who were fired after following such advice from people who whould know better.
When a problem arises with the autocomplete file, it can almost always be resolved without deleting the NK2 file. We created a utility that will let you open and export the data in this file. Once exported, you can delete it if you determine that it is the NK2 file that is corrupted. However, oftentimes it is the Profile file that becomes corrupted and a disconnect occurs in your registry. We also have a recommended way of re-creating your NK2 file once you've obtained a text or db file of its contents.
You can find our utility at www.dcs-imaging.com/products.htm. It's called Owtlook. You can contact me through that web site and I can explain in more detail how to re-create your NK2 file IF it is necessary.
- Anybody who relies on the name completion cache in place of a contact entry should, in your words, "have their head examined." Microsoft admits that problems exist with name completion files becoming corrupt. (and yet they do not provide a fix to it.) In fact, Microsoft's recommended "solution" is to delete the NK2 file. So I say it's not prudent to rely on a feature that the is flawed to "store" addresses.
- I've reviewed the demo of your product and I find it is useful to be able to edit the NK2 file, but I still contend that Microsoft should provide this feature or utility since it is a workaround to a flaw in their product. Also, I believe it would be very valuable if your product could perform a batch export and batch import from a commandline (not gui.) I would like to be able to export NK2 files for every user at startup. Then, when a problem develops the file could be cleared and the backup imported.
Is there something in Exchange 2000 that does this as well?
Please help... I'm going crazy here!
I was able to remove a wrong email address from the autocomplete list by putting my cursor in the "TO" box; type the first letter(s) of the wrong nickname/email; use the arrow keys to scroll till the wrong item is selected (arrow keys will keep the drop down window open), then just press the delete button. This will remove that particular nickname/email address from the autocomplete list.
Thanks