Steve:

Sorry Russ, but no luck, I did exactly that, went back and checked what you
said, also read all I could find about how to do it. My problem stays the
same. I can see my Contacts when I open the contacts folder, but when I click
on the address book icon in the tool bar it shows the right Contacts folder
but no Contacts.

Search as I may, there is only one contacts folder, NO duplicate set of any
..PST file on my computer, and I can see my hidden files and folders.
Everything is set the way it should be according to all the posts I have read.

Pardon me if I am a bit sceptical about Outlook at this time and seriously
concidering migrating to other software for my e-mail, after all is said and
done, it does not seem worth the effort any more, I am sure I tried all the
solutions given as stipulated but have to admit defeat at this point. I guess
the little green men in Outlook won another battle and MS lost another client.

Thanks for your answers and patients.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

I answered it already.


"Steve" wrote in message
...
Steve:
Hi Russ, I did all of the above, deleted the service and re-installed
it,
all the other settings are correct and I even created new profiles
but to
no
avail. The moment you click on the address book folder it comes up
with
the
Contacts folder first, but no contacts.

I am using Outlook 2003 (part of Office SBE) any ideas???



Russ:

First you said Outlook 2000. Now you say Outlook 2003.
How did you "move" this PST file and configure Outlook to use it?
You most likely have either a corrupt profile or more than one PST file
or
Contacts Folder.
Use Folder List view to examine your profile and describe accurately both
your Outlook version and what you see in your profile.

Steve:

Sorry to go back to my first post, but here I said it was Office 2003
Small
Buisiness Edition.

1. This is a new installation
2. I imported the old pst file (exported from old computer with Office
2003
SBE)
3. No luck with Contacts
4. Delete profile
5. Copy and paste old pst files to new location under local settings
6. Create new profile and point Contacts to Contacts file in Outlook
7. Still no luck
8. Tried pst repair tool
9. No problem found
10. Still no luck with Contacts


Steve:

I guess after a week or more there is no answer to this problem........sad
((