It's Outlook 2003.

OK, so I went into Email Accounts/View or Change Existing Directories or
Address Books/Change. I see two options, both Contacts: Personal Folders.
Regardless of whether I choose the first or the second, I STILL get the error
message when I launch the Address Book from the Inbox or an open email.

"Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

"Mike Row Soft" wrote in message
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"Show this folder" was already checked. When I am in my Inbox or an email I
am writing and I click the Address Book icon, it STILL says I have no
Address
Book. A window pops up and I can choose between a useless, empty Contacts
and the second one, which works. All this is extremely time-consuming and
annoying. I need Outlook to go IMMEDIATELY to my Contacts without all this
confusion.

You don't state yor Outlook version. For Outlook 2003 and 2002, click
ToolsE-mail AccountsView or change existing directories or address
booksNext. Select Outlook Address Book and click Change. Select the bogus
folder and click Remove. Close the dialogues, stop and restart Outlook.

For Outlook 2007, click ToolsAccount Settings and select the Address Book
tab. The rest is similar.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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