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  #1  
Old April 17th, 2007, 04:58 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
chunnel
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I recently installed Vista and and Office 2003. Now when I click on a
Contact link on the bottom left hand corner of a Contact in Outlook, I get
the following message. "Cannot perform the requested operation. The command
selected is not valid for this recipient." I remember that there is a
command to rebuild these links, but I can't remember what it is.
  #2  
Old April 17th, 2007, 01:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Brian Tillman
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chunnel wrote:

I recently installed Vista and and Office 2003. Now when I click on a
Contact link on the bottom left hand corner of a Contact in Outlook,
I get the following message. "Cannot perform the requested
operation. The command selected is not valid for this recipient." I
remember that there is a command to rebuild these links, but I can't
remember what it is.


How did you migrate your data after the installation? Did you start with a
new mail profile?
--
Brian Tillman

  #3  
Old April 17th, 2007, 05:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
chunnel
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I created a new mail profile and added the Outlook file and Archive, made
them the default and deleted the Outlook file that came with the new profile.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

chunnel wrote:

I recently installed Vista and and Office 2003. Now when I click on a
Contact link on the bottom left hand corner of a Contact in Outlook,
I get the following message. "Cannot perform the requested
operation. The command selected is not valid for this recipient." I
remember that there is a command to rebuild these links, but I can't
remember what it is.


How did you migrate your data after the installation? Did you start with a
new mail profile?
--
Brian Tillman


  #4  
Old April 17th, 2007, 09:51 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Brian Tillman
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chunnel wrote:

I created a new mail profile and added the Outlook file and Archive,
made them the default and deleted the Outlook file that came with the
new profile.


Hm. That's the correct method. It should have preserved your links. As
long as you avoid export/import, the links should have worked.. Sorry, I
don't have any suggestions.
--
Brian Tillman

  #5  
Old April 17th, 2007, 10:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Even though you migrated data correctly, you still need to reset your
Outlook Address Book Service to use the file you migrated. Did you?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"chunnel" wrote in message
...
I created a new mail profile and added the Outlook file and Archive, made
them the default and deleted the Outlook file that came with the new
profile.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

chunnel wrote:

I recently installed Vista and and Office 2003. Now when I click on a
Contact link on the bottom left hand corner of a Contact in Outlook,
I get the following message. "Cannot perform the requested
operation. The command selected is not valid for this recipient." I
remember that there is a command to rebuild these links, but I can't
remember what it is.


How did you migrate your data after the installation? Did you start with
a
new mail profile?
--
Brian Tillman




  #6  
Old April 18th, 2007, 02:52 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
chunnel
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Default Rebuild Contacts Links

I just removed and created a new Outlook address book, if that's what you
meant. But the problem remains.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Even though you migrated data correctly, you still need to reset your
Outlook Address Book Service to use the file you migrated. Did you?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"chunnel" wrote in message
...
I created a new mail profile and added the Outlook file and Archive, made
them the default and deleted the Outlook file that came with the new
profile.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

chunnel wrote:

I recently installed Vista and and Office 2003. Now when I click on a
Contact link on the bottom left hand corner of a Contact in Outlook,
I get the following message. "Cannot perform the requested
operation. The command selected is not valid for this recipient." I
remember that there is a command to rebuild these links, but I can't
remember what it is.

How did you migrate your data after the installation? Did you start with
a
new mail profile?
--
Brian Tillman





  #7  
Old April 18th, 2007, 03:27 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Rebuild Contacts Links

Inexplicable.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"chunnel" wrote in message
...
I just removed and created a new Outlook address book, if that's what you
meant. But the problem remains.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Even though you migrated data correctly, you still need to reset your
Outlook Address Book Service to use the file you migrated. Did you?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"chunnel" wrote in message
...
I created a new mail profile and added the Outlook file and Archive,
made
them the default and deleted the Outlook file that came with the new
profile.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

chunnel wrote:

I recently installed Vista and and Office 2003. Now when I click on
a
Contact link on the bottom left hand corner of a Contact in Outlook,
I get the following message. "Cannot perform the requested
operation. The command selected is not valid for this recipient."
I
remember that there is a command to rebuild these links, but I can't
remember what it is.

How did you migrate your data after the installation? Did you start
with
a
new mail profile?
--
Brian Tillman







  #8  
Old April 18th, 2007, 03:50 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
chunnel
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Default Rebuild Contacts Links

I remember talking to Sue at one point about this a year or so ago and she
had some kind of Command line switch that fixed this problem.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Inexplicable.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"chunnel" wrote in message
...
I just removed and created a new Outlook address book, if that's what you
meant. But the problem remains.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Even though you migrated data correctly, you still need to reset your
Outlook Address Book Service to use the file you migrated. Did you?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"chunnel" wrote in message
...
I created a new mail profile and added the Outlook file and Archive,
made
them the default and deleted the Outlook file that came with the new
profile.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

chunnel wrote:

I recently installed Vista and and Office 2003. Now when I click on
a
Contact link on the bottom left hand corner of a Contact in Outlook,
I get the following message. "Cannot perform the requested
operation. The command selected is not valid for this recipient."
I
remember that there is a command to rebuild these links, but I can't
remember what it is.

How did you migrate your data after the installation? Did you start
with
a
new mail profile?
--
Brian Tillman








  #9  
Old April 18th, 2007, 10:10 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Rebuild Contacts Links

None that I'm aware of. You can look at the list of possibilities:
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q156/9/82.asp


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"chunnel" wrote in message
...
I remember talking to Sue at one point about this a year or so ago and she
had some kind of Command line switch that fixed this problem.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Inexplicable.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"chunnel" wrote in message
...
I just removed and created a new Outlook address book, if that's what
you
meant. But the problem remains.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Even though you migrated data correctly, you still need to reset your
Outlook Address Book Service to use the file you migrated. Did you?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"chunnel" wrote in message
...
I created a new mail profile and added the Outlook file and Archive,
made
them the default and deleted the Outlook file that came with the new
profile.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

chunnel wrote:

I recently installed Vista and and Office 2003. Now when I click
on
a
Contact link on the bottom left hand corner of a Contact in
Outlook,
I get the following message. "Cannot perform the requested
operation. The command selected is not valid for this
recipient."
I
remember that there is a command to rebuild these links, but I
can't
remember what it is.

How did you migrate your data after the installation? Did you
start
with
a
new mail profile?
--
Brian Tillman










  #10  
Old April 18th, 2007, 02:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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No, that's not a problem that can be fixed with a command-line switch. Is the .pst file on the new machine in exactly the same folder path as the one on the old machine? If not, that could be part of the problem.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"chunnel" wrote in message ...
I remember talking to Sue at one point about this a year or so ago and she
had some kind of Command line switch that fixed this problem.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Inexplicable.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"chunnel" wrote in message
...
I just removed and created a new Outlook address book, if that's what you
meant. But the problem remains.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Even though you migrated data correctly, you still need to reset your
Outlook Address Book Service to use the file you migrated. Did you?
--
"chunnel" wrote in message
...
I created a new mail profile and added the Outlook file and Archive,
made
them the default and deleted the Outlook file that came with the new
profile.

I recently installed Vista and and Office 2003. Now when I click on
a
Contact link on the bottom left hand corner of a Contact in Outlook,
I get the following message. "Cannot perform the requested
operation. The command selected is not valid for this recipient."
I
remember that there is a command to rebuild these links, but I can't
remember what it is.


 




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