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Old December 25th, 2006, 04:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Karl
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Default Question About Email Address Cleanup

I have read the various posts about cleaning up my email address lists to get
rid of errouneous and old email addresses. My probelm is that when I get the
auto-complete listing showin gthe erroneous addresses, nothing happens when I
right click them or tab to them and try to delete them. Also, may be part of
the same problem but I try not to show the persons name and email address in
the TO: address box. But many of them still show the address as well as the
nickname. How do I stop that (I make sure that the Display As: box in
Contact details has only the nickname).

Thanks for any help.
--
Karl
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Old December 25th, 2006, 05:07 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Question About Email Address Cleanup

Reread the posts. Nowhere will you see "R click" or "Tab."
Use the arrow key to select the entry. Hit Delete.
If you want to change the Email Display As field for your contacts, just
edit that field. You will not be hiding the email address, however.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Karl" wrote in message
...
I have read the various posts about cleaning up my email address lists to
get
rid of errouneous and old email addresses. My probelm is that when I get
the
auto-complete listing showin gthe erroneous addresses, nothing happens
when I
right click them or tab to them and try to delete them. Also, may be part
of
the same problem but I try not to show the persons name and email address
in
the TO: address box. But many of them still show the address as well as
the
nickname. How do I stop that (I make sure that the Display As: box in
Contact details has only the nickname).

Thanks for any help.
--
Karl


  #3  
Old December 25th, 2006, 05:18 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Karl
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Posts: 4
Default Question About Email Address Cleanup

You are so right. Not quyite awake this morning. In the meantime, I
followed the Outlook Support itm relating to finding the .nk2 file, changing
its name to .bak extension and then restsarting Outlook. Did thast but that
forces a ewdo of all the nickname autocompletes. So I went back, found the
Outlook.bak file and changed it to Outlook.nk2 and restarted Outlook. Did
not revert to the old nk2 file. Did I do something wrong?

Thanks ofr your assistance on the first issue. Unfortunately, I found that
out right after I sent the first posting. I'm not quiter the newbie that
probelm inferred.
--
Karl


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Reread the posts. Nowhere will you see "R click" or "Tab."
Use the arrow key to select the entry. Hit Delete.
If you want to change the Email Display As field for your contacts, just
edit that field. You will not be hiding the email address, however.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Karl" wrote in message
...
I have read the various posts about cleaning up my email address lists to
get
rid of errouneous and old email addresses. My probelm is that when I get
the
auto-complete listing showin gthe erroneous addresses, nothing happens
when I
right click them or tab to them and try to delete them. Also, may be part
of
the same problem but I try not to show the persons name and email address
in
the TO: address box. But many of them still show the address as well as
the
nickname. How do I stop that (I make sure that the Display As: box in
Contact details has only the nickname).

Thanks for any help.
--
Karl


  #4  
Old December 25th, 2006, 05:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Question About Email Address Cleanup

Renaming your NK2 file will of course cause Outlook to create a new, empty
autocompletion cache, so yes, all of your stored entries will be lost.
Renaming your backup file will restore them only if you did so correctly.
Since we have no idea what you did, it appears you did not do so correctly.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Karl" wrote in message
...
You are so right. Not quyite awake this morning. In the meantime, I
followed the Outlook Support itm relating to finding the .nk2 file,
changing
its name to .bak extension and then restsarting Outlook. Did thast but
that
forces a ewdo of all the nickname autocompletes. So I went back, found
the
Outlook.bak file and changed it to Outlook.nk2 and restarted Outlook. Did
not revert to the old nk2 file. Did I do something wrong?

Thanks ofr your assistance on the first issue. Unfortunately, I found
that
out right after I sent the first posting. I'm not quiter the newbie that
probelm inferred.
--
Karl


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Reread the posts. Nowhere will you see "R click" or "Tab."
Use the arrow key to select the entry. Hit Delete.
If you want to change the Email Display As field for your contacts, just
edit that field. You will not be hiding the email address, however.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Karl" wrote in message
...
I have read the various posts about cleaning up my email address lists
to
get
rid of errouneous and old email addresses. My probelm is that when I
get
the
auto-complete listing showin gthe erroneous addresses, nothing happens
when I
right click them or tab to them and try to delete them. Also, may be
part
of
the same problem but I try not to show the persons name and email
address
in
the TO: address box. But many of them still show the address as well as
the
nickname. How do I stop that (I make sure that the Display As: box in
Contact details has only the nickname).

Thanks for any help.
--
Karl



  #5  
Old December 26th, 2006, 01:51 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Karl
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Default Question About Email Address Cleanup

Thanks again. When I did the search for .nk2 files, all I got was a file in
Documents and Settings that was only named Outlook and did not show any
extension. I renamed it OUtlook .bak and restarted Outlook. When I foudn my
auto-complete list empty, I went back and renamed the .bak file Outlook.nk2.
Should just have renamed it Outlook I guess. In any case, all is o.k. now.

Thanks for the help.
--
Karl


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Renaming your NK2 file will of course cause Outlook to create a new, empty
autocompletion cache, so yes, all of your stored entries will be lost.
Renaming your backup file will restore them only if you did so correctly.
Since we have no idea what you did, it appears you did not do so correctly.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Karl" wrote in message
...
You are so right. Not quyite awake this morning. In the meantime, I
followed the Outlook Support itm relating to finding the .nk2 file,
changing
its name to .bak extension and then restsarting Outlook. Did thast but
that
forces a ewdo of all the nickname autocompletes. So I went back, found
the
Outlook.bak file and changed it to Outlook.nk2 and restarted Outlook. Did
not revert to the old nk2 file. Did I do something wrong?

Thanks ofr your assistance on the first issue. Unfortunately, I found
that
out right after I sent the first posting. I'm not quiter the newbie that
probelm inferred.
--
Karl


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Reread the posts. Nowhere will you see "R click" or "Tab."
Use the arrow key to select the entry. Hit Delete.
If you want to change the Email Display As field for your contacts, just
edit that field. You will not be hiding the email address, however.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Karl" wrote in message
...
I have read the various posts about cleaning up my email address lists
to
get
rid of errouneous and old email addresses. My probelm is that when I
get
the
auto-complete listing showin gthe erroneous addresses, nothing happens
when I
right click them or tab to them and try to delete them. Also, may be
part
of
the same problem but I try not to show the persons name and email
address
in
the TO: address box. But many of them still show the address as well as
the
nickname. How do I stop that (I make sure that the Display As: box in
Contact details has only the nickname).

Thanks for any help.
--
Karl


  #6  
Old December 26th, 2006, 02:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Posts: 9,440
Default Question About Email Address Cleanup

Something doesn't fit here. Outlook would already have created another file
named Outlook.nk2 the next time you used autocompletion, so Windows Explorer
would not have let you rename Outlook.bak to Outlook.nk2. It's always best
to unhide known file extensions when working with files in Windows Explorer.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Karl" wrote in message
...
Thanks again. When I did the search for .nk2 files, all I got was a file
in
Documents and Settings that was only named Outlook and did not show any
extension. I renamed it OUtlook .bak and restarted Outlook. When I foudn
my
auto-complete list empty, I went back and renamed the .bak file
Outlook.nk2.
Should just have renamed it Outlook I guess. In any case, all is o.k.
now.

Thanks for the help.
--
Karl


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Renaming your NK2 file will of course cause Outlook to create a new,
empty
autocompletion cache, so yes, all of your stored entries will be lost.
Renaming your backup file will restore them only if you did so correctly.
Since we have no idea what you did, it appears you did not do so
correctly.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Karl" wrote in message
...
You are so right. Not quyite awake this morning. In the meantime, I
followed the Outlook Support itm relating to finding the .nk2 file,
changing
its name to .bak extension and then restsarting Outlook. Did thast but
that
forces a ewdo of all the nickname autocompletes. So I went back, found
the
Outlook.bak file and changed it to Outlook.nk2 and restarted Outlook.
Did
not revert to the old nk2 file. Did I do something wrong?

Thanks ofr your assistance on the first issue. Unfortunately, I found
that
out right after I sent the first posting. I'm not quiter the newbie
that
probelm inferred.
--
Karl


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Reread the posts. Nowhere will you see "R click" or "Tab."
Use the arrow key to select the entry. Hit Delete.
If you want to change the Email Display As field for your contacts,
just
edit that field. You will not be hiding the email address, however.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Karl" wrote in message
...
I have read the various posts about cleaning up my email address
lists
to
get
rid of errouneous and old email addresses. My probelm is that when
I
get
the
auto-complete listing showin gthe erroneous addresses, nothing
happens
when I
right click them or tab to them and try to delete them. Also, may
be
part
of
the same problem but I try not to show the persons name and email
address
in
the TO: address box. But many of them still show the address as well
as
the
nickname. How do I stop that (I make sure that the Display As: box
in
Contact details has only the nickname).

Thanks for any help.
--
Karl



 




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