Outlook 2000: Missing Contacts

I have (had) two "address books" listed under CONTACTS and use Outlook
Backup to make automaticcopies of the Outlook.pst file. The second
address book showed as a sub-folder under the primary.

I recently reformatted my computer (after saving files to an external
drive) and note that the reinstalled and "restored" Outlook does not
contain any account information (all log-on & connection info was
lost) and the secondary address book is also gone. The GROUPs
identified in the address book remain, however.

Is this a known feature of Outlook 2000 or is there a toggle or switch
I need to change?

Regards,
--LarryS

amphi66 wrote:

I have (had) two "address books" listed under CONTACTS and use Outlook
Backup to make automaticcopies of the Outlook.pst file. The second
address book showed as a sub-folder under the primary.

I recently reformatted my computer (after saving files to an external
drive) and note that the reinstalled and "restored" Outlook does not
contain any account information (all log-on & connection info was
lost) and the secondary address book is also gone. The GROUPs
identified in the address book remain, however.

Account information is kept in the Windows Registry and you destroyed it
when you reformatted. As to the "address book", you'll have to tell us what
that means. Outlook 2000 could use its Contacts folder, a Personal Address
Book, or the WIndows Address Book for contact storage. What were you using?
In what mode have you installed Outlook 2000? Where are you looking to see
the addresses you no longer see?
--
Brian Tillman

On Jun 21, 10:49 am, "Brian Tillman" wrote:
amphi66 wrote:
I have (had) two "address books" listed under CONTACTS and use Outlook
Backup to make automaticcopies of the Outlook.pst file. The second
address book showed as a sub-folder under the primary.

I recently reformatted my computer (after saving files to an external
drive) and note that the reinstalled and "restored" Outlook does not
contain any account information (all log-on & connection info was
lost) and the secondary address book is also gone. The GROUPs
identified in the address book remain, however.

Account information is kept in the Windows Registry and you destroyed it
when you reformatted. As to the "address book", you'll have to tell us what
that means. Outlook 2000 could use its Contacts folder, a Personal Address
Book, or the WIndows Address Book for contact storage. What were you using?
In what mode have you installed Outlook 2000? Where are you looking to see
the addresses you no longer see?
--
Brian Tillman

Thanks for the reply Brian. I suspected that answer to the account
information.

My Outlook 2000 address books are in the Contacts Folder. I THOUGHT I
had created a folder under (inside?) the Contacts folder where I
created a listing of members for a car club (MBMGCC). I know that
when I listed a member in the MBMGCC addresses, they were
automatically removed from the general contact list, if they were
duplicated. This list had a differently defined current view w/ some
special user defined fields.

What do you mean by "what mode have I installed Outlook 2000?"
I have looked both in the Contacts folder and under Tools|Address Book
(Ctrl + Shift + B) to find the missing addresses.

--Larry

If you only have one contacts folder in your PST, the other was probably
moved to another PST which also needed backed up.

Look on Help, About - Outlook 2000 comes in two flavors - internet only mode
and corporate/workgroup.

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On Jun 21, 10:49 am, "Brian Tillman" wrote:
amphi66 wrote:
I have (had) two "address books" listed under CONTACTS and use Outlook
Backup to make automaticcopies of the Outlook.pst file. The second
address book showed as a sub-folder under the primary.

I recently reformatted my computer (after saving files to an external
drive) and note that the reinstalled and "restored" Outlook does not
contain any account information (all log-on & connection info was
lost) and the secondary address book is also gone. The GROUPs
identified in the address book remain, however.

Account information is kept in the Windows Registry and you destroyed it
when you reformatted. As to the "address book", you'll have to tell us
what
that means. Outlook 2000 could use its Contacts folder, a Personal
Address
Book, or the WIndows Address Book for contact storage. What were you
using?
In what mode have you installed Outlook 2000? Where are you looking to
see
the addresses you no longer see?
--
Brian Tillman

Thanks for the reply Brian. I suspected that answer to the account
information.

My Outlook 2000 address books are in the Contacts Folder. I THOUGHT I
had created a folder under (inside?) the Contacts folder where I
created a listing of members for a car club (MBMGCC). I know that
when I listed a member in the MBMGCC addresses, they were
automatically removed from the general contact list, if they were
duplicated. This list had a differently defined current view w/ some
special user defined fields.

What do you mean by "what mode have I installed Outlook 2000?"
I have looked both in the Contacts folder and under Tools|Address Book
(Ctrl + Shift + B) to find the missing addresses.

--Larry

On Jun 21, 3:22 pm, amphi66 wrote:
On Jun 21, 10:49 am, "Brian Tillman" wrote:





amphi66 wrote:
I have (had) two "address books" listed under CONTACTS and use Outlook
Backup to make automaticcopies of the Outlook.pst file. The second
address book showed as a sub-folder under the primary.

I recently reformatted my computer (after saving files to an external
drive) and note that the reinstalled and "restored" Outlook does not
contain any account information (all log-on & connection info was
lost) and the secondary address book is also gone. The GROUPs
identified in the address book remain, however.

Account information is kept in the Windows Registry and you destroyed it
when you reformatted. As to the "address book", you'll have to tell us what
that means. Outlook 2000 could use its Contacts folder, a Personal Address
Book, or the WIndows Address Book for contact storage. What were you using?
In what mode have you installed Outlook 2000? Where are you looking to see
the addresses you no longer see?
--
Brian Tillman

Thanks for the reply Brian. I suspected that answer to the account
information.

My Outlook 2000 address books are in the Contacts Folder. I THOUGHT I
had created a folder under (inside?) the Contacts folder where I
created a listing of members for a car club (MBMGCC). I know that
when I listed a member in the MBMGCC addresses, they were
automatically removed from the general contact list, if they were
duplicated. This list had a differently defined current view w/ some
special user defined fields.

What do you mean by "what mode have I installed Outlook 2000?"
I have looked both in the Contacts folder and under Tools|Address Book
(Ctrl + Shift + B) to find the missing addresses.

--Larry- Hide quoted text -

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The group shows another message, (from Dianne) but I don't see it!

Thanks, --Larry