Address book not showing contacts

[Petzl]

Hi,

My address book does not show my contacts in Outlook 2003. If I go to the contacts and right click, go to properties and select Outlook Address Book tab the option to show is ticked. If I rename this it shows in the address book but still no contacts.

I have run a Detect and Repair just in case but still nothing. If I select a second contact folder I have it shows that name but only a Distribution group from that list shows...none of the other contacts.

Very strange....any ideas appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[Petzl]

Noone with any suggestions???

 

[dodomcsc]

Have you checked the View for your Contacts? Get into your Contacts, then right click a blank area where the contacts show, choose Customize Current View. If you have the Reset Current View button activated, click it and see if your Contacts appear.

 

[Petzl]

Thanks dodomfcg but this view is fine...it is when I open the address book that the contacts don't show. This means that when I open an email and select to....the address book is empty!!

 

[cricket]

When you are writing an email:
Click the To.. button & this brings up a Select Names Window
The first text line on this screen is Show names from the: with a scrollable selection field. You may have several choices in that field
Select each one in turn and type a known name in the 'Type name or Select from List:' selection field until you get a result

 

[Petzl]

Thanks guys...a mate suggested scanpst so I ran that and things seem to be back to normal....very weird!

I appreciated your help!