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    Making a new profile in Outlook:

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by akwit, Jun 3, 2009.

  1. akwit

    akwit Notebook Deity

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    Had to make a new profile in my Outlook b/c of some issues with my connection to Microsoft Exchange.

    Ive noticed two problems:

    1) When I try to add an address to an email by pushing the "TO" button and pulling it from my contacts, nothing is there. How do i remedy this?

    2) In the new profile, it seems I no longer have any past email addresses in memory since it is not auto-completing any email adresses that I put in manually. This is a huge bummer as I must have hundreds of email addresses stored somewhere.

    Anyway to transfer the auto-completes from the old profile to this new one?
     
  2. akwit

    akwit Notebook Deity

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    Scratch the above-I figured it out

    THANKS!

    Didnt figure it out-my bad-see below:
     
  3. Padmé

    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    Would you like to share how you did this so that other members may know?
     
  4. akwit

    akwit Notebook Deity

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    Actually, I didnt figure it out.
    I thought I was in my new profile but I was actually in my older one :eek:

    Still need some help with this.

    Any suggestions?
     
  5. goofball

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    Find the .nk2 file (local) from your old profile and copy it over, overwriting your new one that was created
    As for your contacts, were they stored locally in a PST or were they on the exchange server?
     
  6. akwit

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    Do you know where I would find this?
     
  7. goofball

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    .nk2 is normally in C:\documents and settings\username\application data\microsoft\outlook.

    default PST location is C:\documents and settings\username\local settings\application data\microsoft\outlook
     
  8. akwit

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    How come I dont see Docs and Settings under C?