Did you install the Outlook Address Book Service? Tools-Options-MAil Setup=Accounts-Directories-View or Change.

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After furious head scratching, Ray Ory asked:

| I installed Outlook 2003. Contact folder shows all contacts,
| e-mails, etc. Address book is empty. Right click on "Contact" folder
| to choose folder as addres book, but the dialog is not active.
| What's wrong?