That was so helpful. I was doing everything I knew about but the grayed out
bar stumped me. It was working fine yesterday. Adding back the outlook
address book did the trick.
Thanks A ton.

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scanchick


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It is not unusual for the Outlook Address Book to "lose track" of the
connection to its Contacts Folder when you move or import your PST or update
your Outlook version or operating system. Use the following steps to reset
the connection. Note that in some instances you may actually have to remove
the Outlook Address Book completely from your Profile, close Outlook, and
then re-add it before you can get it to work.

Make sure the Contact folder is enabled as an email address book. Right
click the Contacts folder, choose Properties then Outlook Address Book. Is
the box to enable as email address book checked?
If this is grayed out...Go to Tools | Email Accounts, choose View or change
existing directories or address book. Is the Outlook Address Book present?
If it isn't listed, add it and close and restart Outlook. If it is listed,
then remove it and close then restart Outlook and repeat these steps to add
it.

More details available he
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

In your case, you will likely encounter far more difficult problems. Outlook
can barely survive an upgrade installation. It almost never survives an
upgrade/reversion unless you have been very careful to create a new profile
with each version change and to remove each version completely.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Sol N" wrote in message
...
Installed Office 2007, didnt' like it, un-install 2007, and re-installed
2003.

Problem - Outlook email (new, reply or forward) couldn't find Contacts
anymore. All Contacts data is still in Contacts module.

Question - how can I connect Contacts to Outlook email system?
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Sol N