Answer is posted here every day. You have not configure your address book
view. Do so:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Skip Bisconer" wrote in message
...
I have gotten my Outlook partially back but I cannot get my contact list up
in email. It is there to view under the Contacts tab. When I try to click
the
To... in a new email I get the following:
"The address list could not be displayed. The Contacts Folder associated
with this address list could not be opened; it may have been moved or
deleted
or you do not have permissions.
When I click OK I get a popup box that defaults to Contacts in the Show
names from the: and nothing shows in the window. if I use the down arrow
Outlook Address book shows and when I select that it says There are no
records in the address book.

I am using Outlook 2003 with automatic updates.

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Skip
Using Office 2003 Pro
2007 Student version


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

When you create a new profile, you must give it a new name. Just
configure
your new profile the same way you did your old. Make sure you use the
same
data file.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=out2003

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Skip Bisconer" wrote in message
...

I just compounded my problem. I was messing around in the Control Panel
and
deleted my profile when I tried to rebuild it and name it Outlook it
said
I
already had a profile Outlook. But I can't find it any where in that
screen.
Can you point me in a direction or tell me how to just undo everything
I
have
which is nothing and recover from my backup? When I open Outlook now I
can't
open anything and there is nothing on my File menu but Exit. My stuff
isn't
critical but it is important to me.
"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote:

open the address book (control+shift+B) and look on the tools, options
menu
and set the contacts to be the default for contacts and first listed
and
searched.


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"Skip Bisconer" wrote in
message
...
I recently had to start my Outlook with backup copy. I have
recovered
all
the
files including the Contact file. The problem is when I click the to
button
in email it comes blank and I have to click in the show names to:
box
and
click the Contacts name. The problem seems to be that there are
three
names
in the Show Names to:
First is "Personal Address Book" which is blank, Second is Outlook
Address
Book that says, "No entries in this Address Book", and lastly
Contats
which
show all my contact file. I assume because this is on the bottom is
why
it
doesn't just come up automatically like it use to. How do I get that
Contacts
to show up in the list first. It's a problem in my Word mail merge
too.
Thanks for looking at my problem.