The Nickname list does not depend on your contacts folder, it is a list of addresses you have emailed irrespective of whether they are in your contacts folder.
If the list is not populating with names you have previously emailed, it indicates a damaged profile. You will need to create a new one.
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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After furious head scratching, blueskymark asked:
| I all of a sudden lost all of my e-mail contacts that would come up
| via auto fill. They were not in my contact list but only came up
| when I hit a cetain apha character? Any idea how ot retrieve?