There is no way to do so from within Outlook.
The only reported cause for this behavior is the one I've already stated.
I've never seen a report of a missing NK2 file for anyone who has the
feature working correctly and hidden files displayed. Yours is the first.
I'll ask around to see if anyone else can reproduce the problem. More
information would be helpful. Have you ever been able to find your NK2
files? What do you see in the default location?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Hogweed" wrote in message
...
With respect, I have been in IT Support for about 10 years, and have just
about mastered the basics now, so I feel I DO know how to view "hidden
files
and folders", "protected operating system files" etc., and to do a simple
search on *.nk2.

Your reply might have been more helpful and less patronising had you
suggested that there was, perhaps some way in which I could (from within
Outlook) locate the nk2 file on our network, as perhaps it might somehow
have
migrated there. My colleagues can't find their nk2 files either.

Anybody have any helpful suggestions?

Thanks



"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Not possible.
You must not have set your machine to show hidden files correctly.
Read the directions again:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q287623

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Hogweed" wrote in message
...
Hi, my Outlook 2002 auto-completes a vast list of addresses when I
begin
to
type, which is fine, except an awful lot of them don't exist any more,
so
I
want to remove them.

I don't want to get into 3rd-party tools to edit the nk2 file - I just
want
to delete it and start again. But I haven't got one! Yes, I have my
machine
set to view all files etc, and have done a search on *.nk2 and there
simply
isn't one.

What do I do please?

Thanks
Roger