What specifically didn't work? Details matter. Perhaps Outlook did not completely shut down before you restarted it. Did you check in Task Manager? Did you restart Windows?

Fiddling with the .pst file was an unnecessary step.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Osiris" wrote in message ...
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:55:03 -0400, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

After you add the Outlook Address Book to your mail profile, you must exit and restart Outlook before you can use it.

Ah, yes , obviously, but that did not work. It stubbornly stayed
greyed-out
I found out, I had to rename the stubborn outlook.pst, start a new,
empty .pst file, put the empty contact list in the address book (by
the previously grayed-out mark) and then import the renamed file's
content into the empty .pst.

Conclusion: Outlook ain't easy nor obvious.... anymore, when you have
to dive deep into the many menus. It's like a swiss army knife: lots
of tools and facilities, but it can suddenly snap shut with your
fingers caught between some of them.

greetings
Erik