Two things:

View | Layout. Uncheck: Contacts.

And see:
http://kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_messenger.htm
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"Tim Kelly" wrote in message
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Bruce,
Thanks for the reply. I tried deleting all from the Address Book. That
seemed to work OK, but I got back out of OE and back in and still have
unknown contacts there.
I wonder if this has something to do with Windows Messenger. Every time I
fire up OE, WM starts and I get these notices that people in the contact
list have signed on/sent msgs, etc.
I really want to totally get rid of this contact list.
Again thanks for any help you can provide.
Regards, Tim K.
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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Open the Address Book and hold down the Ctrl key while you click on every
address you want to remove to highlight them. Then right click | Delete.

Your choice: In Tools | Options | Send, you might want to uncheck:
Automatically put people I reply to in my Address Book. That's probably
how so many got there.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Tim Kelly" wrote in message
news
Hi, I'm pretty new to OE and need some help...
Somebody else was on my computer and ever since then my contact list is
full of entries that I do not want. I've tried deleting with no
success... How do I get rid of these?
Thanks