By the way, the solution has nothing to do with the "File As" field being
blank which was Russ Valentine's big contribution to the solution. There
seems to be a bug where even if your contact entry has a legit 'Full Name',
'File as' and 'Email...' data it will show up as blank in the Address Book.
I went through all of the contacts and added a bogus phone number
(555-555-5555) to each contact that did not have one and this is what fixed
the issue. So if you consider no phone number an 'ill-defined entry' then I
guess you could say that Brian's advise at
http://www.helpfeeds.com/showthread.php?t=24939 helped.
Thanks,
m
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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Brian's solution is correct. Forgive me, but the information you've posted
is more often wrong than right. State what you actually tried and what
happened. This is not an "attitude." It is simple reality.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Mike" wrote in message
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This http://www.helpfeeds.com/showthread.php?t=24939 is the same issue I
am having. I get the same "invalid ENTRYID was passed in" error when I
try to select Properties. Brian's solution on the thread does not
resolve the issue for me. I first noticed the problem shortly after
installing the activesync software that came with my PocketPC phone. I'm
not sure if it is related to the issue but might be. I will uninstall
the software and see if it makes a difference.
-m
"Mike" wrote in message
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I made a mistake. I said Outlook Address book did not exist under "view
or change..." I think I was looking at "View or change existing email
accounts" instead of "view or change existing directories or address
books". Stupid oversight on my part. I appologize. When I go to "view
or change existing dirs.." and select "outlook address book" I have one
address book listed. "Contacts: Mailobox - mike" Show names by First
Last (John Smith) is selected.
Does this help?
Thanks,
m
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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But you said you got a list of your Contacts. If so, then you would
have to be using the Outlook Address Book, yet now you claim you are
not.
Can you at least tell us exactly what list you are displaying? You need
to be accurate when conveying information.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Mike" wrote in message
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Russ,
Please. The attitude is not necessary. To be clear, I said "When I
click the Address Book button on the Outlook 2003 toolbar, I get a
list of my Contacts." This is 100% correct and I'm not attempting to
send anybody on a "wild goose chase." As I indicated and linked to
previously, I'm clicking the address book icon in the outlook 2003
toolbar. When I do this it pulls up a window with the title "Address
Book" as you can see at the link from my earlier post he
http://thepcparamedics.com/default_files/addrissue.htm
Thanks for your time,
mi
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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Then its high time you at least tell us what address book you are
using instead of leading us on this wild goose chase. You said you
were using the Address Book in Outlook that showed your Contacts
Folder. Obviously you are not.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Mike" wrote in message
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I was using OE as an EXAMPLE only. Obviously, it is a different
program and has nothing to do with my Outlook 2003 issue.
I don't have Outlook address book listed under "View or change...",
just Microsoft Exchange Server.
-m
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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Of course there is. OE has nothing to do with this. This is Outlook
you are asking about, right? Just look:
Go to Tools E-mail accounts View or change existing directories
or address books Outlook Address Book Change.
What is your sort order?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Mike" wrote in message
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I see no method in the address book to sort by field.
Clicking on 'Name', 'Display Name', 'E-mail Address', etc. does
not sort like your typical grid view.
For example, the outlook express address book alows you to click
on a colum header to set sorting but the address book applet
instantiated by the Outlook 2003 toolbar button doesn't have that
functionality.
-m
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in
message ...
Determine the sort field you set for the Outlook Address Book.
Look for Contacts in which that field is blank.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Mike" wrote in message
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Okay. So how do I get rid of the empty rows? I have no
apparent empty Contacts in the contacts folder.
-m
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in
message ...
The Address Book view contains no data is not an interface in
which you should ever try to edit or manipulate data. You only
do that in the Contacts Folder where the data resides.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Mike" wrote in message
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When I click the Address Book button on the Outlook 2003
toolbard, I get a list of my Contacts. At the top, there are
6 blank rows before my first contact is displayed. I've tried
to delete the rows by hitting the Del button while having one
or more of these blank rows displayed. When I do this, a "Are
you sure that you want to..." dialog box appears, so I click
Yes but nothing is deleted.
What be up with Dat? How do I get rid of the empty rows?
Thanks,
-m