It mystifies me why you felt you need to export your Outlook data to a
different file format so you could import it back into Outlook's format.
That's a good way to lose data and corrupt connections, which you have
succeeded in doing.
Do you still have your original Outlook data file? If so, here is what the
Help Files will tell you on the correct way to migrate your Outlook data:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Kotuby" wrote in message
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Hi all,

Well I think I caused my own problem here. I had to compleletly reinstall
Windows XP and Office from scratch due to a drive failure. Everything went
well until I tried copying a backup copy of Outlook .pst from the original
install (which was saved to a network folder to restore all my Contacts,
Settings and Mail should I experience a drive failure).

It seemed to have worked as all the old Email and Contacts appeared
properly.
However, when I click the TO button when creating a new email I get the
error:
"The Address list could not be displayed......" ad infinitum.
I have researched and tried everything suggested to no avail.
I deleted the Outlook.pst in Local Settings for the proper user.

I have just finished uninstalling and re-installing the entire Office 2003
install.

Guess what... I am still getting the error.
Can somebody please tell me how I can completely uninstall Outlook. Pull
everything out by the roots and make sure I get a CLEAN install with no
remnants of the previous install.

I am still recovering mentally and emotionally from having to completely
re-install all the components to a development workstation .. and now
this. BTW.. this time I added a drive and am running RAID 1 to avoid a
similar disaster.

With a clean re-install I can try to Import the original Contacts by first
Exporting to a CSV file (from an install on my 2nd workstation) and then
importing from the CSV file.

But first I must kill the ghost of my botched install.
Thanks for your help....