Hi everyone, I am hoping someone can give me a lead. I will do the best I
can to explain. First of all I did a data transfer from an old pc runniong
windows xp to a newer xp machine. I transfered all the typical stuff...
documents, favourites, .PST file etc. I also exported the address book from
within Outlook -- file / import/export... and created a .CSV file and
tranfered that to the new PC. I then installed Office/Outlook on the new pc,
switched PST files and imported the .CSV. When I access "contacts" on the
left side by "Mail" and "Calender" etc, all of the contacts are there that I
imported from the .CSV. The problem is when I compose a new email and hit
the "To:" button, I get an error "The address list could not be displayed.
The contacts list associated with this folder could not be opened..... " I
can then hit "ok" and select another "contacts" from the drop down menu and
then they are all there. Can anyone explain why or suggest how I might fixc
this, so that the "To" button actually works properly.

Kelly Armitage wrote:

I also
exported the address book from within Outlook -- file /
import/export...

Outlook has no address book. It uses the Contacts folder to store contact
data. And exporting is never the properway to transfer data between Outlook
instances.

and created a .CSV file and tranfered that to the
new PC. I then installed Office/Outlook on the new pc, switched PST
files and imported the .CSV. When I access "contacts" on the left
side by "Mail" and "Calender" etc, all of the contacts are there that
I imported from the .CSV. The problem is when I compose a new email
and hit the "To:" button, I get an error "The address list could not
be displayed. The contacts list associated with this folder could not
be opened..... "

You've damaged your installation. See this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319901/en-us
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Brian Tillman