I migrated my XP professional settings to Vista professional (I know I know!)
and when I create an Outlook (Enterprised ed.) email, the To list is empty.
Drop down Address Book list is empty. When I click Advanced Find I get modal
dialog "The search cannot be completed. Tou must have an address list to
search in. If you don't have an address list contact your Microsoft Exchange
admin." I don't have Microsoft Exchange. Under Tools/Account
Settings/Address Book I have Outlook Address Book MAPI but Remove is
disabled. Under Contacts Folder under Properties, Outlook Address Book tab,
the "Show this folder email address book" check box is disabled. I have
uninstalled the product and reinstalled it - no luck. The registry has evil
stuff. I tried renaming my C:\Users\...\outlook directory,
uninstalled/reinstalled and then Outlook wouldn't run - again the evil
registry entries "remembering" the wrong stuff.

So now I'm at my wit's end. The only option I see is to reload windows from
scratch to get a clean registry - unless someone can help me figure out how
to activate the "show this folder" button. Any help would be appreciated.