Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter

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    - Public Folder Contacts Hi, I was wondering if anyone has a way of progrmically removing public folder address books that are no longer there. To explain the situation I have been using a script for some time to put the public folders from exchange 2003 and add them as address books within outlook. I have had to take these modify them and then put them back into the public folders. ( I created a PST modified then copied them back). The problem with this is that there are duplicate names when I use these folders. I want to know if there is a way to modify or create a new script to do this. If you could point me in the right direction it would be hugely helpful. Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123501
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    - Presence Unknown Status in Outlook 2007 We're in a mixed Office 2003 (/05 in some apps) and Office 2007 enterprise environment. We all have MS Communicator 2005. Personally I have Office 2007 on Vista but 95% of the company is still on XP with either 2003/05 or 2007. The correct status (online, busy, offline, etc.) shows up on Communicator, but not in Outlook. In outlook the status is grayed out for Office 2007 users but the users with older builds have their status displayed accurately. I can't find ANY info on this problem in the Knowledge Base. Any ideas out there?? Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123500
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    - Updating Contact Information Does anyone know of a way to automatically synchronize or update Outlook 2007 contact information from information periodically posted by the contact? It seems that Windows Live Messenger has ways to update contact information based on updates made by the contact themselves to their own information. Is there a way that Outlook 2007 can access Windows Messenger contact information to automatically update the Outlook 2007 contact information? Are there other ways to request updates from the contact (vCards, contact files, etc) in order to synchronize or update your existing contacts? Our problem is that contact information is so dynamic that you really need an automated way to update your contact information based on changes actually made by the contact to their own information. Thanks for any help in resolving this issue. Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123494
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    - Outlook 2007 - select contact by category I have created a bunch of contacts - and I have given them categories (color and name). When I am in the Mail option of Outlook 2007 and I create a new message - I click on the "to" button and I get a list of all my contacts alphabetically. How can have them sorted by category in that window so that I can select a group of contacts? Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123491
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    - Sending Contact List via Email Hi, I was wondering if there was a way for me to send a list of contacts to a co-worker in Outlook 2003? I don't have an exchange server, but my co-worker has told me that our IT tech had done it for her before. Thanks, Lisa Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123488
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    - create a email group How do I create a email group then add contacts to the group in VISTA? Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123486
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    - Contacts not showing up Its seems there is somthing going on with my .NK2 file. When I email a contact initial he doesn;t appear then I go to my contact list add him to the To: field and compose and e-mail my message. The next day I start tyoping his name and his name doesn;t appear. can anyone shed some light on this? Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123485
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    - Copy Outlook address book to a second computer on network? I have 2 computers on my home network. I want to transfer my Outlook account (along with address book and personal files) from computer 1 to computer 2. Then I will only use Outlook on computer 2. Anyone know how to do this? (I already have the Outlook application installed on computer 2, and I have copied over my .pst files.) Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123476
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    - How do I import Contacts from Outlook 2003 into Outlook 2002? I've saved my work contacts from Outlook 2003 in a .pst file and need to import them into Outlook 2002 at home. The pop up says the file is not compatible with this version of the Personal Folders information service. Contact Administrator. The company I was with went out of business and there is no Admin to contact. Any suggestions? Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123469
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    - Contact Window When I open a contact, I am not able to see the entire contact. The window cuts off about 1/3 of the contact. I can't find a scroll bar and Maximize doesn't help. Thx. Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123468
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    - Cheating the Contacts distribution list? Currently using Outlook and Exchange 2007. As best practice when creating Contact based distribution lists you should try to keep less than 100 if you keep the contact's that were added detail to absolute minimum. So of course one of our High level execs wants to create a DL in his contacts with 800 SMTP addresses. So we created 8 separate DL groups with 100 persons in each group. Now, to cheat the normal error when more are added to a DL, can I create a single combined DL where each of those other 8 distribution lists are added within? We want to make this so he just has to send to one group but of course once sent it goes to all those subgroups. Does this work or will it also give an error regarding DL size, etc? Thanks!! Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123458
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    - I need to move contact from Outlook 2003 to Outlook XP Help? I just got a new laptop with Windows Vista. I also got Microsoft Office XP for it and I am trying to move my contacts from the old desktop to the lap top. How is the best way to do it. I tried to back them up to a .pst file and it told me I could not open it as it was an incorrect version. Thanks for your help. Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123456
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    - Outlook 2003 with contact manager When I try to delete contacts in my address book I get the message: COULD NOT INITIALIZE CLR UNKNOWN ERROR 0x01315a. I have windows xp. Please advise. Gerald Parfitt Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123455
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    - Any better way to add a shared contact folder to address list I have seen previous posts regarding a shared contact list has been added to an Outlook profile but can't seem to be placed in the Outlook Address book. Was mentioned about opening the other users mailbox and then keeping that mailbox open in the other profile. Is there no cleaner way to simply add that shared contact folder into the address book? The user that has been given rights to the contacts has also been set as an Owner on the shared Contacts folder but to give rights to the mailbox itself and then also leave that in the active profile just seems really bad. So, any new clean way to add someone else's shared contact list into the other persons Outlook 2007 address book? Also, this was a sub folder of the first persons contact folder called "Students". So "Students" was shared and we want that to also be seen as an address book on the other person's Outlook. Thanks!! Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123454
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    - Outlook Connector Contacts & Distribution List issues I use an MSN e-mail account with Outlook Connector for OUtlook 2007 and I've had an issue for quite a while that I can't seem to tolerate much longer. To start, I have all my family members on a distribution list set up (as Family Reunion) and lately I've added three new people to my contacts list, but when I try to add them to the Distribution list, I'm told that the distribution list contains contacts that haven't yet been synchronized, press F9 to synchronize your contacts, then save you list. Thing is, hitting F9 does the send/receive thing, but I still can't save the changes to the list. Then to top it all off, when I open up a web browser & sign into MSN, pull up my contacts, they're all there, including the three new ones I can't add to my distribution list, but my distribution list (Family Reunion) just isn't there. How do I get this to act right. I want to add my three new cousins to my list & I would really like for my distribution list to show up in MSN, though that's only secondary really, seeing how I'm using Outlook as my e-mail program. Please, someone, help me! :( Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123448
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    - how to change the selected list when you pick address button How can I change the way the adrress button bring up the address lsit ? Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123447
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    - Importing addresses from Excel into Outlook contacts I have an Excel address book file I would like to import into my Outlook contacts. Is this possible? Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123444
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    - Stand alone Outlook 2007 can't export......FAE.dll error message When I decided in November, 2007 that I was going to get an iPhone in Spring, 2008 my research showed that I could no longer use Lotus Organizer. Never having installed Outlook from my Office 2003 H/S, I marched out and purchased Outlook 2007 stand alone, installed it on my 2 year old HP and went to work copying manually, all my contacts, appointments, etc. Purchased my iPhone last week and of course, it won't sync with Outlook. After four days (literally) on the phone with Apple and Microsoft Research Techs, the problem is NOT solved. However, trying for a workaround, it was decided several days ago to export my contacts to Windows Address Book and then sync the iPhone with WAB (which works). However, when we try to export I get the following message: TRANSLATION ERROR An error has occurred in the Microsoft Office Outlook Translator while initializing a translator to build a field map. Internal Error: Unable to load File Access Engine (.FAE) DLL, additional Outlook translators can be instaled from the Valupack." The Microsoft Research Tech says MS is 'working on that error message but they don't know what causes it. Many people have it'. Any insight here? I am running Windows XP Home, installed by the factory on my HP when I purchased it. Office 2003 H/S (Word, Excel & Powerpoint) - Outlook 2003 was NEVER installed. Outlook Express did come on this machine when I bought it but I never even used it. The MS tech says it is part of the OS. Thanks, TeddyMaude Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123443
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    - read and input Chinese in contact names, After I upgrade to outlook 2007 from outlook 2003, all my Chinese contact names became ? ? ?, how can I set it back propally. Thanks There was a reply, but I can open the Link below: http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/aspx/notifauth.aspx?url=http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx%3fdg%3dmicrosoft.public.outlook.general%26mid%3d56934de8-ce4c-4e31-8cac-32c5d4e940c0 Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123441
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    - Merging contacts I want to merge my contacts from my email account and personal folder contacts together. Both accounts seem to have their own set of contacts with a difference of @ 45 total of contacts. I just want list of contacts in the personal folder without duplicates. Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123438
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    - SMS add-in I am using the outlook Sms add-in but whenever I attempt to send a message, I recieve the message that the phone number passed in is invalid. I get my "TO:" data from my contacts folder. Where do I change the phone number format, and what is the correct format. If anyone knows how to resolve this problem your help will be greatly appreciated. BTW I connect my phone using bluetooth. Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123436
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    - How do I put the Contacts info into my address book in Outlook? I had to reload Windows XP and with the reload, my previous address book in Outlook 2003 was put in my Contacts list. How do I get the information into my address book? Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123435
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    - Importing Email Is there a way to copy emails from one computer to another? One computer is running Vista and the other one XP. Both are using Office 2007 (OutLook) Thanks Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123434
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    - How can I add a spouse's bday in contacts? I would like to add birthdays of all family members in the contact info i.e. Uncle Lewis and Aunt Sarah. Only one contact listing, but I need to put two birthdays. Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123432
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    - Exporting information from Outlook 2003 to the new Windows mail I want to export all of my contact information from Outlook 2003 to Windows Mail in Vista. Does anyone know how to go about this? Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123431
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    - Edit Function: CUT AND PASTE I am a new user of Outlook 2007, moving up from MS Outlook 2003. When I am in "Contacts" or "Mail", there is not an "Edit" button, so I am unable to cut and paste potion of the message or a phone number, etc. I do have an "edit" button in the OUTLOOK screen, but when I hit that it takes me out of the file I was working in. Appreciate any help - Thanks! Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123430
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    - Multiple Contact list on a mobile device I'd like to be able to use the GAL and an additional contact list for email purposes while using a blackberry or other mobile device. Can you have multiple contact lists on a blackberry device? -- alvin Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123420
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    - Office 2000 Small Business, I can't access WAB.DLL? I get error message Ox9CD4011D - "An error occurred while attempting to open Windows Address Book, unable to find WAB.DLL." Any ideas on how to fix would be gratefully received - I run Vista Home Premium, 32bit. Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123417
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    - explorer restarting when in contacts When I right click on a contact or try to delete a contact, windows explorer shuts down and restarts. The only way I can delete a contact is to drag it to recycle bin. Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123414
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    - invalidID was passed in This is the message I get when I try to deleat duplicate addresses. I can not deleat any addresses. Any help will be appreciated Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123399
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    - contact subfolder I am using office 2007 and have managed to get some of my contacts in subfolders. When I look in my contacts in outlook I cannot see the full directory structure to the subfolder, only the top level. I can select them to send email, but I can't see them to change any data. How can I expand the contact folders? Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123397
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    - Duplicated names appear when adding members to a DL Hi there, I try to create a DL on Outlook and select members from my Contacts. I see some names appear twice. One of them is with the e-mail type as Fax. Because the list is huge and I don't want to waste time to select the names one by one to skip the Fax type entries. However, there is no way to change the sorting order by e-mail type. Does anyone have a solution for that? Thanks a lot. Richard Poon Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123390
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    - how to add a Ccn contact to my mail with ms outlook 2007? Hi, do you know how to add a Ccn contact to my mail with ms outlook 2007? Please help Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123387
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    - missing distribution list I deleted one member of a distribution list and lost the whole list. Have read others' accounts of this, but can't seem to restore. The list does not show up in my deleted folder. I have backup .pst from a few days before. Start Outlook, go to file/open/outlook data file. Navigate to my backup file. Its modified date/time is right now (why?). Select anyway, a pause, screen looks the same, have today's email and no list. Either the backup didn't really open or somehow did another backup just now. Repeated process a little while later, same thing. Modified date/time is new, right now. Am I crazy? Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123386
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    - Contacts / Phone numbers Hi, Could someone help with changing the phone numbers settings on outlook please? I would like the phone numbers to appear and be saved as; +44(0) 20 7529 6900 / space between the numbers automatically everytime that i'm saving/adding a new contact on outlook. Thank you, Btissem Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123380
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    - e-mails pasted in contacts notes feld will no longer open I have always been able to cut and paste e-mails into my contacts notes field and later open them by clicking on them. Suddenly this has stopped working on my PC only. I can log on to any other computer on my network, access my outlook and open them. HELP -- haf Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123374
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    - birthday How can I change the way Outlook (2003) automatically saves birthdays to the calendar? Specifically, can I alter the automatic save to not set a reminder and to add a category "birthday"? Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123373
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    - How can I export contact with Customized Fields into Excel I created custom fields in a contact list. I would like to export all of the information to excel, however, it only lets me Map the pre-loaded fields. Is it possible to export Customized Fields? Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123369
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    - Changing the default in the file as field in Outlook '03 I'm using Outlook 2003 SP3 In the 'file as' field there is a drop-down box with the following choices: â?¢ Last, First â?¢ First Last â?¢ Company â?¢ Last, First (Company) â?¢ Company (Last, First) The current default is Last, First and I would like it to be Company. Currently I'm changing it manually for each new contact I enter. Based on the reply to this post: http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.outlook.contacts&tid=df6db695-6dc2-4224-bec3-825625b143db&cat=en-us-office-outlook&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1 it appears it is possible to change the default, but I cannot find the proper place to do so. I also found this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291144&Product=ol2002 But I'm not sure that's exactly what I want to do. Any instructions you can provide or direction as to where to find this information will be appreciated. Thank you. Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123366
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    - How to Update Outlook 2007 Activities in ACT2008 I have tried everything to get Outlook 2007 e-mails to create a history in ACT2008. I have also tried the Outlook Activities from the Tools Menu Bar in ACT and it doesn't appear to do it. I was sure it did before and I don't know where else to look. I have tried every Help message to try and find it but to no avale. Can anyone help me out as I am coping my notes from the e-mail plus attachments if any to the History location in act each time I send something but that gets very time consuming and if I forget to it doesn't help me when I need to get a history on what I sent to a particular contact. I work in a small company and work in sales so I am not in my office a lot and do most of my work from my car and no one else to turn to since I am the only one who uses ACT Software. Hope someone can help. Glen Ueberschlag e-mail -- glenu@cyndextech.com Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123365
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    - False e-mail address In Outlook, for any contacts that have no email address, the address book in the mail program is giving a false email. It usually consists of the persons name the @ symbol and the beginning of their phone number. how do I change this to show no email address? -- kaj Tag: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter Tag: 123330
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In a VBA application, using the command line parameter of:

OUTLOOK.EXE /select Outlook:contacts

How can I get it to open to a specific contact within my contact list?

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Re: Calling a specific Contact from command line parameter by Michal

Michal
Wed Mar 26 01:03:03 PDT 2008

Rob wrote:
> In a VBA application, using the command line parameter of:
>
> OUTLOOK.EXE /select Outlook:contacts
>
> How can I get it to open to a specific contact within my contact list?
>

outlook.exe /select outlook:EntryID

Where EntryID is item identifier - a long hex number. You can read it for a
specific item using VBA or OutlookSpy.

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Best regards,
Michal [Microsoft Outlook MVP]

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