Russ
Fri May 09 11:51:24 PDT 2008
If you're using Microsoft's search functions for these groups, they are
worthless. Use Google groups:
http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=33607886&expand=1
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Ed Cones" <EdCones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E92010CD-081A-4C76-A60E-AFA0D7E5AE9E@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Russ. I tried a search but apparently didn't phrase the question
> very
> well.
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> Posted here almost every day. The feature is not reliable or robust.
>> Users
>> should never rely upon it as a data source unless you want to invest in
>> third party software that can repair the cache or the connection to it,
>> both
>> of which can become corrupt easily.
>> The only way to restore the function without third party software is to
>> create a new Outlook profile--and start over with an empty cache. If you
>> can
>> find and rename the old cache and rename it to match the new profile, you
>> might be able to recover the data that way.
>>
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "Ed Cones" <EdCones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0378726C-6AF7-46CA-AFE6-37D306994E2C@microsoft.com...
>> > Outlook 2003 -- Exchange server
>> >
>> > It's happened to me and a few of my users. One day, for no apparent
>> > reason,
>> > the autocompletion cache just seems to vanish. Users start typing an
>> > email
>> > address expecting to see a list of addresses previously used, and
>> > nothing
>> > happens.
>> >
>> > Unfortunately, too many people rely on this list and don't put
>> > addresses
>> > in
>> > their Contacts.
>> >
>> > Can anyone explain why they may vanish and how to stop it from
>> > happening?
>> >
>> > thx
>>