The name will only disappear if you delete it correctly. If you select it
before you delete it (as you would with your Tab key), it won't go away. You
must _highlight_ it with your arrow key then hit the Delete button on your
keyboard.
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"AbsoJack" <AbsoJack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B830F603-2091-4375-ABC6-23744DF5ED82@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "Sue Mosher [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Does the name popup as a suggestion when you type in the To box? If so,
>> it's
>> an address held in the autocomplete cache because of some use in the
>> past.
>> You can simply delete it when it pops up.
>> --
>> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
>> Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
>> Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
>> http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54
>>
>> "AbsoJack" wrote:
>>
>> > I have several "Bills" in my address book. When filling the "To"
>> > section of
>> > an e-mail, when I enter "Bill" I get a third name ... one I do not
>> > know.
>> > When I search the contacts and e-mail lists, the mystery name does not
>> > appear. Also, the search function will find only the mystery Bill and
>> > never
>> > the real ones.
>
> Yes ... it pops up 'as a suggestion' It is a name I have never heard of.
> It will delete from the "To" but will be there again next time. Can one
> view/edit the autocomplete cache?
>
21 Sep 2009Why is their a hidden contact in my address book.AbsoJack
21 Sep 2009|- Re: Why is their a hidden contact in my address book.Russ Valentine [MVP-O...
21 Sep 2009\ RE: Why is their a hidden contact in my address book.Sue Mosher [MVP]
22 Sep 2009   \ RE: Why is their a hidden contact in my address book.AbsoJack
22 Sep 2009      |- Re: Why is their a hidden contact in my address book.Bob I
22 Sep 2009      \ Re: Why is their a hidden contact in my address book.Russ Valentine [MVP-O...
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