• Subject: Re: enabling address books
  • Author: Brian Tillman
  • Date: 03 Jul
  • References: 1 2 3
j lunis <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote:

> Install the Outlook Address Book service. did that for 2 of my 5 email
> addresses.

No you didn't. The address book service is a profile-wide service and
applies to all accounts within the same profile. It's either in the profile
or it's not, whether you have one or 50 mail accounts in that profile.

> Mark your contact folder . . . - can't do that. still dimmed.
> FWIW, both Profiles (I think my folder and my wife's folder are called
> profiles) were imported from O2002.

If the choice is still dimmed, then you did not properly add the OAB
service. Moreover it's clear you don't understand what a profile is. PSTs
and profiles are not equivalent. Mail accounts and profiles are not
equivalent. This isn't pejorative, merely an observation based on your
statement.

> I have read about 'repair' but am uncertain of a few things.
> I now have 2 email accounts for 2 email addresses. Is this OK?
> Do I have to repair all 5 email addresses?
> Should I back them up before I repair them?

I think your best bet is to create a new mail profile. The BEST practice is
for each person using the PC to have his or her own Windows username. Then
no one shares folders. See this:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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