Ah, progress. I can now use the default Contact form by using CTRL-N.
You have solved a significant problem.
Now for the 2nd part . . . how do I get rid of the error so I can use
Custom forms? I have a number I use for special purposes and no
standard form is adequate.
And this, now Tools|Forms|Design a Form. All forms I select (except
standard) now give the same error message I was getting for Choose Form.



Sue Mosher [MVP] wrote:
Set the default form for a folder on the folder's Properties dialog, at the
bottom of the General page. The standard form is IPM.Contact.

The Manage Forms dialog is for custom form management chores, not for
setting the default form for a folder.

"j lunis" wrote:

Correct - no custom forms work. Most I can at least open with Design.
And no forms in Personal Library can be opened in either Choose or Design.
Manage? Well it is certainly very likely I changed the default. CTRL-N
would open my custom form for years. Just went to change back to the
OEM default for Contacts. Don't see how to do it.
Contacts|Properties|Forms|Manage|Set gives me two choices - Forms
Library|Personal Forms and and Folder Forms|Library|and a list of
Outlook folders. No choice for Standard Library.
You have been very patient but this old geezer is still lost. I can see
the OEM(?) Default forms in Standard Forms Library. but, from
Contacts|Properties|Forms I see no way to access them to get back to the
REAL default form.