It's not a problem that needs to be fixed. The nickname cache has the
display name and address of people you've sent to. When you reply to a
message the address on the message is added to the autocomplete cache. One
option is to disable suggest names and only use autoresolve so it only uses
display names in your contacts. But even so, when you hit reply, you'll
likely see both the name and address from the original email, not the
display name from your contacts folder.

Why don't you want the addresses shown? What you see in outlook as you
compose may not be what the recipient sees in their mail client.


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"Jim" wrote in message
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I have Outlook 2003 and Windows XP. When I type part of an address into a
new message, I get a selection of autocompleted nicknames as I type. If I
select from that list, I sometimes get the nickname + e-mail address. For
example, if I address a message to Dave Jones, I get "Dave Jones
)" in the address line, instead of just the
nickname. I have always entered contact information in the "Display as:"
field with the nickname only. I do not want people's e-mail addresses to
be listed in the address field.

I can occasionally force Outlook to use the nickname only, if I delete the
contact and then make a new contact with the same information. Once I
send a new e-mail message to that recipient, the next message using
autocomplete typically shows the nickname only. However, that fix doesn't
hold for long, and the e-mail address starts popping up in autocomplete
selections again.

I browsed to the Nickname and AutoComplete cache and renamed it from
Outlook.NK2 to Outlook.old. That did rebuild the cache; but, the
autocomplete problem returned. Can you provide a fix for this issue? If
not, can you provide a better description of it, so I can search for
solutions on the Internet?

Jim