That information is stored in a .NK2 file for Outlook 2002 and 2003. For
prior versions, it used a .nick file. The information does not depend on
contacts or address books.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, fred wrote:

| When one is creating a new email message and begins to enter the
| addressee's email name in the 'To:' field Outlook[Express] will
| present alternatives to select in a small window. These selections
| are based upon the characters one has already entered. Question:
| What are the sources of these alternatives/possibilities(clearly one
| source is the contact list)? Is there more than one possible source
| in Outlook and/or Outlook Express? If so then what is the precedence
| order for their usage/presentation etc.? Is there somekind of MRU
| list/memory/cache of recently entered values beyond the address
| book/contact list? If so then how can that MRU list/memory/cache be
| cleared? A persistent erroneous entry seems to keep appearing there
| and I can't figure out how to correct and/or remove it...the contact
| list isn't it.