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How Editable is the Outlook .NK2 file?



 
 
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Old January 10th 06, 03:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
MagGyver
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Default How Editable is the Outlook .NK2 file?

Greetings,

I recently had some corruption in my NK2 file, the one that keeps track of
your nicknames used so you only have to type a few letters of a recipient's
name and it fills the rest in. I've read before that renaming it to
something else (.old) makes Outlook create a new one which fixes the
problem.

It made me wonder, though, whether it's possible to edit that file in some
program in case that's needed. I tried opening it in a text editor but it
didn't look very friendly. Just curious. Thanks for a reply


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Old January 10th 06, 10:04 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default How Editable is the Outlook .NK2 file?

Not natively. There is a third party utility that lets you do so:
http://www.ingressor.com/ingressor.htm

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Russ Valentine
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Greetings,

I recently had some corruption in my NK2 file, the one that keeps track of
your nicknames used so you only have to type a few letters of a
recipient's name and it fills the rest in. I've read before that renaming
it to something else (.old) makes Outlook create a new one which fixes the
problem.

It made me wonder, though, whether it's possible to edit that file in some
program in case that's needed. I tried opening it in a text editor but it
didn't look very friendly. Just curious. Thanks for a reply



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Old January 10th 06, 01:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Diane Poremsky [MVP]
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Default How Editable is the Outlook .NK2 file?

and if you don't want to edit, only view or extract,
http://www.epute.com/nk2csv/

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"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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Not natively. There is a third party utility that lets you do so:
http://www.ingressor.com/ingressor.htm

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Russ Valentine
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"MagGyver" wrote in message
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Greetings,

I recently had some corruption in my NK2 file, the one that keeps track
of your nicknames used so you only have to type a few letters of a
recipient's name and it fills the rest in. I've read before that renaming
it to something else (.old) makes Outlook create a new one which fixes
the problem.

It made me wonder, though, whether it's possible to edit that file in
some program in case that's needed. I tried opening it in a text editor
but it didn't look very friendly. Just curious. Thanks for a reply





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Old January 10th 06, 04:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
MagGyver
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Default How Editable is the Outlook .NK2 file?

Thanks for these tools! Appreciated.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
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and if you don't want to edit, only view or extract,
http://www.epute.com/nk2csv/

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"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Not natively. There is a third party utility that lets you do so:
http://www.ingressor.com/ingressor.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"MagGyver" wrote in message
. ..
Greetings,

I recently had some corruption in my NK2 file, the one that keeps track
of your nicknames used so you only have to type a few letters of a
recipient's name and it fills the rest in. I've read before that
renaming it to something else (.old) makes Outlook create a new one
which fixes the problem.

It made me wonder, though, whether it's possible to edit that file in
some program in case that's needed. I tried opening it in a text editor
but it didn't look very friendly. Just curious. Thanks for a reply







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Old January 19th 06, 12:59 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Randy
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Default How Editable is the Outlook .NK2 file?

Diane,

It is important to note a significant difference between Ingressor and the
nk2csv products. The latter only reads smtp email addresses, not Exchange
entries. Further, it doesn't provide the name that corresponds to that smtp
record.

Most Ingressor customers purchase our product to edit the Exchange x500 data
to sync. it with the AD or, purchase it to quickly and globally change
erroneous records (smtp or exchange or fax) without the need to export, then
create a new NK2 file. It will also add a record, name AND smtp address from
the Ingressor GUI.

However, that said, for the ability to read email addresses only, the nk2csv
does satisfy the need at is affordable at the "free" price.

Randy
"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
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and if you don't want to edit, only view or extract,
http://www.epute.com/nk2csv/

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Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
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"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Not natively. There is a third party utility that lets you do so:
http://www.ingressor.com/ingressor.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"MagGyver" wrote in message
. ..
Greetings,

I recently had some corruption in my NK2 file, the one that keeps track
of your nicknames used so you only have to type a few letters of a
recipient's name and it fills the rest in. I've read before that
renaming it to something else (.old) makes Outlook create a new one
which fixes the problem.

It made me wonder, though, whether it's possible to edit that file in
some program in case that's needed. I tried opening it in a text editor
but it didn't look very friendly. Just curious. Thanks for a reply







 




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