I migrated my XP professional settings to Vista professional (I know I know!)
and when I create an Outlook (Enterprised ed.) email, the To list is empty.
Drop down Address Book list is empty. When I click Advanced Find I get modal
dialog "The search cannot be completed. Tou must have an address list to
search in. If you don't have an address list contact your Microsoft Exchange
admin." I don't have Microsoft Exchange. Under Tools/Account
Settings/Address Book I have Outlook Address Book MAPI but Remove is
disabled. Under Contacts Folder under Properties, Outlook Address Book tab,
the "Show this folder email address book" check box is disabled. I have
uninstalled the product and reinstalled it - no luck. The registry has evil
stuff. I tried renaming my C:\Users\...\outlook directory,
uninstalled/reinstalled and then Outlook wouldn't run - again the evil
registry entries "remembering" the wrong stuff.

So now I'm at my wit's end. The only option I see is to reload windows from
scratch to get a clean registry - unless someone can help me figure out how
to activate the "show this folder" button. Any help would be appreciated.

You will benefit if you state exactly what you did. We have no clue, and it
matters greatly.
You will benefit if you read the countless posts here that tell you how to
migrate Outlook data correctly. Follow them. If they don't work, post back
with precise information on what you tried and what didn't work.
Don't make us try to read your mind.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Watchman" wrote in message
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I migrated my XP professional settings to Vista professional (I know I
know!)
and when I create an Outlook (Enterprised ed.) email, the To list is
empty.
Drop down Address Book list is empty. When I click Advanced Find I get
modal
dialog "The search cannot be completed. Tou must have an address list to
search in. If you don't have an address list contact your Microsoft
Exchange
admin." I don't have Microsoft Exchange. Under Tools/Account
Settings/Address Book I have Outlook Address Book MAPI but Remove is
disabled. Under Contacts Folder under Properties, Outlook Address Book
tab,
the "Show this folder email address book" check box is disabled. I have
uninstalled the product and reinstalled it - no luck. The registry has
evil
stuff. I tried renaming my C:\Users\...\outlook directory,
uninstalled/reinstalled and then Outlook wouldn't run - again the evil
registry entries "remembering" the wrong stuff.

So now I'm at my wit's end. The only option I see is to reload windows
from
scratch to get a clean registry - unless someone can help me figure out
how
to activate the "show this folder" button. Any help would be appreciated.