#Outlook not searchy by contact name how to#
#Outlook not searchy by contact name windows#

Type in and outlook gives him suggested contacts like it does in Outlook desktop app. He doesn't want to use the search contacts button, he wants to just be able to The user showed me in OWA, when he types in a address book user, it doesn't show up as a suggested contact unless he clicks on 'search contacts and directory' in OWA. I thought it was just happening to the user's outlook but he also saying it happening when he using Outlook Web Access so don't think it has anything to do with the local autocomplete. Right now we have to empty his autocomplete cache in Outlook, and then repopulate it with his address book at least once a month but it is a band aid fix I also use a nk2 browser to view the DAT file and I see all the autofill contacts in the email. dat roaming cache file but deleting that and having outlook recreate it doesn't seem to do anything. Office been reinstalled (uninstalled, then reinstalled, not repaired) Afterwards, that same email will start to autofill when he types it inīut it seems to be happening randomly where this stops working and i can't find any evidence why this might be happening or seen it myself.Īny ideas or have anyone seen this before? What he does is he have to search his sent items or TO items from old emails he received and copy the email address and then paste the email address into a new email in order to send it. However this user said it doesn't happened sometimes. Normally when you type in a name or email address in the TO field, it starts to autofill the rest by pulling from the last time you emailed the person or from the user's contacts list if he in there. These contacts the user is sending to are people that he frequently emailed back and forth.

When the user is adding a address that in his CONTACTS/ADDRESS BOOK or in his autocomplete cache, the name or email address doesn't show up (autopopulate). Then when you open the Outlook address book it should appear in the 'Address Book' drop down list with the name you specified in the previous step.We have a client that having a specific wierd issue we can't seem to recreate and yet it happening to him both in Outlook 2013 and Outlook Web Access. If you have not followed the above steps 1 to 6, then this option will have been disabled. To check this, right-click on the Contacts folder, go to Outlook Address Book, and make sure the 'Show this folder as an email address book' is ticked (and optionally set the name). Once the Outlook Address Book is installed, you may also have to enable use of your Contacts as an Outlook Address Book.

Click Finish, and then restart Outlook.

Click Outlook Address Book, and then click Next.

Click Additional Address Books, and then click Next.

If Outlook Address Book is not listed, click Add.

Under Directory, click View or change existing directories, and then click Next.

On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.

Make sure the Outlook Address Book is installed by doing the following:

#Outlook not searchy by contact name how to#

If this is so, I'd love to know how to fix this in an easy way if possible. I've found some info on the Internet that might suggest my Outlook account/profile or something might have become corrupt because of this and that's the reason why my contacts are not listed in the Address Book.

#Outlook not searchy by contact name windows#

More info: I have used Windows Easy Transfer to move stuff from an existing account. Was I dreaming?Īdded more info: I've tried the 'Outlook Address Book' tab on Contacts->Properties, but the option for 'Show this folder as an e-mail Address Book' is unavailable/grayed out! It's pretty annoying and I'm sure I once, a couple of OS-upgrades and Office-upgrades ago, could search contacts as well. But when I write a new email and click on the To-button to search/select contact from the Global Address List, I only see my co-workers and contacts in the exchange list. When I click the big Contacts button in the lower left, I can see all contacts I've created the last couple of years. I'm on Outlook 2007 and I got an account on our company Exchange server.