OL2000: (CW) Names and Addresses in Personal Address Book Can Not Be Edited

ID: Q249285

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 2000

NOTE: These procedures only apply if you have installed Outlook with the Corporate or Workgroup option. This option allows you to use Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) services. To determine your installation type, on the Help Menu click About Microsoft Outlook. In About Microsoft Outlook you should see "Corporate or Workgroup" if you have the Corporate or Workgroup installation.

SUMMARY

When using multiple profiles with different default mail services, the Personal Address Book (PAB) entries in one profile can not be edited with the second profile.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce

Create profile-1 containing Internet Email, Personal Folders, and Personal Address Book.

Create profile-2 containing the Microsoft Exchange Server and Personal Address Book services. When configuring the Personal Address Book service, use the same PAB used in profile-1.

Open Outlook with profile-1, add an entry to the PAB, and quit Outlook.

Open Outlook with profile-2, open the PAB, right-click the entry added in the step above, click Properties, and attempt to edit the entry.

NOTE: If the default service for the original profile is added to the second profile, the entry can be edited.

REFERENCES

For additional information on user profiles, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q195478 OL2000: (CW) User profiles and Information Services

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo