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Outlook 2003 / Exchange Server cannot open contact list.

The contact list of a user cannot be opened from the File > New Email Message, then clicking on the 'To' box. "Contacts cannot be displayed." However, if you go to contacts, they are all there and visible.

The exact error message is:

The address list could not be displayed. The Contacts folder associated with this address list could not beopened; it mayhave been moved or deleted, or you do not have permissions. For inofrmation on how to rremove this folder from the Outlook Address Book, see Microsoft Office Outlook Help.

This message appeared after we did a reinstall of the server, and re-added the Exchange Accounts back. Same user / pass for each user. Restored emails from PST file backups.

Jeffrey Kane - TechSoEasy

Same user name and password has little to do with the account permissions which are controlled by unique Security ID's (or SIDs). If you reinstalled the serer, did you recreate Active Directory? What exactly did you restore?

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DrDamnit

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I recreated active directory, restored user files (my docs), and manually retyped in the users (there were only a couple).

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DrDamnit

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Can I just export all the folders to a PST file to backup the emails, calendar, and contacts (that work), and then remove and re-add the profile then?

Once I have readded it, can I just re-import the data listed above?

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