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Outlook 2013 autocomplete restore
I am working with Outlook 2013 and changing from one email service to another. Outlook started working really strange so I created a new profile. In the original profile I removed the original email account and now I have no autocomplete in either profile. I see the autocomplete files in the C:\Users\%username%\AppDat
How to I create the association or import so autocomplete makes use of these files?
How to I create the association or import so autocomplete makes use of these files?
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Nope, I even removed all autocomplete files into another folder while outlook was closed and then reopened outlook thinking it would create a new autocomplete.. not working..
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I think (but not sure) that you need to send at least one email to generate a new autocomplete file (if that's the case then rename your old autocomplete file with the name of the new one)
Also make sure the autocomplete option is enabled (it should be the case on a new profile, but let's make sure) :
Click File > Options.
Select the Mail tab.
On the right hand side of the window under Send messages group. Ensure the option Use Auto-Complete List to suggest names when typing in the To, Cc, and Bcc lines is checked.
Also make sure the autocomplete option is enabled (it should be the case on a new profile, but let's make sure) :
Click File > Options.
Select the Mail tab.
On the right hand side of the window under Send messages group. Ensure the option Use Auto-Complete List to suggest names when typing in the To, Cc, and Bcc lines is checked.
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es, I had to reboot and restart Outlook. It had two autocomplete files. Then I took the smaller one renamed it and copied the larger file and renamed the copy to the original name of the smaller file (if you follow me). I did this while Outlook was NOT running. Then logged into Outlook and it ran.
I did not have to remove profiles.
I did not have to remove profiles.
@ tucktech - Thanks for the update and I was happy to help.
So in fact you did exactly what I described in my first answer... :P
I'm glad you solved your problem anyway :)
I'm glad you solved your problem anyway :)
You probably have multiple autocomplete files, what you should do is check the date and time, the most recent one is the one used by the new profile. Rename it to .old or something like this. Then replace the name of the the old autocomplete file by the name of the one you just edited (without the .old obviously).
That should do the trick.