[Adresboek] Contactpersonen verdwenen na Office update

[xiD]

Hoi GoTters,

Ik heb vanmorgen op twee computers, met Windows XP Pro, Office 2000 naar Office 2003 geupdate (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Access), nu werken de mensen met Outlook Express dus Outlook wordt niet gebruikt.

Nu blijken alle contacten uit het Adresboek te zijn verdwenen op één of andere manier op beide pc's. Ik heb gekeken in C:\Documents and Settings\Gebruiker\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book maar daar staan lege adresboeken.

Iemand enig idee hoe dit kan, en of ik het nog terug kan krijgen?

[xiD]

Het probleem is opgelost; de contactpersonen die in Outlook Express te zien waren; waren contactpersonen uit Outlook.

Na veel gezeur over hoe ik contacten vanuit Outlook naar Outlook Express kreeg heb ik het met de volgende oplossing gedaan:

Officially, Outlook 2002/2003 and Outlook 2000 in Corporate/Workgroup mode do not support sharing of its contact data with Outlook Express, but there is a registry hack that works, at least with some versions of Outlook Express. Follow these steps:
1. Make a backup of your Windows registry.
2. Open the Registry Editor (regedit.exe or regedt32.exe).
3. Go to this registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4
4. Add a new DWORD named UseOutlook (if it isn't already present), and set its value to 1.
Outlook Express will display the Contacts folder in the default delivery store (Exchange mailbox or Personal Folders .pst file) in Outlook. You cannot direct the WAB to a particular Contacts folder, except by changing the default store.
To turn off sharing, set the value for HKCU\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\UseOutlook to 0.
This is a valid registry entry for Outlook Express 5.0 and later versions. Outlook MVPs have tested it with Outlook 2003, Outlook 2002, and Outlook 2000 CW and OE 5.0 and 6.0 so far. Thanks to MVP Frank Saunders for pointing it out.
Note that this technique shares only contacts. Outlook Express cannot read information about Outlook distribution lists that might be stored in the Contacts folder.
Also note that when you use Outlook Express you'll see Outlook.exe running in Task Manager even if you don't have Outlook open.