In outlook 2010, the autocomplete file is saved with. Each pst file or mailbox has a separate autocomplete list. How to add contacts to autocomplete list in outlook. How to back up your outlook autocomplete list outlook keeps most of your essential data in a pst file, like your email messages, contacts list, and calendar items. Here is a sample widget taken directly from the book 7. Import autocomplete file into new outlook 2010 profile. Use nk2edit to edit or delete information stored in the nk2 file or outlook 201020s autocomplete stream, including the display name, the email address, the exchange string, the dropdown display name, and the search string. The method to copy your autocomplete list from one computer to another. The autocomplete list in outlook 2010 is stored in the c. The outlook 2010 autocomplete suggestionscache functions just like it did in outlook 2007, and just like before, were going to show you how to disable it. On the computer where you want to populate the autocomplete feature, copy the file to drive. We checked if outlook 2010 has any option to edit this file but there wasnt any, so using nk2edit is indeed the only easy way to do it.
We upgraded to outlook 2010 and now my autocomplete is not working. In the message window, click the to button in the message header. If its already turned on, your first troubleshooting step should be to clear out the autocomplete list. Addresses get added to this folder as you send or reply to messages addressed to recipients who dont already exist in your address book aka your contacts folder. In the previous versions of outlook, the autocomplete filename was. Microsoft outlooks autocomplete feature remembers addresses you have used recently. Outlook 2010, outlook 20, and outlook 2016 let you import the older.
In order to save the autocomplete file for outlook 2010 properly, you have to save the file with. Once joined to the new domain, i logged into the new windows 7 profile and started setting up microsoft outlook 2010. Understanding how autocomplete works in outlook 2010 the. Outlook 2010 introduced multiple changes in the mechanism of the autocomplete feature and you should be aware of these changes when using nk2edit software to edit the autocomplete files of outlook 2010. Understanding how autocomplete works in outlook 2010 with 5 comments microsoft outlook will automatically suggest a recipient in the to, cc, and bcc fields of a new email message based upon previous recipients that you have sent mail to in the past. How to restore outlook auto complete outlook 2010 youtube. Manage suggested recipients in the to, cc, and bcc boxes. To work correctly, always import the autocomplete lists with outlook closed, otherwise after closing outlook, imported data may. Microsoft office outlook 2007 and earlier versions store the autocomplete list in an nickname. In the newer outlook versions starting from outlook 2010, the entire autocomplete cache is kept as a single, hidden message located in your inbox folder.
Easy way to repopulate outlook 2010 autocomplete email. Click the view tab, and then, under advanced settings, under hidden files and folders, click show hidden files and folders. If you use outlook social connectors in outlook 2010, contacts from linkedin and other. You would use this in the event that you want to use autocomplete but your list is too cluttered. On the new computer, in control panel, click or doubleclick mail mail appears in different control panel locations depending on the version of the microsoft windows operating system, the control panel view selected, and whether a 32 or 64bit operating system or version of outlook 2010 is installed. When i was still using outlook 2007, i could back up my autocomplete cache by copying the nk2file and then reuse it on another computer. You will need this in the profile on the computer you are migrating to. I can coombine the address books, but the autocomplete doesn. Add outlook 2010s suggested contacts and there is a lot to be confused about. Beginning with outlook 2010, outlook does not use the nk2 file. Outlook 2010 also adds a folder to contacts labeled suggested contacts.
Edit autocomplete address cache nk2 file in outlook 2010. How to back up or copy an outlook autocomplete list. It doesnt solve the original issue though, outlook is not creating a local autocomplete file for this particular machine. The names and addresses that appear in recent people are stored in the autocomplete list outlook builds the autocomplete list by saving the names and addresses youve previously used. Thats right, click on that button and it does just as it says. This was great in part as many people often forgot to transfer that nk2 file when they moved to a new computer, or, the autocomplete data was lost in the event of a catastrophic failure, such as a failure of the. How to backup the outlook 2010 email address autocomplete cache. Previous versions of outlook stored this list in a file called outlook. How to copy or export the autocomplete filelist in outlook. It does so just fine for every other machine at this site.
You can easily empty the cache in outlook 2010 optionsmailsend messagesempty autocomplete list. Try sending a few test emails to the same email address. Microsoft office outlook 2007 and earlier versions store the. Solved transfer autocomplete in outlook 2010 to another pst. Instructions in this article apply to outlook 2019, outlook 2016, outlook 20, outlook 2010, and outlook for office 365. Transferring the file to a new computer or user profile is a simply copy and paste process. Howto disable and clear autocomplete cache in outlook 2010.
When installing a new server i took the computers off the old domain and joined them to the new one. Therefore, to move this data to a machine with a more recent outlook version, you have to export that message from your old outlook and import it into the new version of the software. This was essentially done using the suggested contacts feature in outlook 2010 to rebuild autocomplete in exchange. Heres the list of autocomplete changes on outlook 2010. It synchronizes with the exchange server, so cached contacts follow a user no matter where the. Until outlook 2010, the autocomplete entries were stored in a file at drive. Import or copy the autocomplete list to another computer. How do i populate the autocomplete name list in a new. Repairing outlook 2010 auto complete cache craig smith. While youre there youll see that on the right of that last item in the send message menu there is a button that says empty autocomplete list. I installed win7 x64 with office 2010 on the new system.
Widgets, widgets, widgets recipe web2py slices recipes. The autocomplete list in outlook 2010 is stored in the. Migrating your autocomplete history to a new outlook. When you start typing in the to, cc, and bcc fields in outlook, youll see suggestions appear based on what youve entered. How to edit the auto complete list for emails in outlook 2010. Microsoft outlook how to migrate autocomplete settings. With outlook 2003 or 2007, the nickname cache would be recreated as the user began sending new email messages. Outlook 2010 autocomplete page 2 windows 7 help forums. Moving outlooks autocomplete address list to a new account. Actaully in outlook 2010, there is no longer an nk2 file. Outlook 2016, outlook 20, and outlook 2010 store autocomplete lists directly in exchange mailboxes and pst data files. Import or copy the autocomplete list to another computer outlook. A form is not accepted if it has errors or when it has not been.
A good development environment setup for web2py stack overflow. Autocomplete email addresses in outlook 2010 solutions. Add contacts to autocomplete list in outlook 2007, 2010 and 20. How to move autocomplete email addresses in outlook 2010. For outlook 2010 running under windows 7 according to some reading and local machine searching, outlook 2010 no longer uses. Upon launching this portable tool, all autocomplete suggestions will be listed out in a simpletouse window. Select the contacts folder in the address book dropdown. In this video i show how to restore the auto complete list of contacts that outlook builds as you send emails. Outlook has an function to suggest email addresses as you start to type them in, commonly known as the autocomplete feature. If users actually created address books for all the entries in the nk2, we wouldnt need this howto or have to migrate the nk2. The auto complete cache in outlook remembers all of the addresses that you have emailed and auto completes them when you enter an email address into the to. If you upgraded from 20072010, you may see one however, this file is not. In outlook 2010 and later, the autocomplete list moved to the outlook data store.
To transfer the autocomplete list from outlook 2007 and below to the newer version of outlook, you need to select nk2 file and specify the target data file or mailbox. With outlook 20102020162019 running with an exchange 20102020162019 profile, the nickname list is associated with an exchange mailbox and stored as a hidden file in your outlook data file. If autocomplete doesnt start working, try the other steps listed in this article. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. Outlook 2010 did away with the nk2 file completely and merged all the autocomplete data into the users exchange mailboxpst file.
Solved transfer autocomplete in outlook 2010 to another. Learn how to backup email address autocomplete cache in the microsoft outlook. Instead, you want the opening field dynamically filled in. In outlook, what is autocomplete addressing, and how do i.
When i understood that i came to think about if the problem was in the clients autocomplete cache in outlook. It works by keeping a list of people youve emailed so when you go to write a new email address and start filling out the to, cc or bcc field it will suggest the similar email addresses. Transfer outlook autocomplete from outlook 2007 to. Recipe by nathan freeze mrfreeze on 20100610 in widget views 115 favorite 2 like. How to copy outlook 202016 autocomplete cache between. An address book, in no way shape or form, necessarily contains the same addresses as what is contained within the autocomplete nk2 file. Outlook 2010 migrate autocomplete settings petenetlive. To add multiple contacts to the autocomplete list in outlook, please do as follows. Information about the outlook autocomplete list microsoft support.
Recently after a new server install, i ran into this issue. If youre using the autocomplete cache as your address book because its too. Outlook 2010 autocomplete not working leave a reply when outlook 2010 is working correctly as you type in the name of a contact, outlook will offer suggstion of the possible matches so you can type bob and a list of all addresses contact names with bob will show in a drop down list. The meaning of the optional parameters is explained in the next subsections. Before outlook 2010 we could simply migrate autocomplete entries by locating and moving the clients nk2 file. Outlook 2010, outlook 20, and outlook 2016 store the autocomplete list as a hidden message in your primary message store. Open outlook and now you have your autocomplete function with your previous contacts. Many users are easily confused by outlooks contact options you have contacts, the address book and the autocomplete list. Autocomplete feature changes on outlook 2010 and later. The autocomplete widget is a tag object that contains two components, the first of which is the input element. Outlook autocomplete indexing from global address book. One think to keep in mind, is that when moving people between machines, dont forget to copy the name cache over nk2 file located in appdata\microsoft\outlook so they. Backing up and restoring the autocomplete cache of outlook 2010. From what i have read, these are stored in a folder called suggested contacts.
First, ill explain how the autocomplete cache works. But i wanted to edit the list to remove the specific users email adress. Outlook 20, 2016, 2019 and office 365 dont have an nk2file either nor does it have or uses a suggested contacts folder and only stores it in the special hidden message just like outlook 2010. The method to copy your autocomplete list from one computer to another depends on what type of email account youve added to outlook. The autocomplete cache is also known as the nickname cache, and is stored as a hidden file in c. Open source project to read ms outlook autocomplete nk2 files and extract email addresses.
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