http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

"davisr65" <davisr65@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C6918BC2-02CE-4F76-AA99-1E5B3124C382@microsoft.com...
> This message looks like the fix for me, but i am unable to find the nk2
> file..... and i did unhide everthing.... can you tell me the exact path?
> (outlook2003)
>
> thank your
> rob davis
>
> "Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> Never mind my last reply, I seem to forget subject lines right after I
>> read
>> them sometimes :-)
>>
>> If you are talking about the AutoComplete function, you might want to
>> delete
>> or rename your .NK2 file which is the cache for the AutoComplete
>> addresses,
>> and start over. It could be the file is corrupt. When searching your
>> hard
>> drive for the .NK2 file, make sure you are searching in hidden folders if
>> you're using Windows 2000 or XP.
>>
>> --
>> Jocelyn Fiorello
>> MVP - Outlook
>>
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>>
>> "Mel E" wrote:
>>
>> > When i close down my outlook at end of day, outlook doesnt retain the
>> > email
>> > addresses that I use during the day for hte next day
>> > I type the first few letters and all emails that have these come up as
>> > options but this options dissppears when i close outlook is there
>> > anything i
>> > can do for outlook to retain these email addresses?