Save or copy Outlook Address Auto Complete cache.

Save or copy Outlook address auto complete cache

The situation is that most people think that the autocomplete list is an “Address Book” when in fact it is a simple auto complete similar to Internet Explorer’s autocomplete feature. Basically when you reinstall Office, move computers these names do not get transferred with your outlook pst file. Lucky for us there is a way to copy the names in the autocomplete from one outlook to another
Copy the names in AutoComplete cache to another computer.

*Important You must exit Outlook before starting the following procedure. The names will be included in AutoComplete when you restart Outlook.

1) On the computer with the saved AutoComplete names, go to C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data>Microsoft>Outlook
Note Depending on your file settings, this folder might be hidden. To view the files in this folder, do one of the following:
Microsoft Windows XP:Click Start, and then click My Computer.On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.Click the View tab, and then, under Advanced settings, under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders.
2) Right-click profile name.nk2, and then click Copy.You then copy the file to removable media, such as a floppy disk or a CD, and then copy the file to the correct location on the other computer. Or you can attach the file to an e-mail message and send the message to yourself. On the new computer, open the attachment in Outlook, and then save it to the correct location. This is also the same method if you want to simply backup your autocomplete cache database.
3) On the computer where you want to populate the AutoComplete feature, copy the file to C:\Documents and SettingsApplication Data>Microsoft>Outlook
4) If the Outlook user profile name is different on the computer where you are moving the .nk2 file, you must rename the file with the same Outlook user profile name after you copy it to the correct folder. For example, if you move Joe Digital.nk2 from the original computer with an Outlook user profile name of Joe Digital, and you copy the Joe Digital.nk2 file to the new computer, you must rename it with the Outlook profile name being used on the new computer.
5) When prompted about replacing the existing file, click Yes.
6) Open Outlook to view changes.

Clearing the Outlook Auto-Complete Address Cache

Outlook has an auto-complete cache to help fill in recipient information when adding recipients. If you want to delete this auto-fill cache, you can delete individual items or the entire cache. You remove individual items by typing an address on the To line of an email, and when the auto-fill suggestion is displayed, press the Delete key. To delete the entire cache, stop Outlook, navigate to the %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Outlook folder (type this in Explorer address bar), and delete the Outlook.NK2 file. Restart Outlook.

Disabling Windows Genuine Advantage (wgatray.exe)

It didn’t make to much sense, majority of them say to open task manager and disable wgatray.exe, then restart, problem is, it instantly re-appears, before you could even hit “restart”. Not only that, but restarting then entering safe mode, it wouldn’t have mattered if you disabled wgatray.exe before restarting or not, since it isnt going to load anything in safe mode that isn’t absolutely needed to run the system. Here is the easiest method:

1. Restart your computer, hit F8 before windows loading screen to go into the safe mode menu.
2. Select Safe mode (not with networking, and not with command prompt)
3. Once your in windows, goto START>RUN> type “regedit” (without the qoutation marks) and hit ENTER.
4. Goto EDIT, select FIND
5. Search for wgatray.exe, delete any reference found, (after it finds it the initial first time, just hit F3 to continue the search. Continue to delete anything it stops on.
6. Scroll all the way back up inthe registry editor, and select My Computer (one click. not two) and start a new FIND, this time were looking for Wgalogon, again, delete any references found.
7. Lastly, again, click on My computer, and start a new FIND, searching for LegitCheckControl.dll , again delete any references found.
8. Reboot and your finished, if not, you may have missed a registry entry.

Not able to Open Drives by Double Clicking, it shows the option Open With

This is a Virus Issue.Normally when a virus infects a windows system which causes a drive opening problem, it automatically creates a file named autorun.inf in the root directory of each drive.This autorun.inf file is a read only ,hidden and a system file and the folder option is also disabled by the virus. This is deliberately done by the virus in order to protect itself. autorun.inf initiates all the activities that the virus performs when you try to open any drive.
You have to just delete this file and restart your system to correct this problem.Follow the below steps to troubleshoot this problem.

Run the below command in the root of all drives.

attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
del autorun.inf
Restart the PC.

1.Open Start >> Run and type regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
2. Press ok
3. You will see a message DllRegisterServer and DllInstall in shell32.dll succeeded

Then it will work fine.

Not able to Log in to the PC. Logging of Immediately.

Some times you may face the problem that you will not be able to log in to the PC you will be logged off immediately.It will be a Virus Problem.Try the below steps to overcome this issue.


Edit these values and type the correct path of shell :
Shell = explorer.exe Userinit=X:\windows\system32\userinit.exe
NOTE: These files may also be deleted by spywares. You may need to extract them using Windows CD.

Steps for rectifying this problem:

Log on to a networked computer. Run Regedit.exe Point your cursor to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Select File > Connect Remote Registry Type computer name (infected computer) Navigate to the following location in registry of destination or infected computer
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Edit these two values in right pane:
Shell
Userinit

Change these two values to Shell=explorer.exe Userinit = x:\windows\system32\userinit.exe Exit from

Registry Restart Infected computer. You should be able to log on to computer.
If not even then try to Replace the file
C:\Windows\System32\Userinit.exe and then try to log in.

How can I configure Outlook to be the default mail client?

Follow the below steps to make Microsoft Outlook as Default Mail Client.

Make Outlook Your Default Email Program in Windows 98, 2000, and XP

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. Select Tools Internet Options from the menu.
3. Go to the Programs tab.
4. Make sure Microsoft Office Outlook or Microsoft Outlook is selected under E-mail.
5. Click OK.

If the above steps doesn't works try the below.

1. Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
2. Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail
3. Double click the (Default) value and set to "Microsoft Outlook" (don't type the quotes)
4. Move to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto
5. Double click the (Default) value and set to "URL:MailTo Protocol" (don't type the quotes)
6. Double click the EditFlags value and set to 02 00 00 00
7. Double click the URL Protocol value and clear
8. Move to the DefaultIcon folder (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\DefaultIcon)
9. Double click the (Default) value and set to"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\outllib.dll",-12
10. Move to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\shell\open\command
11. Doucle click (Default) and change to"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\outlook.exe" -c IPM.Note /m "%1"Alternate values (such as Lotus Notes) are:"C:\Program Files\notes\notes.exe"=C:\WINNT\notes.ini %1
12. Reboot the computer

Note: Verify as well the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail should have the default value as Microsoft Outlook

Where Office determines the release of Outlook as follows:
Office 10 - Outlook 2002
Office 11 - Outlook 2003
Office 12 - Outlook 2007

MMCs are not opening.

You may face an error when trying to access MMC consoles. A message will pop-up
stating that Access is denied.For this problem you have to register a dll then that message will not come.Details are as below.

Go to Start --> Run and type regsvr32 Mmcndmgr.dll.

You will get message stating that the dll registration succeeded.Now you can try to open the MMCs and it will open.