Can Be Handy
As you are typing address in the Send To box of outlook, you are prompted with some suggestions of what you might be fixing to type. This is a feature of Outlook called autocomplete. This is a feature that can save you much time, if managed correctly. Here are three ways in which you can do that.
Disable Autocomplete
1. In Outlook XP, Click on "Tools", "Options" and then the "Preferences" tab.
2. Click on the button marked "Email Options" and then choose "Advanced Email Options".
3. Remove the check mark against "Suggest Names when completing To:, CC: or BCC: fields
4. Press Apply or OK on each box to close the options area.
Reset autocomplete cache
1. Quit Outlook and any applications that may be accessing Outlook.
2. Start Windows Explorer or My Computer.
3. Click "Tools", "Options" and then the "View" tab.
4. Under "Advanced Setting", verify/change the option to enable "Show Hidden Files and Folders".
5. Click OK or Apply to exit.
6. Click, "Start", "Search" and choose "For Files or Folders".
7. In the box, type "*.nk2" (notice that it is * <dot> nk2)
8. In the "Look in" box, ensure that your local drive (C: usually is chosen.
9. Click search now. The search should find at least one file.
10. If numerous files were found, choose the one from named after own profile (which is named after your username).
11. Right click on the correct file and choose "Rename".
12. Change the suffix to .bak so if your username was "jbloggs" the file could be called jbloggs.nk2 and you would rename it to ***jbloggs.bak.
13. Close Windows Explorer and restart Outlook.
Deleting Individual Entries
1. Start typing the name that you want to delete.
2. When the name that you want to delete appears, use the cursor keys to highlight it.
3. Press the "Delete" key to remove the entry.