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It is not unusual for the Outlook Address Book to "lose track" of the connection to its Contacts Folder when you move or import your PST or update your Outlook version or OS. Use the following steps to reset the connection. Note that in some instances you may actually have to remove the Outlook Address Book completely from your Profile, close Outlook, and then re-add it before you can get it to work.

Go to Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address books > Outlook Address Book. If it is not listed, back up one step and add it. If it is, then click on Change. to make sure the Contacts folder(s) you want to display are listed. You may need to enable the Contacts Folder as an e-mail address book by R clicking the Folder > Properties and check the "Show this folder as an E-mail address book" box. Make sure you restart Outlook after making these changes.

Links for automation

VBA Code to find Folders

GetFolderByName?() http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=492 - Returns a MAPIFolder object based on the name of the folder (without knowing the path)
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/getfolder.htm - GetFolder?("Public Folders/All? Public Folders/Company/Sales?")
Problem with this one is that there is no known(currently) way of getting the pathname to start with via vba.

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