Outlook has lost its memory of my addresses - how do I get them back?

[BecauseImWorthIt]

One of the things I love about Outlook is that when you enter the first letter of a recipient it remembers their e-mail address.

But my laptop suddenly appears to have cleared out all the addresses and I'm having to start again.

I haven't done anything untoward so don't know how this has happened.#

Is it a virus? (I have Norton Anti Spam which hasn't picked anything up)

How do I get them back, or is there nothing I can do?

[tribpot]

I'm using Outlook 2003, so you may need to modify the instructions but ..

Tool -> Options
Choose Email Options and then Advanced Options
click 'Suggest names when completing the To, CC and BCC fields'

Hope that helps!

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Thanks tribpot will try that - don't know how it's got turned off!

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Nope - it's already ticked!

[Nip]

this happened to me the other day.. all gone.. yet the next day they were all back - i changed NOTHING

PErhaps try rebooting and see if that helps.

Sorry i'm not much help

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Well, the old 'turn it off and turn it back on again' has worked!

Thanks Nip and Tribpot.

Panic over - thankfully nothing seems to have been lost, just the laptop having a senior moment.