> Russ,
> I was able to resolve this by paying the $49.99 support. This is what
> they
> told me to do. Export my contacts to comma,etc. (windows), delete them
> and
> import them back in. It worked.
>
> "Nick K" wrote:
>

>> You say never, but I did. It was my only choice unless I wanted to lose
>> 1000
>> contacts and their info. I did have an external backup drive but I have
>> no
>> idea were to look on it for the outlook contact data file and what to do
>> with
>> it.
>>
>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>>

>>> You would never populate your Contacts folder by syncing to a mobile
>>> device.
>>> It will not create valid, resolved email addresses. Restore from a
>>> valid
>>> backup of your data.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Russ Valentine
>>> [MVP-Outlook]
>>> "Nick K" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:F2225B0D-1349-4C1D-A4E4-7DF723ED491B@microsoft.com...

>>>> My computer crashed completely, running XP with Outlook 2003. I
>>>> bought a
>>>> new
>>>> one running Vista and reloaded Outlook 2003. The only way to get my
>>>> contacts
>>>> back on the new laptop was to run a sync from my iPhone and it did
>>>> return
>>>> all
>>>> my contacts to Outlook. However, I can not add any contacts to a new
>>>> distribution list because the dialogue box to select from has only
>>>> the
>>>> contacts name without any email address. I have tried some fixes
>>>> based on
>>>> previous answers but to no avail. I hope someone can help!

>>>