[RESOLVED] Outlook 2007 Most Recently Used (MRU) lists

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June 10th, 2008, 07:40 PM
BOB IROC

[RESOLVED] Outlook 2007 Most Recently Used (MRU) lists

Can anyone point me in the right direction on steps or instructions on how to extract the MRU list off of one computer and move it to another. I have an assistant superintendent that got a new laptop that replaced his desktop and she wants to know what happened to her contacts. After speaking with her I determined she meant the contacts that were cached in the Most Recently Used lists. I searched microsoft and the internet and found lots of information on how to clear the list but none on how to export it. I suspect I could do a profile transfer but that I want to avoid as her profile was kind of corrupt in the first place.
June 11th, 2008, 11:06 AM
NooNoo

Can you not just export the key? Not tried it myself, but I don't see why that wouldn't work? Thinking about it, you would need to export the new key as well - open both in notepad and then copy and paste the mru's from the old to the new since the identity key will be different.
June 13th, 2008, 01:33 PM
timothyj98

Outlook 2007:

All I did was search for *.NK2 on the old system and copied that file to the new system in same location. The MRU was back and my client was happen.
June 13th, 2008, 03:03 PM
BOB IROC

Quote:

Originally Posted by timothyj98

Outlook 2007:

All I did was search for *.NK2 on the old system and copied that file to the new system in same location. The MRU was back and my client was happen.

Thank YOu I will give that a try on Monday.
June 25th, 2008, 03:30 PM
BOB IROC

Sorry for the delayed response but Thank You that worked. Process has been noted in our Help Desk Program for reference later.
July 2nd, 2008, 12:26 PM
timothyj98

Awesome!!

Thanks for writing back.. On vacation here - back to work I go..
October 25th, 2012, 12:02 PM
kchorn96

This fix worked perfectly for me.

I have to say that finding the answer to this issue and implementing it was the quickest and easiest fix for a tech issue I've ever experienced. It was so quick and will save me so much time that I took the time to register for windrivers just to post this comment.
October 25th, 2012, 12:06 PM
kchorn96

Oh, and in case you don't want to search the whole c drive, I found mine in:
C:\Documents and Settings\{my user name}\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
October 25th, 2012, 01:06 PM
Niclo Iste

I'm glad you found your answer so quickly and welcome to WinDrivers :)