Vista - Corrected contact email address ignored by Windows Mail?

Subject: Corrected contact email address ignored by Window Mail?

Problem: A friend called, totally frustrated by the following Windows Mail
phenomenon; He entered a new contact email address. Later, he saw that he
had made an error, and corrected it. The corrected email address now shows
in contacts.

Problem is, when he creates a new email to this person, the 'system'
defaults to the incorrect address when he starts typing the name into the
'To:' line. If he goes into contacts and chooses the name, from the contact
list it is entered correctly? - Help appreciated - IM

"Imageman" <Images@Clean.New> wrote in message
news:cpWdnTcK0t0rv3LYnZ2dnUVZ_q6vnZ2d@giganews.com...
> Subject: Corrected contact email address ignored by Window Mail?
>
> Problem: A friend called, totally frustrated by the following Windows Mail
> phenomenon; He entered a new contact email address. Later, he saw that he
> had made an error, and corrected it. The corrected email address now shows
> in contacts.
>
> Problem is, when he creates a new email to this person, the 'system'
> defaults to the incorrect address when he starts typing the name into the
> 'To:' line. If he goes into contacts and chooses the name, from the
> contact list it is entered correctly? - Help appreciated - IM


simply press the delete button when the wrong addy is shown. It goes away.

--
John the West Ham fan
housetrained@hotmail.com

"Imageman" <Images@Clean.New> wrote in message news:cpWdnTcK0t0rv3LYnZ2dnUVZ_q6vnZ2d@giganews.com...
> Subject: Corrected contact email address ignored by Window Mail?
>
> Problem: A friend called, totally frustrated by the following Windows Mail
> phenomenon; He entered a new contact email address. Later, he saw that he
> had made an error, and corrected it. The corrected email address now shows
> in contacts.
>
> Problem is, when he creates a new email to this person, the 'system'
> defaults to the incorrect address when he starts typing the name into the
> 'To:' line. If he goes into contacts and chooses the name, from the contact
> list it is entered correctly? - Help appreciated - IM

The last 13-26 sent email addressees are saved in the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Recently Used Addresses

You can edit that key, but eventually the entries will be overwritten by later entries.

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Gary VanderMolen