Press Enter and you should see a list like this:Ģ) Arrange the files by date by clicking on the top ‘Date’ column, organising newest at the top.ģ) The file we are interested in is the one you last used before you setup a new profile or before you moved PCs, it’s also normally the largest (contains the most autocomplete entries), so have a look for the target file that starts with: Here are the steps you need to take to transfer your old autocomplete file to the new computer or outlook profile.ġ) Close all open instances of Outlook and find your autocomplete files by right clicking on your Windows start button (bottom left) and selecting ‘Run’ and pasting this command in: %localappdata%\Microsoft\Outlook\RoamCache How to transfer autocomplete to a new PC or Outlook profile? When Outlook autocomplete is not working there are some simple steps you can take below to fix the issue. When you do this and do not transfer across the autocomplete file you will have lost your autocomplete entries that you had built up on your old profile/PC.
To see how Outlook autocomplete works please check the example image below.Īs mentioned above you may have upgraded your PC and moved to a new one, or you may have created a new Outlook profile for some reason. People often forget that after years of using Outlook and emailing / replying to people you would have built up a huge but veru useful autocomplete file and it’s often overlooked when IT staff transfer your email to your new computers. This feature has been around for years and is very useful, however when backing up Outlook data via a PST export the autocomplete list does not get included. saving you the time and effort of looking up the email address yourself. When you create a new email and start to type someones email address Outlook will autocomplete the email address for you. Outlook autocomplete is a feature built into Microsoft Outlook.
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