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How to copy the AutoComplete list in Outlook
Phase 1 (Backup)
To export the AutoComplete mailbox message, follow these steps:
- Exit Outlook, and then close Outlook Web Access or Outlook Web App (OWA) on all workstations that are connected to your mailbox.
- Download and install MFCMAPI from https://github.com/stephenegriffin/mfcmapi.
- Run mfcmapi.exe.
- On the Session menu, click Logon.
- If you are prompted for a profile, select the desired profile name, and then click OK.
- In the top pane, locate the line that corresponds to your mailbox, and then double-click it.
- In the left-side navigation pane, expand Root Container, and then expand Top of Information Store or IPM_SUBTREE.
- Right-click the Inbox folder, and then click Open Associated Content Table. This action opens a new MFCMAPI window that contains various properties.
- Under the Subject column, right-click the item that has the subject IPM.Configuration.Autocomplete, and then click Export Message. This action opens the Save Message To File window.
- In the drop-down list, select MSG file (UNICODE), and then click OK.
- Select a folder location to which you want to save the message, and then click Save. Note this location.
Phase 2 (Restore)
To import the AutoComplete mailbox message, follow these steps.
- Exit Outlook, and then close Outlook Web Access or Outlook Web App (OWA) on all workstations that are connected to your mailbox.
- Download and install MFCMAPI from https://github.com/stephenegriffin/mfcmapi.
- Run mfcmapi.exe.
- On the Session menu, click Logon.
- If you are prompted for a profile, select the desired profile name, and then click OK.
- In the top pane, locate the line that corresponds to your mailbox, and then double-click it.
- In the left-side navigation pane, expand Root – Mailbox, and then expand Top of Information Store or IPM_SUBTREE.
- Right-click the Inbox folder, and then click Open Associated Content Table. This action opens a new MFCMAPI window that contains various properties.
- To avoid duplicate entries, you must delete the existing AutoComplete message. Note: Before you delete the IPM.Configuration.Autocomplete message, you must export the message by using the steps in the “How to export the Auto-Complete cache” section.To delete the existing AutoComplete message, follow these steps:
- In the Subject column, locate the item that has the subject IPM.Configuration.Autocomplete.
- Right-click the item, and then click Delete message. This opens the Delete Item window.
- In the drop-down list, select Permanent deletion (deletes to deleted item retention if supported), and then click OK.
- On the Folder menu, click Import, and then click From MSG.
- Locate the .msg file that you created in step 11 of the “How to Export the Auto-Complete List” section, and then click OK.
- In the Load MSG window that appears, select Load message into current folder in the Load style list, and then click OK.
The AutoComplete information is imported from the IPM.Configuration.Autocomplete_<hexadecimal code>.msg, where the placeholder <hexadecimal code> represents a long string of numbers and letters.