Outlook "remembered" Email Addresses

Of course many people use Contacts, but many rely on addresses they have typed in but not saved in the Contacts area. Outlook has conveniently saved them and showed them whenever a letter or name is typed - showing the remembered addresses and the Contacts as well. (note, Outlook 200 may take a tab to the next filed or a Alt Enter to see the suggestions.)

But the remembered ones are not saved in the .pst file, so when setting someone's email on a new computer you need to grab more than just the .pst file.

The remembered addresses are kept in a .KN2 file, which is stored in the profile\application data\microsoft\outlook folder.

TRICK: On the new pc, get the profile setup and the .pst in place, then create an email using somebody not in the contacts and send it (or save to drafts). Then exit Outlook. In the aforementioned folder there will be a baby .KN2 file - replace it with their old one, renaming it if necessary to what the new profile created. So to summarize, you have to let the Outlook environment create the .KN2 file, and then replace it.

This has been tested and works for Outlook 2003 and 2007, and presumably 2000 and 2002.