Delete Wrong AutoComplete Entries in Windows Vista Mail
If you’ve entered the wrong address into the Windows Vista Mail client, you might have problems getting rid of the wrong autocomplete entries in the list. There’s a couple of things you can try to delete the entries in the list.
First, you can use the Down Arrow key to select the incorrect entry in the list, and then use the Delete key to remove the entry.
This usually works, but for some people it just doesn’t work, the wrong addresses come back. What you can do is completely wipe the auto-complete cache in the registry. Start by completely shutting down Windows Vista Mail.
Open up your registry editor by typing in regedit into the start menu search box, and then browse down to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Recently Used Addresses
Once you are there, look for the entries in the right-hand side. Delete everything other than the (Default) key.
Now you can restart windows vista mail, and all of your auto-complete entries should be gone, including the wrong ones.
Derived from mtnpilot’s thread on the forum.
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Any suggestion on how to do this on
– The auto complete for a text box on a web page.
– A user name and password on a web page. I accidently clicked save password on my bank’s web page. I would like to remove this just for this one web site but keep all the information for all the other web pages.
You can do it in the options page for your browser… if it’s firefox it’s Options \ Security, and IE it’s Options \ Content \ AutoComplete.
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Thanks, e-mail autocomplete advice worked.
Thanks for this – but it doesn’t seem to work if the address you have the problem with is associated with the default address. Even changing the default address, then deleting, then changing the default back doesn’t remove it.
Follow up to my post on October 14. I found that I had entered my ‘return address’ incorrectly in the account set-up in Windows Mail. When I corrected that, the problem was solved by the method originally suggested by the geek. Thanks.
Thank you so much for the instructions. I have had friends’ and family members’ e-mail addresses change, but if I typed their names Windows mail inserted their old addresses, and because their new e-mail addresses were similar to the old (mostly just domain changes), I had to type the whole new one every time or it would auto-insert the old one. Phew!!! Such a relief!
Thank-you Sooooo Much. This absolutely worked for me!
Could not get it to work….aaarrrgggh. Wrong email address still shows up.
I spoke too soon….It worked after I did a shutdown. HOORAY!! and Windows 1-800 # wanted to charge me $60 for a support question. A big thank you to the geek!!
Top advice, This worked a treat
Thanks