How to locate and save the “Auto Complete file” in Outlook 2010/2013 for Windows 7/8.1.
- Open Start Menu.
- Win 7: Select the Windows Start Button.
- Win 8/8.1: Press the Start Button on your keyboard to launch the Windows 8 tile menu or hover your cursor toward the lower left corner of your window to make the Start Button appear.
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- Double-click on Computer if using Windows 7, for Windows 8/8.1 users type Computer and select the Computer tile
- Windows 7
- Windows 8/8.1
- Double-click on Local disk C:
- Double-click on Users folder.
- Double-click on Username of the target user.
- Double-click on the AppData folder.
- Must have administrative privileges
- Double-click on the Local folder.
- Double-click on Microsoft folder.
- Double-click on Outlook.
- Double-click on RoamCache.
- The file that starts with Stream_Autocomplete_**** contains the Autocomplete file used in Office 2013.
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- Save this file to a flash drive or other media target and use it to import the Auto Complete names into another Outlook 2013 account.