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When I am composing I want TB to recognise the different address books I have when I type the destination name(s) in the To: bar. when composing the email. I have several different address books. I could do this in when using W10 but I have just moved to W11 and imported the old address books, I note that on import they have a slightly different directory structure (they are no longer sub-directories.) - they are directories - see images attached (W11...).

Now compare that with the W10 image (file W10...) and note the difference.

There were no instructions about getting W11 into W10 structure and no warning about the consequences of not doing this. Presumably there is a method - but I didn ot find it on the change over.

I cannot just move the directories around in the All Address Books pane which is what I expected to be able to do.

The Capture file shows TB on W10 picking up the RSSNI_LGC address book when I have only typed in RSSN

Please advise as it is currently a pain in the rear.

Best

Gilbert MacKenzie

gilbert.mackenzie.cbs@gmail.com

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Thank you,

Karen Walden bkwalden@diamondnet.us