outlook_autocomplete_reader

A simple rust tool that can read an outlook contacts autocomplete file and converts it to a csv or vcf file.

Download and compiling

Precompiled builds can be downloaded from my jenkins server. Alternatively, the program can be compiled with the following command: cargo build --release

Usage

1. Close and reopen outlook to ensure the cached autocomplete file is up-to-date.
2. Find the cached outlook autocomplete file. It should be in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Outlook\RoamCache and begins with Stream_Autocomplete_...
3. If the file does not exist, it is possible to extract this file from your outlook data file. How to do this can be read at Microsoft
4. Download the outlook_autocomplete_reader tool from my jenkins server and execute it with the command line:

# Converts the autocomplete list to a csv
outlook_autocomplete_reader-win64.exe --file C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\RoamCache\Stream_Autocomplete_0_xxxx.dat -o contacts.csv --output-format csv
# Converts the autocomplete list to a vcard file
outlook_autocomplete_reader-win64.exe --file C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\RoamCache\Stream_Autocomplete_0_xxxx.dat -o contacts.vcf --output-format vcard

5. If something is not working, please execute the tool with the verbose flag (-v) and create a github issue.