Names.NSF file Not Yet Opened Error

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Need some help…

After running a system registry clean up (Max Secure’s “Registry Cleaner”), and opening up Notes, I receive an error message “Names.NSF database has not yet opened”. After clicking on the “OK” button it takes me to the Welcome screen. But I then cannot successfully access my contact directory without running a whole host of errors.

I checked the paths listed subject to removal by the registry cleaner and there is no reference to names.nsf or the path c:\notes\data\names.nsf. If I do a restore to the registry clean up all works fine.

Seems Notes is pulling on something other than Name.nsf file that is impacting the database. Anyone familiar with this?

Thanks.

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Subject: Names.NSF file Not Yet Opened Error

I have seen this when the Notes crashed crashed and Names NSF was corrupted. I traced the problem to the fact that it was trying to do a consistency check on the Names.nsf and therefore could not open it. It was some time ago so I can’t remember exactly what I did, but I think that I copied names.nsf to a server and went to the Admin client and ran Compact and/or Fixup. After that I copied it back to the client and was able to run the client properly.

Hope that helps.