diff --git a/lib/native/windows-64/jmsoutlookaddrbook.dll b/lib/native/windows-64/jmsoutlookaddrbook.dll
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diff --git a/lib/native/windows/jmsoutlookaddrbook.dll b/lib/native/windows/jmsoutlookaddrbook.dll
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diff --git a/src/native/addrbook/msoutlook/Makefile b/src/native/addrbook/msoutlook/Makefile
index c36024c8a..2f5362dd0 100644
--- a/src/native/addrbook/msoutlook/Makefile
+++ b/src/native/addrbook/msoutlook/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ endif
 
 CPPFLAGS = -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/win32 -I$(OUTLOOK_MAPI_HEADERS) -I..
 LDFLAGS = -shared -Wl,--kill-at
-LIBS = -lmapi32 -luuid
+LIBS = -lmapi32 -luuid -ladvapi32
 TARGET = ../../../../lib/native/windows$(ARCH)/$(TARGET_BASENAME).dll
 
 $(TARGET): \
diff --git a/src/native/addrbook/msoutlook/MsOutlookMAPI.h b/src/native/addrbook/msoutlook/MsOutlookMAPI.h
index 8bacf6ba4..1fcba9252 100644
--- a/src/native/addrbook/msoutlook/MsOutlookMAPI.h
+++ b/src/native/addrbook/msoutlook/MsOutlookMAPI.h
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@
 #include <mapitags.h>
 #include <mapix.h>
 
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#include <windows.h>
+
 #endif /* #ifndef _NET_JAVA_SIP_COMMUNICATOR_PLUGIN_ADDRBOOK_MSOUTLOOK_MSOUTLOOKMAPI_H_ */
diff --git a/src/native/addrbook/msoutlook/net_java_sip_communicator_plugin_addrbook_msoutlook_MsOutlookAddrBookContactSourceService.cxx b/src/native/addrbook/msoutlook/net_java_sip_communicator_plugin_addrbook_msoutlook_MsOutlookAddrBookContactSourceService.cxx
index f4d2f324f..14446b0aa 100644
--- a/src/native/addrbook/msoutlook/net_java_sip_communicator_plugin_addrbook_msoutlook_MsOutlookAddrBookContactSourceService.cxx
+++ b/src/native/addrbook/msoutlook/net_java_sip_communicator_plugin_addrbook_msoutlook_MsOutlookAddrBookContactSourceService.cxx
@@ -10,14 +10,138 @@
 #include "MsOutlookMAPI.h"
 #include "MsOutlookMAPIHResultException.h"
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
 Java_net_java_sip_communicator_plugin_addrbook_msoutlook_MsOutlookAddrBookContactSourceService_MAPIInitialize
     (JNIEnv *jniEnv, jclass clazz, jlong version, jlong flags)
 {
-    MAPIINIT_0 mapiInit = { (ULONG) version, (ULONG) flags };
-    HRESULT hResult;
+    HKEY officeKey;
+    HRESULT hResult = MAPI_E_NO_SUPPORT;
+
+    /*
+     * In the absence of a default e-mail program, MAPIInitialize may show a
+     * dialog to notify of the fact. The dialog is undesirable here. Because we
+     * implement ContactSourceService for Microsoft Outlook, we will try to
+     * mitigate the problem by implementing an ad-hoc check whether Microsoft
+     * Outlook is installed.
+     */
+    if (ERROR_SUCCESS
+            == RegOpenKeyEx(
+                    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
+                    _TEXT("Software\\Microsoft\\Office"),
+                    0,
+                    KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS,
+                    &officeKey))
+    {
+        DWORD i = 0;
+        TCHAR installRootKeyName[
+                255 /* The size limit of key name as documented in MSDN */
+                    + 20 /* \Outlook\InstallRoot */
+                    + 1 /* The terminating null character */ ];
+
+        while (1)
+        {
+            LONG regEnumKeyEx;
+            DWORD subkeyNameLength = 255 + 1;
+            LPTSTR str;
+            HKEY installRootKey;
+            DWORD pathValueType;
+            DWORD pathValueSize;
+
+            regEnumKeyEx
+                = RegEnumKeyEx(
+                        officeKey,
+                        i,
+                        installRootKeyName, &subkeyNameLength,
+                        NULL,
+                        NULL, NULL,
+                        NULL);
+            if (ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS == regEnumKeyEx)
+                break;
+
+            i++;
+            if (ERROR_SUCCESS != regEnumKeyEx)
+                continue;
+
+            str = installRootKeyName + subkeyNameLength;
+            memcpy(str, _TEXT("\\Outlook\\InstallRoot"), 20 * sizeof(TCHAR));
+            *(str + 20) = 0;
+            if ((ERROR_SUCCESS
+                    == RegOpenKeyEx(
+                            officeKey,
+                            installRootKeyName,
+                            0,
+                            KEY_QUERY_VALUE,
+                            &installRootKey))
+                && (ERROR_SUCCESS
+                    == RegQueryValueEx(
+                            installRootKey,
+                            _TEXT("Path"),
+                            NULL,
+                            &pathValueType,
+                            NULL, &pathValueSize))
+                && (REG_SZ == pathValueType)
+                && pathValueSize)
+            {
+                LPTSTR pathValue;
+
+                /*
+                 * MSDN says "the string may not have been stored with the
+                 * proper terminating null characters."
+                 */
+                pathValueSize
+                    += sizeof(TCHAR)
+                        * (12 /* \Outlook.exe */
+                            + 1 /* The terminating null character */);
 
-    hResult = MAPIInitialize(&mapiInit);
+                if (pathValueSize <= sizeof(installRootKeyName))
+                    pathValue = installRootKeyName;
+                else
+                {
+                    pathValue = (TCHAR *) malloc(pathValueSize);
+                    if (!pathValue)
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+                if (ERROR_SUCCESS
+                        == RegQueryValueEx(
+                                installRootKey,
+                                _TEXT("Path"),
+                                NULL,
+                                NULL,
+                                (LPBYTE) pathValue, &pathValueSize))
+                {
+                    DWORD pathValueLength = pathValueSize / sizeof(TCHAR);
+
+                    if (pathValueLength)
+                    {
+                        DWORD fileAttributes;
+
+                        str = pathValue + (pathValueLength - 1);
+                        if (*str)
+                            str++;
+                        memcpy(str, "\\Outlook.exe", 12 * sizeof(TCHAR));
+                        *(str + 12) = 0;
+
+                        fileAttributes = GetFileAttributes(pathValue);
+                        if (INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES != fileAttributes)
+                        {
+                            MAPIINIT_0 mapiInit
+                                = { (ULONG) version, (ULONG) flags };
+
+                            hResult = MAPIInitialize(&mapiInit);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (pathValue != installRootKeyName)
+                    free(pathValue);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     if (HR_FAILED(hResult))
     {
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/addrbook/AddrBookActivator.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/addrbook/AddrBookActivator.java
index ceeeb1cdf..86ad3ee09 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/addrbook/AddrBookActivator.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/addrbook/AddrBookActivator.java
@@ -69,7 +69,17 @@ else if (OSUtils.IS_MAC)
         else
             return;
 
-        css = (ContactSourceService) Class.forName(cssClassName).newInstance();
+        try
+        {
+            css
+                = (ContactSourceService)
+                    Class.forName(cssClassName).newInstance();
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            logger.error("Failed to instantiate " + cssClassName, ex);
+            return;
+        }
         try
         {
             cssServiceRegistration