Missing address book (.wab) in Outlook Express, trying to export to Outlook
Exported all messages, but get an error when trying to export the address book. Only one .wab file on the computer and it's irrelevant. Wonder if a utility will recover. Is there a way to build a new contact list in Outlook from all of your messages without having to enter all manually?
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Webcc--I am a little confused. I understand that you cannot find a pertinent .wab file to import to Outlook. So you assume it is missing and your question is how to recover it.
Is that correct? Was the Address Book working in OE? Is OE on a different PC from Outlook?
You should have an automatic backup of the OE Address Book file--wa~ or wab~.
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm
Can you find it?
If no help, here is a third party recovery app. http://www.outlookexpressaddressrecovery.recoverytoolbox.com/
And here are general procedures for transferring OE files to Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291602/en-us
Is that correct? Was the Address Book working in OE? Is OE on a different PC from Outlook?
You should have an automatic backup of the OE Address Book file--wa~ or wab~.
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm
Can you find it?
If no help, here is a third party recovery app. http://www.outlookexpressaddressrecovery.recoverytoolbox.com/
And here are general procedures for transferring OE files to Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291602/en-us
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¦Windows 7
A quick way to get there is by opening the Start Menu of Windows and click on your name at the right top.
Open the Contacts folder and press on the Import button. Here you’ll have the option to import the wab-file by choosing the format: Windows Address Book File (Outlook Express contacts).
Once imported, you can use this previous tip to import the contacts from the Windows Contacts into Outlook.
The “Windows Contacts Import Wizard” might be a bit hidden.
or Try this guide for Windows live accounts
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/migratefromoewlm.htm