What makes you think you even have an "old address book file?" There is no
such thing. Outlook has stored all it information in PST files forever. It
has never stored any information in a PAB file. If you transferred your PST
file, you have all the Contact data you have ever had.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Linda" wrote in message
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Thanks for your help. Will that allow me to open my old address file to
retrieve all of my addresses?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Outlook has not used a PAB file for a decade. You need to remove it and
follow the standard steps to configure your Outlook Address Book Service
posted here daily:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Linda" wrote in message
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I have searched for hours for an answer to this and have tried
everything
suggested to no avail; I thought I'd ask my question direct prior to
throwing
in the towel. I have office 2003 and imported my .pst file after
reinstalling
(now I know importing is a no-no). All of my email and folders imported
correctly, but I have no addresses. I see that I have a .pab file in
the
appropriate path, so I went to tools, email accts, view or change
directory.
I have tried adding, changing, have made this a personal address book
with
the path to the .pab, I have tried the personal address book with the
path
to
the .pst, and nothing in my old address book shows up. I am soon going
to
upgrade to outlook 2007 in hopes of avoiding this in the future - I
have
never been able to save any of my addresses when I have to reload
outlook
and
always have a backup .pst file. Aaaaargh! Please help!