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Outlook address book import
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Upgrading a /machine/ from Win98 to WinXP does not convert a WAB file to anything. (Or by "upgrading" do you mean that /you/ upgraded from a Win98 machine to a new WinXP machine?) This page may shed some light on something: Mail Folders, Address Book, Messages Missing After Upgrade to XP http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;q313055 But I remain confused: Was Outlook Express the default Mail Client in Win98? Is Outlook the default now in WinXP? Are you trying to export your OL Contacts and then import then into OL on another machine? ...when I go to the address book page the file Import/Export are greyed out all the time. Where is this "address book page" you go to, in OL? I think you may be better off posting to one of these OL-specific newsgroups, Don: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.Contacts news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.General -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security donvan wrote: 1. I do not have the WAB file now. The Win98 os was upgraded to XP sp2. The address book in Win98 was a WAB file but after the upgrade to XP I cannot determine what the address book file was converted to. 2. The file Import/Export on the main page of OL are not greyed out: but when I go to the address book page the file Import/Export are greyed out all the time. 3. I do not have the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER "PA Bear" wrote: So you have (1) an old WAB file, and (2) if you open this WAB file in WinXP, File Import and Export are grayed out, correct? 1. Do you want to import the contents of this WAB file into OE or OL? 2. Do you have this Registry key?... HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \WAB \WAB4 If not, STOP; If so, is there a DWORD named UseOutlook and is its value set to 1 (one)? -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security donvan wrote: OL 2000 and Office 2000 are installed on both machines and XP sp2 home edition on both machines. Originally I was using win 98 and the address book was in a .wab file, after the upgrade to XP the address book entries are intact and usable but I cannot determine how to transfer the file. I cannot locate any .wab files and the .pst files that are on the old machine do not seem to contain the address book data. I also tried .pab files and cannot locate any. Hope you can help, thanks. "PA Bear" wrote: Rephrased: Are you using OE or OL on your machine? Is OL or Office also installed on your machine? Is OE or OL being used on the other machine? In what format is the exported file (e.g., WAB, PST, CSV)? Is OL or Office also installed on the machine? -- ~PA Bear donvan wrote: Thanks for reply PA The results are the same on either Outlook and Outlook Express on my machine and either one on other machine! "PA Bear" wrote: On your machine: Outlook or Outlook Express? On the other machine: Outlook or Outlook Express? -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security In Memoriam, MVP Alex Nichol (1935-2005) http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/nichol.mspx donvan wrote: I have been trying to import address book from another PC. In address book under file, the import/export options are dimmed out. How can I get them on so I can import ? |
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