can anyone help?

Dave Grothusen · Post by **Dave Grothusen** » 6 Mar 2004 6:56 am

I have a new computer and now have my old hard drive installed as a slave. I have no problem accessing my pictures and files on the old drive but can not find out how to access and import my addrss book and email from the old Outlook Express to the new one. I am running XP Home.

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 6 Mar 2004 7:17 am

You can save and export them as a file, then import in the new Outlook.
I'm not quite sure how you do this, but I would guess you'll find out if you go to "File" and choose "Import and Export" in your Outlook.

Steinar

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Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 6 Mar 2004 2:08 pm

Your mailbox folders have the extension .dbx, and the address book the extension .wab. Find these on your old hard drive and copy them to the new hard drive to the same location. (If the location is the same in XP as it is in 98. To make sure, search for these same folders on the new HD to see if they _are_ in the same location.)This might work.

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Ernie Renn · Post by **Ernie Renn** » 6 Mar 2004 2:17 pm

If you find it on the old drive, I think you can also import stuff with the program.

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Dave Grothusen · Post by **Dave Grothusen** » 6 Mar 2004 4:25 pm

OK we are starting to get somewhere. I did a search of the now F drive and found the .dbx files but I can't find the .wab files, which I think are the addresses.
Thanks for the help. Anything further?

Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 6 Mar 2004 11:13 pm

The .wab file (and the .dbx files) on Win 98 were located somewhere in the Windows directory. You may not have saved the .wab file when you were saving your other files. If that's the case, it's probably history, unless you have a backup that has it.

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Everett Cox · Post by **Everett Cox** » 6 Mar 2004 11:20 pm

Dave--For the .WAB file, try:
C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book

--Everett

Chippy Wood · Post by **Chippy Wood** » 7 Mar 2004 1:44 am

Start,
search,
*wab,
choose the openbook icon with .wab

XP Pro

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Dave Grothusen · Post by **Dave Grothusen** » 7 Mar 2004 6:48 am

Thanks for all your help. I did find them. I have not been able to import to the new HD yet but at least I have them found. Copied the address book last night.
Thanks again.

winston · Post by **winston** » 9 Mar 2004 7:04 am

Everet is right about the location. All you have to do is open both drives to the same location and drag the address book from the old drive to the new drive. When it asks if you want to replace the address book just say yes.