I've always been able to find pst and pab files in older versions but in 2003
I can't fine them anywhere.

I've looked where the help file claims they should be and I've done a search
for *.pst and *.pab and absolutely nothing come back.

I used the standard install when I loaded 2003, nothing special or different.

I've already lost my mail and address book from one lap top and I'd really
like to not lose those files a second time when I move off of this machine.

SEarch using hidden files/folders in Windows search. Depending on the version you used, the .pab may not exist as it has been extinct for several versions.

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After furious head scratching, ladywnch asked:

| I've always been able to find pst and pab files in older versions but
| in 2003 I can't fine them anywhere.
|
| I've looked where the help file claims they should be and I've done a
| search for *.pst and *.pab and absolutely nothing come back.
|
| I used the standard install when I loaded 2003, nothing special or
| different.
|
| I've already lost my mail and address book from one lap top and I'd
| really like to not lose those files a second time when I move off of
| this machine.

I searched for hidden files and found nothing. what am I looking for if not
pab and pst files? what are personal folders and address book/contacts
called these days?

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> SEarch using hidden files/folders in Windows search. Depending on the version you used, the .pab may not exist as it has been extinct for several versions.
>
> --�
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
> unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
> reading.
>
> After furious head scratching, ladywnch asked:
>
> | I've always been able to find pst and pab files in older versions but
> | in 2003 I can't fine them anywhere.
> |
> | I've looked where the help file claims they should be and I've done a
> | search for *.pst and *.pab and absolutely nothing come back.
> |
> | I used the standard install when I loaded 2003, nothing special or
> | different.
> |
> | I've already lost my mail and address book from one lap top and I'd
> | really like to not lose those files a second time when I move off of
> | this machine.
>

All contact information is contained in the .pst file. The .pab file has been obsolete since outlook 2000.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, ladywnch asked:

| I searched for hidden files and found nothing. what am I looking for
| if not pab and pst files? what are personal folders and address
| book/contacts called these days?
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| SEarch using hidden files/folders in Windows search. Depending on
|| the version you used, the .pab may not exist as it has been extinct
|| for several versions.
||
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|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, ladywnch asked:
||
||| I've always been able to find pst and pab files in older versions
||| but in 2003 I can't fine them anywhere.
|||
||| I've looked where the help file claims they should be and I've done
||| a search for *.pst and *.pab and absolutely nothing come back.
|||
||| I used the standard install when I loaded 2003, nothing special or
||| different.
|||
||| I've already lost my mail and address book from one lap top and I'd
||| really like to not lose those files a second time when I move off of
||| this machine.

As posted in my original note, I can't find PST files anywhere on my laptop.
I run a search (including hidden files) for *.pst and nothiing is returned.
this has happened on 2 different laptops.

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> All contact information is contained in the .pst file. The .pab file has been obsolete since outlook 2000.
>
> --�
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
> unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
> reading.
>
> After furious head scratching, ladywnch asked:
>
> | I searched for hidden files and found nothing. what am I looking for
> | if not pab and pst files? what are personal folders and address
> | book/contacts called these days?
> |
> | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> |
> || SEarch using hidden files/folders in Windows search. Depending on
> || the version you used, the .pab may not exist as it has been extinct
> || for several versions.
> ||
> || --�
> || Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> ||
> || Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
> || unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
> || reading.
> ||
> || After furious head scratching, ladywnch asked:
> ||
> ||| I've always been able to find pst and pab files in older versions
> ||| but in 2003 I can't fine them anywhere.
> |||
> ||| I've looked where the help file claims they should be and I've done
> ||| a search for *.pst and *.pab and absolutely nothing come back.
> |||
> ||| I used the standard install when I loaded 2003, nothing special or
> ||| different.
> |||
> ||| I've already lost my mail and address book from one lap top and I'd
> ||| really like to not lose those files a second time when I move off of
> ||| this machine.
>

if you use Control Panel->MAil Icon->Accounts, can you see the location of the .pst file?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, ladywnch asked:

| As posted in my original note, I can't find PST files anywhere on my
| laptop. I run a search (including hidden files) for *.pst and
| nothiing is returned. this has happened on 2 different laptops.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| All contact information is contained in the .pst file. The .pab
|| file has been obsolete since outlook 2000.
||
|| --�
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, ladywnch asked:
||
||| I searched for hidden files and found nothing. what am I looking
||| for if not pab and pst files? what are personal folders and
||| address book/contacts called these days?
|||
||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|||
|||| SEarch using hidden files/folders in Windows search. Depending on
|||| the version you used, the .pab may not exist as it has been extinct
|||| for several versions.
||||
|||| --�
|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||||
|||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|||| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
|||| without reading.
||||
|||| After furious head scratching, ladywnch asked:
||||
||||| I've always been able to find pst and pab files in older versions
||||| but in 2003 I can't fine them anywhere.
|||||
||||| I've looked where the help file claims they should be and I've
||||| done a search for *.pst and *.pab and absolutely nothing come
||||| back.
|||||
||||| I used the standard install when I loaded 2003, nothing special or
||||| different.
|||||
||||| I've already lost my mail and address book from one lap top and
||||| I'd really like to not lose those files a second time when I move
||||| off of this machine.