Backing up Outlook Express Address Book

[Wheatridge]

For the past 5 years or so I have been backing up my
address book by exporting the .wab file to a floppy.
Today the export as well as import functions are "grayed
out". From OE I can export the data as 'comma delinieated
files' but it is much better as a .wab file. How do I do
this? What has happened to the export feature?

 

[PA Bear]

Is MS Office or Outlook also (recently) installed?
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[Wheatridge]

Yes, I did activate Outlook recently, even though I have
had it ever since I bought the computer. I used Outlook
for a short time and reverted back to OE. Outlook had too
much content for my uses now. I have been able to
export my address book until now. My activation of
Outlook was just about the time I last backed up my
address book, so as you ask their might be a connection.
Thanks for any help or sugestions you might have.

 

[PA Bear]

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)?

If not, STOP; If so, Address Book is configured to share contacts with
Outlook, even if you don't use it (can happen with the install of Office).
Change the value to 0 (zero), Address Book should be available to you and
all should be well. (If that DWORD is not present, don't create it, and
don't alter any other DWORD values.)

Note that any changes (additions, deletions, edits) made while sharing was
enabled will not be available (displayed) in Address Book when sharing is
disabled.

cf. http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/wab.htm#share
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=191946
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=269777