Tranferrimg Address Book (*.wab)

[Gerry Gerish]

How can I transfer the addresses from my notebook Address Book to the newly
installed WindowsXP on my Desktop PC?
I tried File>Import...., but no luck.
Thanks for any help,
Gerry

 

[Rey Santos]

In Outlook Express, On the laptop select File --> Export and select Address
book. Copy that onto the new computer, choose File --> Import, and select
the file. That should do it!

 

[Rey Santos]

To make it more clearer, on the laptop select File --> Export and select
Address book > I recommend that you choose the Text File (comma-separated
values-CSV) format as it's more portable and can be recovered if something
happens since it's just a basic text file > Name the file (ex. Address) >
click the Next button > check the boxes for the fields you wish to export >
click Finish. On the Desktop, choose File --> Import > Other Address Book >
Text File (comma-separated values-CSV) > click the Import button > Browse to
the file > click Open > click Finish.

 

[Gerry Gerish]

Thank you very much, Rey, I will try that.
Gerry

To make it more clearer, on the laptop select File --> Export and select
Address book > I recommend that you choose the Text File (comma-separated
values-CSV) format as it's more portable and can be recovered if something
happens since it's just a basic text file > Name the file (ex. Address) >
click the Next button > check the boxes for the fields you wish to export
click Finish. On the Desktop, choose File --> Import > Other Address Book
Text File (comma-separated values-CSV) > click the Import button > Browse
to
the file > click Open > click Finish.

 

[Gerry Gerish]

I just finished the Import of the Address Book and thanks to your detailed
instructions you have saved me a lot of time.
Gerry

 

[PA Bear]

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx <=includes info on Windows Mail in Vista

Importing OE Data (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (last paragraph)

About OE Files & Settings
http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm

About OE Registry Keys
http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm

Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff
(Please read the caveats about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

--
OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

 

[Rey Santos]

You did it. Congratulations!
--
Rey

I just finished the Import of the Address Book and thanks to your detailed
instructions you have saved me a lot of time.
Gerry