Address book import/export

[Darrell S]

For some reason now when I enter OE's Address Book and click on File.... the
import and export lines are grayed out and not available. If I leave
Address Book and go back to straight Outlook Express if I click on File....
and choose Import.... Address Book.... it sets up for me to import wab files
OK. But if I click on File...Export....Address Book it only shows Text File
(comma separated values) as my only option. I want to export as wab file.
Any ideas?

 

[Sleepless in Seattle]

Simply copy the wab file then dummy.

 

[Darrell S]

I've already done that. I was looking for a way to correct my grayed out
import/export items in my OE Address Book. Any ideas on that, dummy?

 

[PA Bear]

Is MS Outlook (or MS Office) also installed?

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://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm#share
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[Darrell S]

Is MS Outlook (or MS Office) also installed?

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://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm#share

Thanks, Pa Bear,
That did the trick. I previously exported addresses from OE to Outlook
and that must have been what changed my
DWORD values from 0 to 1.

 

[PA Bear]

Thanks, Pa Bear,
That did the trick. I previously exported addresses from OE to Outlook
and that must have been what changed my
DWORD values from 0 to 1.

YW. No, the mere install of Office, Outlook or updates to either program
can make the change but exporting contacts from Address Book to Outlook
doesn't. Thanks for posting back.