Importing address book from OE

[Nathan]

How do I import the address book from OE into Outlook? I have exported the
dbx files to another disk but don't see a way to import that data.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You must import/export from Outlook Express, not the raw data file.

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After furious head scratching, Nathan asked:

| How do I import the address book from OE into Outlook? I have
| exported the dbx files to another disk but don't see a way to import
| that data.

 

[Gordon]

How do I import the address book from OE into Outlook? I have exported the
dbx files to another disk but don't see a way to import that data.

Firstly dbx files are your MAIL folders and not your addressbook.
You need to import that data into OE on the new machine and then
import/export.

Have a look here:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/

BTW, this newsgroup is for support of Outlook
97/98/2000/2002/2003 from the Office suite of products. Outlook
Express is actually a separate program despite the similar name.

For help with your OE questions, try an OE newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress (for OE 6), or
an OE help website such as http://insideOE.tomsterdam.com. If you're
accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services "Community Newsgroups" web interface, click
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer
to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next to
your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group for that
version number. Good luck!