Help find location of files

[Jack Tyler]

I have a problem with XP and I removed the hard drive and put it in a stand
alone case and hooked it into my Vista laptop.
OK
Where can find my address book ?? I found my Favorites and moved them to my
laptop to save for my Desktop after reinstalling XP in my desktop.

 

[BillW50]

In Jack Tyler typed on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:03:46 -0500:

I have a problem with XP and I removed the hard drive and put it in a
stand alone case and hooked it into my Vista laptop.
OK
Where can find my address book ?? I found my Favorites and moved
them to my laptop to save for my Desktop after reinstalling XP in my
desktop.

Search for "*.wab" in the "Documents and Settings" folder.

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Bill
2 Gateway MX6124 - Windows XP SP2
3 Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
2 Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 1GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2 ~ Xandros Linux - Puppy - Ubuntu

 

[Kelly]

If you are using OE:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express

and for the address book:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name

DBX Mail Extractor (MVP Steve Cochran)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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[3c273]

If you use Outlook Express, search for *.wab. Those are your Windows Address
Book files.
Louis

 

[Bruce Hagen]

I have a problem with XP and I removed the hard drive and put it in a stand
alone case and hooked it into my Vista laptop.
OK
Where can find my address book ?? I found my Favorites and moved them to
my laptop to save for my Desktop after reinstalling XP in my desktop.

They are hidden files.

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in
Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run.

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.


Open the Address Book in the old identity and File | Export | Address Book
(wab) to any place on your HDD that is easy for you. The Desktop is fine.
Then, open the Address Book in the new identity and File | Import | Address
Book (wab) and point to where you saved it.

 

[Jack Tyler]

I wanted to add the addresses to my Vista PC but I notice that I can't open
the wab in vista, Thanks for helping me find it.

 

[Elmo]

I wanted to add the addresses to my Vista PC but I notice that I can't open
the wab in Vista, Thanks for helping me find it.

Perhaps Vista's Windows Mail utility has an Import function. Look under
File, Edit, and Tools for such a feature. It might also be necessary to
extract the files in the .csv format before W Mail will import it.