How do I move the Windows Address Book from OE6 to Outlook 2003?

[Guest]

I have a huge number of addresses in my old Outlook Express 6 file. Now that
I have moved to Outlook 2003, how can I access those? I don't want to have
to manually reenter every one of them!

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Import them into Outlook. FIle->Import and Export...

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After furious head scratching, Boomer asked:

| I have a huge number of addresses in my old Outlook Express 6 file.
| Now that I have moved to Outlook 2003, how can I access those? I
| don't want to have to manually reenter every one of them!

 

[Guest]

Tried that. It doesn't work. The files are in an xxx.wab file, which I put

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You need to have them available in Outlook Express first. Then Outlook can import them.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Boomer asked:

| Tried that. It doesn't work. The files are in an xxx.wab file,
| which I put on a thumb drive off the old computer. Outlook can't
| seem to see that file. Any other ideas?
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Import them into Outlook. FIle->Import and Export...
||
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|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Boomer asked:
||
||| I have a huge number of addresses in my old Outlook Express 6 file.
||| Now that I have moved to Outlook 2003, how can I access those? I
||| don't want to have to manually reenter every one of them!