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Answer» So i've been POSTING a couple different topics here for the last week, and haven't really solved anything but this is a new issue and very very imporant so i could use some help, as i cant figure it out...... i had to wipe out my 2 computers here and do a clean install of windows xp, media edition if that matters....anyway before i did that i saved everything i think i needed onto an external hard drive and also a flash drive....saved all program files folders..... my problem is that when i try to use outlook express(either new or the one i saved from before the reinstall) i cannot get my address book back, it starts brand new outlook express and i can SEEM to get it back....i've followed online instructions o try to do so but it wont work......... I need help, pleaseDid you use OE to back up your emails and contacts in the first place? This is how you would put them back by using the .mbx file, or back up the Windows Address Book (.wab) file.no i didnt........i just copied the program folders and my documents and SETTINGS folder to a hard drive and flash drive..... i thought i would be able to just drag and drop those folders into the apprpriate spots after reinstalling windows Quote from: king244 on March 05, 2009, 02:55:21 PM no i didnt........i just copied the program folders and my documents and settings folder to a hard drive and flash drive..... i thought i would be able to just drag and drop those folders into the apprpriate spots after reinstalling windows I don't believe that would save your address book. You would have needed to specifically copy or backup Windows Address Book (.wab) file before you did a clean install of windows xp.but wouldnt all of that be copied to the hard and flash drives anyway, without specifically backing up.....i mean the daqta is there to begin with...DEPENDS on how you backed it up...i believe the address book may be in a different directory. Run search on the USB's for .wabi dont think it saved it either, what you did is like trying to open a program short cut on another COMPUTER that doesnt have the program, meaning you pretty much took a picture for lack of better terms of how it looked and nothing came along with it, hopefully you follow me........good luckyeah, thats what i've been thinking too......i was just hoping there was a magic back door to get to it.... thanks for all the replies guys. Quote from: patio on March 06, 2009, 07:19:49 AM Depends on how you backed it up...i believe the address book may be in a different directory. Run search on the USB's for .wab the only thing with the wab is wab.exe in the folder i put on the flash drive, when i click on it ,it brings up OE but with only the new contacts i've been adding since yesterday, not all the ones i originally hadThen your old address book is gone...sorry.

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So i've been POSTING a couple different topics here for the last week, and haven't really solved anything but this is a new issue and very very imporant so i could use some help, as i cant figure it out......
i had to wipe out my 2 computers here and do a clean install of windows xp, media edition if that matters....anyway before i did that i saved everything i think i needed onto an external hard drive and also a flash drive....saved all program files folders.....
my problem is that when i try to use outlook express(either new or the one i saved from before the reinstall) i cannot get my address book back, it starts brand new outlook express and i can SEEM to get it back....i've followed online instructions o try to do so but it wont work.........
I need help, pleaseDid you use OE to back up your emails and contacts in the first place? This is how you would put them back by using the .mbx file,
or back up the Windows Address Book (.wab) file.no i didnt........i just copied the program folders and my documents and SETTINGS folder to a hard drive and flash drive..... i thought i would be able to just drag and drop those folders into the apprpriate spots after reinstalling windows Quote from: king244 on March 05, 2009, 02:55:21 PM

no i didnt........i just copied the program folders and my documents and settings folder to a hard drive and flash drive..... i thought i would be able to just drag and drop those folders into the apprpriate spots after reinstalling windows

I don't believe that would save your address book. You would have needed to specifically copy or backup Windows Address Book (.wab) file before you did a clean install of windows xp.but wouldnt all of that be copied to the hard and flash drives anyway, without specifically backing up.....i mean the daqta is there to begin with...DEPENDS on how you backed it up...i believe the address book may be in a different directory.
Run search on the USB's for *.wabi dont think it saved it either, what you did is like trying to open a program short cut on another COMPUTER that doesnt have the program, meaning you pretty much took a picture for lack of better terms of how it looked and nothing came along with it, hopefully you follow me........good luckyeah, thats what i've been thinking too......i was just hoping there was a magic back door to get to it....
thanks for all the replies guys. Quote from: patio on March 06, 2009, 07:19:49 AM

Depends on how you backed it up...i believe the address book may be in a different directory.
Run search on the USB's for *.wab

the only thing with the wab is wab.exe in the folder i put on the flash drive, when i click on it ,it brings up OE but with only the new contacts i've been adding since yesterday, not all the ones i originally hadThen your old address book is gone...sorry.

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