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.

For my own preference, I open the Address Book | File | Export | Address
Book (wab) and send it to a user created folder, (Backups), in My Documents
where I also send Favorites and some others. From there, I burn that and my
other personal folders in My Docs to CD. No need to hunt for it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Marty" wrote in message
...
Thank you PA, and to Singapore and Mac. With the information in these
responses I was able to find the files, including the one with the tilde,
and back them up on the CD.

I still don't understand why I get -0- results when I do a search on .wab,
but that's a curiosity, not a problem.

Thanks again to all.

"PA Bear" wrote in message
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In WindowsXP, 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
View.

OE creates and automatically maintains a back-up of your Address Book.
If yours is marty.wab, you should also have/find a file named marty.wab~
(WAB extension plus a tilde).

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

OE Files & Settings
http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

Marty wrote:
I'm trying to back up some files to a CD. I can figure out how to do the
other files I want, such as My Documents and Favorites, but not the
address
book. The last time I did this I had the address book on there, but I
didn't
write down what I did. If I read the old CD, it appears that the file
name
is marty.wab, but I get nothing if I search for that or just .wab.