Do you have this Registry key?...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4

If not, STOP; If so, is there a DWORD named UseOutlook (NB: no space) and is
its value set to 1 (one)?

If not, STOP; If so, Address Book is configured to share contacts with
Outlook, even if you don't use it (can happen with the install of Office).
Change the value to 0 (zero), Address Book should be available to you and
all should be well. (If that DWORD is not present, don't create it, and
don't alter any other DWORD values.)

Note that any changes (additions, deletions, edits) made while sharing was
enabled will not be available (displayed) in Address Book when sharing is
disabled.

cf. http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm#share
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=191946
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org


JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
I normally run OE6, but about 2 weeks back, I had to start Outlook 2000
for
the first time so I could see what a remote user was looking at.
Apparently,
I allowed contact sharing without understanding what the result would be.
Today, I went to back up my .wab file and found that its last modification
date was minutes before I started Outlook. Having done a bit of research,
I
understand why. But, I've made lots of changes to my addresses since then,
and would like to revert to using the .wab file. Is there a way to convert
data from Outlook's .pst file directly to a .wab file, or am I stuck with
having to use the intermediate CSV format?