If you were previously using Outlook Express on the PC, then the
contacts should be in a WAB file, not the PST.

The Windows Address Book (WAB)
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm

If you were really using the PST file, then you had to have been using
Office Outlook program, and will need to reinstall that program if not
installed.

Use the following newsgroups for questions or problems with Office
Outlook97/98/2000+
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.calendaring
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.contacts
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.outlook.fax
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...k.installation
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.interop
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.printing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...program_addIns
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....program_forms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.program_vba
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.teamfolders
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...thirdpartyutil

You can also get to the Outlook97/98/2000+ newsgroups via this web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx
There select Desktop Applications then Outlook

For help with Outlook97/98/2000+ see:
Slipstick Systems Outlook and Exchange Solutions Center
http://www.slipstick.com/index.htm


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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"allen1000" wrote in message
...
I'm not real familiar with OE so can you tell me how to set OE to use
my PST
file as it's default (you said it did not use PST files). Thank you
for your
response, but can you give me a little more info.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"allen1000" wrote in message
...
I recently restored an image of a HD and without OE 6 setup on it,
another
group setup OE6 on it and now I need to put the CONTACTS back in
Outlook
Express. I have found the PST file on the old backup of the pc but
don't
know how to use it recover the contacts. When I look on the pc I
don't
find
a PST file on it. The pc has XP Pro. Can someone tell me how to
get the
contacts back into OE6 from the old PST file ?

OE doesn't use or read PST files; open Outlook, set your PST file as
its
default and export the Contacts as a CSV file. OE's Address Book can
import
from.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in Newsgroup, not by email.