...When I had shut down my computer this morning because
they were putting a new electric box on our house...

Did you *unplug* your computer from the electrical outlet?

Judging from your other replies to this thread, it sounds like you didn't
and that perhaps a power surge damaged your computer. If so, TURN OFF YOUR
COMPUTER NOW! and don't turn it on again. Take it to a local, reputable,
and independent shop (i.e., not BigBoxStore USA; not Geek Squad) and see if
a skilled technician can recover your data.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Kristie Gustafson wrote:
I don't understand either! But when I logged into my email this afternoon
it had changed and I received a "Welcome to Outlook Express 6" email at
1:06
PM??

I did the *.wab search before and my address book was empty!

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
I do not understand. You are posting using XP/SP2. You always had OE6 on
it. No other version of OE has ever come with XP.

Do an Advanced search and include Hidden Files and Folders. Search for:

*.wab
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
No I didn't install a new windows version. In fact I'm not quite sure
how I
got the OE6 update? When I had shut down my computer this morning
because
they were putting a new electric box on our house, it said there were
updates being installed - I didn't pay attention to it - then when I
turned
it back on this afternoon, I had OE6??

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can only update to OE6 by installing a new Windows version, i.e.
Win98 to XP. Is this what you did? Tell us a little more.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
When my OE was updated to OE 6 I lost all of my contacts!!!
How can I get them back????