Thread: CAN YOU RESTORE AN EMAIL DIRECTORY?
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Old September 30th 08, 11:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.outlookexpress,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Default CAN YOU RESTORE AN EMAIL DIRECTORY?
May be relevant: Is MS Outlook also installed?

1. Enable Show Hidden Files and Folders = http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tuto...utorial62.html

2. Open a Windows Explorer Search window (WinKey+F) | Check the Advanced option and the two options directly underneath it | Enter the following in the topmost search box then click on Search Now button:

*.wab*

3. For each OE identity running in your User Profile (cf. http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm), the Search results should yield:

• a WAB file (e.g., JOEKIRK.WAB) and

• a WAB~ file (e.g., JOEKIRK.WAB~ )

The WAB~ file is the back-up Address Book maintained automatically by Windows for each identity (in WinXP SP2 and SP3).

4. Copy the WAB~ file corresponding to your usual identity's WAB file to your clipboard then Paste it to your desktop | Right-click on the desktop file and Rename it with a WAB extension and adding the numeral one (1) to the name (e.g., rename JOEKIRK.WAB~ to JOEKIRK1.WAB) | Double-click on this renamed file to open it: Does it contain the missing Folder?

NB: Don't "do" anything else with it yet, just open & examine it.

In your next reply to this thread, tell me if the renamed file on your desktop contains the missing Folder and tell me this file's name (e.g., JOEKIRK1.WAB).
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"Joe Kirk News A" wrote in message news Good question. I'm referring to a folder of email addresses I accidentally deleted and which was part of my address book.

JK
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What is an "email address directory (e.g., a Folder or Group in Address Book
or the Address Book itself)?

Is MS Outlook also installed?
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Joe Kirk News A wrote:
I had a senior moment (among many) and accidentally deleted one of my
email
address directories. Any ideas or suggestions on how to restore it?

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