Thanks for your help. Will that allow me to open my old address file to
retrieve all of my addresses?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Outlook has not used a PAB file for a decade. You need to remove it and
follow the standard steps to configure your Outlook Address Book Service
posted here daily:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Linda" wrote in message
...
I have searched for hours for an answer to this and have tried everything
suggested to no avail; I thought I'd ask my question direct prior to
throwing
in the towel. I have office 2003 and imported my .pst file after
reinstalling
(now I know importing is a no-no). All of my email and folders imported
correctly, but I have no addresses. I see that I have a .pab file in the
appropriate path, so I went to tools, email accts, view or change
directory.
I have tried adding, changing, have made this a personal address book with
the path to the .pab, I have tried the personal address book with the path
to
the .pst, and nothing in my old address book shows up. I am soon going to
upgrade to outlook 2007 in hopes of avoiding this in the future - I have
never been able to save any of my addresses when I have to reload outlook
and
always have a backup .pst file. Aaaaargh! Please help!