Search for a .pst file (note it is hidden in Windows) and open it using
File-Open-Outlook data file from Outlook. Your Outlook items were not
deleted by the update. I would suggest using the All Folders view to see
your Outlook data.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, BC asked:

| i was getting too much spam, so i downloaded an outlook update (March
| 2006) that supposedly would address that.
|
| an hour later i checked my email and discovered i had no contact list
| (address list) and no old emails -- they hadn't transferred over to
| the new outlook. no new emails either.
|
| how do i get all those things back?