Glad to hear it. You deserve all the credit for your well done
experimenting.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"mcp6453" wrote in message
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Bruce Hagen wrote:
I am not familiar with the program you used, so I can't speak to that. If
you had asked about moving OE to a new machine, I would have suggested
this:

Backup & Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

Backing up and Cloning your OE Identities:
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/clone.htm

If you are transferring to another PC, and have access to a Windows XP
setup CD, or if both computers are running Windows XP, see:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...pten.mspx#EBAA

As far as your current problem goes, I don't know if a reinstall of OE
will help, or not, but here is the method.

How to Reinstall or Repair IE6 and OE6:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378

Although written for WinXP, it works for all Windows operating systems 98
or newer.

After configuring Windows Explorer to display hidden files, I discovered
that the installed Address Book (2002 date) was apparently corrupt. I
deleted it and transferred the newer one to the same folder. Now all is
well.