Hi Karen,

You can also access your Address Book from the Desktop, choose Start, select
Programs, on the expanding menu select Accessories, on the expanding menu
choose Address Book.

When the Address Book opens choose File , on it's menu select Export, on
it's expanding menu choose Address Book (WAB).

In the "Select Address Book File to Export to" dialog window, save to a
location where you can then copy it to the Flash Drive.

Ken

"Karen Woods" wrote in message
...
| .......amazingly since I posted the question I found a back door into my
| email addresses accidently when I opened a window on Earthlink (my DLS
| provider) to go to my email thru webmail. If you click on tools it has a
| choice that says Mail or News and lets you open a new message, which
linked
| me to my OE toolbar address book thru the new message window. I copied
| every address out of my address book thru this new message window, but I
| could not find a way to navigate into the full OE program from this new
| message or to the other Saved messages folders that are so critical to
save,
| so I am off to the computer store to buy a flash drive (and some aspirin).
| Life is really complicated!
| --
| Karen
|
|
| "Ken" wrote:
|
| I believe the Address Book is located in a different folder then the
..dbx
| files.
|
| My Address Book has a .wab file extension.
|
| Ken
|
| "Alias~-" wrote in message
| ...
|
| | Karen Woods wrote:
| | I bought a new computer thru Dell with Windows XP and Outlook
Express as
| my
| | email provider this past June 2006. I needed Word and Excell and
| Publisher
| | but
| | this package did not include any Microsoft Office programs. I had
an
| old
| | Office 2000 disk I had purchased and still had the code so I
downloaded
| the
| | first of two disks, that had Word, Outlook, Excell, and some other
| tools.
| |
| | Downloaded? From where? I didn't know you could download office with
| | just the product key number. Or, are you saying to *installed* Office
| | from a CD?
| |
| | Search for .dbx after configuring Windows Explorer to show hidden
files.
| | Go to the folder where the .dbx files are kept. Copy *all* you find in
| | this Outlook Express folder to, preferably, a flash drive or an
external
| | hard drive. That way, you will still have your Outlook Express
messages
| | and address book. Copy any data you've created to a flash or external
| drive.
| |
| | NOW, try solving the problem, which, from the sound of things will
| | involve using the Dell Restore disk and reinstalling all the programs.
| | Install Office right after you install XP and the corresponding
Windows
| | updates. Be sure and do a clean up, defrag, set a restore point first.
| |
| | Alias
|
|