Hello Everyone,

I'm using WinXP Pro, OE 6 and I'm getting the following error message:

"Unable to open the Address Book. The Address Book may not be installed
properly."

If I try to open the Address Book the *.wab file in Explore I get the
following message then an error message:

"Address Book is currently not your default vCard viewer. Would you like to
bake it you default vCard viewer?"

I click on "No" and then get the following error message:

"The address book file appears to be corrupt and could not be opened."

It appears that the above error message started to appear after I recently
did some windows updates that was recommended on the Microsoft windows
update website.

Does anyone know the fix for the above problem?


Thanks to all who reply,

Ismael

I forgot to mention that I have an older backup copy of a *.wab file and it
will open in windows explorer without any problems.

Ismael


"Ismael" wrote in message
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Hello Everyone,

I'm using WinXP Pro, OE 6 and I'm getting the following error message:

"Unable to open the Address Book. The Address Book may not be installed
properly."

If I try to open the Address Book the *.wab file in Explore I get the
following message then an error message:

"Address Book is currently not your default vCard viewer. Would you like
to bake it you default vCard viewer?"

I click on "No" and then get the following error message:

"The address book file appears to be corrupt and could not be opened."

It appears that the above error message started to appear after I recently
did some windows updates that was recommended on the Microsoft windows
update website.

Does anyone know the fix for the above problem?


Thanks to all who reply,

Ismael

Have you tried exporting your address book to a VCard file and imported it
back in to a new wab file? I don't know if this is even possible.
"Ismael" wrote in message
...
Hello Everyone,

I'm using WinXP Pro, OE 6 and I'm getting the following error message:

"Unable to open the Address Book. The Address Book may not be installed
properly."

If I try to open the Address Book the *.wab file in Explore I get the
following message then an error message:

"Address Book is currently not your default vCard viewer. Would you like
to bake it you default vCard viewer?"

I click on "No" and then get the following error message:

"The address book file appears to be corrupt and could not be opened."

It appears that the above error message started to appear after I recently
did some windows updates that was recommended on the Microsoft windows
update website.

Does anyone know the fix for the above problem?


Thanks to all who reply,

Ismael

Error message when you open the Windows Address Book or you open Outlook
Express after you install cumulative security update 911567 (MS06-016):
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917288/en-us

And:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#14
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Ismael" wrote in message
...
Hello Everyone,

I'm using WinXP Pro, OE 6 and I'm getting the following error message:

"Unable to open the Address Book. The Address Book may not be installed
properly."

If I try to open the Address Book the *.wab file in Explore I get the
following message then an error message:

"Address Book is currently not your default vCard viewer. Would you like
to bake it you default vCard viewer?"

I click on "No" and then get the following error message:

"The address book file appears to be corrupt and could not be opened."

It appears that the above error message started to appear after I recently
did some windows updates that was recommended on the Microsoft windows
update website.

Does anyone know the fix for the above problem?


Thanks to all who reply,

Ismael

For resolving out troubles connected with address book troubles you may use address book recovery. It has many various features owing to recover .wab data after different issues such as power failures, viruses, hacker attacks.

I also have faced the same problem few days ago may be your contact addresses are not properly working due to PST corruption or may its having some other issue i am not that techi i consulted Outlook PST Repair they helped me so much.