I'd like to import my address book from my desktop to a new networked
laptop. I've exported it to a .wab file on a shared drive on the desktop but
when I try to import the file to the address book on the laptop I get a
message that says an error occured during the import process and the process
cannot be completed. I tried putting the .wab file on a CD and importing it
via the CDROM drive on the laptop but got the same
message.

I would really really appreciate any help!

Thanks,

Maggie

"mag" wrote in message
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I'd like to import my address book from my desktop to a new networked
laptop. I've exported it to a .wab file on a shared drive on the desktop
but
when I try to import the file to the address book on the laptop I get a
message that says an error occured during the import process and the
process
cannot be completed. I tried putting the .wab file on a CD and importing
it
via the CDROM drive on the laptop but got the same
message.

I would really really appreciate any help!

Thanks,

Maggie

Copy the file from the cd and place it somewhere on your pc's hard drive and
then import it.

Just copy the WAB file from the CD to the Desktop, then right click it and
remove the Read-Only attribute that is set whenever anyone copies a file to
a CD. Then try the import. Bet it will work!

PS: Thumb (USB) Flash drives are great for this as they do not set the
attribute. And networked drives will not work for an import either.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.

"mag" wrote in message
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I'd like to import my address book from my desktop to a new networked
laptop. I've exported it to a .wab file on a shared drive on the desktop
but
when I try to import the file to the address book on the laptop I get a
message that says an error occured during the import process and the
process
cannot be completed. I tried putting the .wab file on a CD and importing
it
via the CDROM drive on the laptop but got the same
message.

I would really really appreciate any help!

Thanks,

Maggie

Yup, that did it! Thanks so much! I wish I had asked here several hours
before I actually did ;-0

Maggie


"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
Just copy the WAB file from the CD to the Desktop, then right click it and
remove the Read-Only attribute that is set whenever anyone copies a file
to
a CD. Then try the import. Bet it will work!

PS: Thumb (USB) Flash drives are great for this as they do not set the
attribute. And networked drives will not work for an import either.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.

"mag" wrote in message
. ..


I'd like to import my address book from my desktop to a new networked
laptop. I've exported it to a .wab file on a shared drive on the desktop
but
when I try to import the file to the address book on the laptop I get a
message that says an error occured during the import process and the
process
cannot be completed. I tried putting the .wab file on a CD and importing
it
via the CDROM drive on the laptop but got the same
message.

I would really really appreciate any help!

Thanks,

Maggie

Glad to hear all is now well and thanks for the feedback.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6


"mag" wrote in message
...

Yup, that did it! Thanks so much! I wish I had asked here several hours
before I actually did ;-0

Maggie


"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
Just copy the WAB file from the CD to the Desktop, then right click it
and
remove the Read-Only attribute that is set whenever anyone copies a file
to
a CD. Then try the import. Bet it will work!

PS: Thumb (USB) Flash drives are great for this as they do not set the
attribute. And networked drives will not work for an import either.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.

"mag" wrote in message
. ..


I'd like to import my address book from my desktop to a new networked
laptop. I've exported it to a .wab file on a shared drive on the
desktop
but
when I try to import the file to the address book on the laptop I get a
message that says an error occured during the import process and the
process
cannot be completed. I tried putting the .wab file on a CD and
importing
it
via the CDROM drive on the laptop but got the same
message.

I would really really appreciate any help!

Thanks,

Maggie