I've inherited an Outlook Express address book containing only one
"contact": a list with about 300 email addresses in it, nothing else.

I need to export it to a .CSV file, and the export dialogue says the
export has been completed, but the file is nowhere to be found. I've
tried changing the file to a .txt file before exporting; I've chosen
different directories: *no file to be found*.

This is driving me nuts. What on earth am I doing wrong or can I try?

Thanks,

Tom

Can you open the address book by double clicking on it? Does it have a .WAB
file extension? Are there any entries in the Shared Contacts folder? Do
you perchance also have Outlook (from Microsoft Office) installed on your
computer?

Normally, only those entries that are found in the Shared Contacts folder
can be exported/imported. See Tom Koch's website for more info about
Address Books:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


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I've inherited an Outlook Express address book containing only one
"contact": a list with about 300 email addresses in it, nothing else.

I need to export it to a .CSV file, and the export dialogue says the
export has been completed, but the file is nowhere to be found. I've
tried changing the file to a .txt file before exporting; I've chosen
different directories: *no file to be found*.

This is driving me nuts. What on earth am I doing wrong or can I try?

Thanks,

Tom

Jim,

I'm sorry for my "who's on first" confusion about this post. I think
the newsgroup reader cross-posted without my noticing it--my deepest
apologies.

Let's try getting to the substance:

I can open the address book by double clicking.

Yes, it has a .WAB extension.

The list was under "Main Identity's Contacts." I tried dragging it to
"Shared Contacts" and exporting; now I get an "error exporting Address
Book message" when I click the "Finish" button, which I wasn't getting
before.

I have Outlook on my computer but haven't installed it. (I normally use
Thunderbird.)

Thanks enormously,

Tom

Jim Pickering wrote:
Can you open the address book by double clicking on it? Does it have a .WAB
file extension? Are there any entries in the Shared Contacts folder? Do
you perchance also have Outlook (from Microsoft Office) installed on your
computer?

Normally, only those entries that are found in the Shared Contacts folder
can be exported/imported. See Tom Koch's website for more info about
Address Books:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


wrote in message
ups.com...
I've inherited an Outlook Express address book containing only one
"contact": a list with about 300 email addresses in it, nothing else.

I need to export it to a .CSV file, and the export dialogue says the
export has been completed, but the file is nowhere to be found. I've
tried changing the file to a .txt file before exporting; I've chosen
different directories: *no file to be found*.

This is driving me nuts. What on earth am I doing wrong or can I try?

Thanks,

Tom

If you open it by double clicking, can you copy/paste the entries from the
Folder they are in to the Shared Contacts folder? If so, then your export
as a CSV file should work. Don't try dragging the info anywhere, instead
highlight all the entries in the Folder (Ctrl+A), then copy them to the
clipboard (Ctrl+C), then go to the Shared Contacts folder and paste them all
in (Ctrl+V). You will have to OK each entry, but it beats typing them all
in. Then export it.
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


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Jim,

I'm sorry for my "who's on first" confusion about this post. I think
the newsgroup reader cross-posted without my noticing it--my deepest
apologies.

Let's try getting to the substance:

I can open the address book by double clicking.

Yes, it has a .WAB extension.

The list was under "Main Identity's Contacts." I tried dragging it to
"Shared Contacts" and exporting; now I get an "error exporting Address
Book message" when I click the "Finish" button, which I wasn't getting
before.

I have Outlook on my computer but haven't installed it. (I normally use
Thunderbird.)

Thanks enormously,

Tom

Jim Pickering wrote:
Can you open the address book by double clicking on it? Does it have a
.WAB
file extension? Are there any entries in the Shared Contacts folder? Do
you perchance also have Outlook (from Microsoft Office) installed on your
computer?

Normally, only those entries that are found in the Shared Contacts folder
can be exported/imported. See Tom Koch's website for more info about
Address Books:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


wrote in message
ups.com...
I've inherited an Outlook Express address book containing only one
"contact": a list with about 300 email addresses in it, nothing else.

I need to export it to a .CSV file, and the export dialogue says the
export has been completed, but the file is nowhere to be found. I've
tried changing the file to a .txt file before exporting; I've chosen
different directories: *no file to be found*.

This is driving me nuts. What on earth am I doing wrong or can I try?

Thanks,

Tom

Jim,

I'm sorry, but I don't follow this.

You do mean double clicking on the folder from within OE, right? The
mailing list exists as a group ("Oasis") in the Shared Contacts folder.
I can see the names but can't copy/paste.

As I said previously, I dragged my list into the Shared Contacts
folder, which is where it now resides--and I can't seem to move it from
there. I can double click on the file and open it, and I can see all
the names in the window that pops up, but I can't ctl+A to select them
all.

Oy.

Tom

Jim Pickering wrote:
If you open it by double clicking, can you copy/paste the entries from the
Folder they are in to the Shared Contacts folder? If so, then your export
as a CSV file should work. Don't try dragging the info anywhere, instead
highlight all the entries in the Folder (Ctrl+A), then copy them to the
clipboard (Ctrl+C), then go to the Shared Contacts folder and paste them all
in (Ctrl+V). You will have to OK each entry, but it beats typing them all
in. Then export it.
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


wrote in message
oups.com...
Jim,

I'm sorry for my "who's on first" confusion about this post. I think
the newsgroup reader cross-posted without my noticing it--my deepest
apologies.

Let's try getting to the substance:

I can open the address book by double clicking.

Yes, it has a .WAB extension.

The list was under "Main Identity's Contacts." I tried dragging it to
"Shared Contacts" and exporting; now I get an "error exporting Address
Book message" when I click the "Finish" button, which I wasn't getting
before.

I have Outlook on my computer but haven't installed it. (I normally use
Thunderbird.)

Thanks enormously,

Tom

Jim Pickering wrote:
Can you open the address book by double clicking on it? Does it have a
.WAB
file extension? Are there any entries in the Shared Contacts folder? Do
you perchance also have Outlook (from Microsoft Office) installed on your
computer?

Normally, only those entries that are found in the Shared Contacts folder
can be exported/imported. See Tom Koch's website for more info about
Address Books:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


wrote in message
ups.com...
I've inherited an Outlook Express address book containing only one
"contact": a list with about 300 email addresses in it, nothing else.

I need to export it to a .CSV file, and the export dialogue says the
export has been completed, but the file is nowhere to be found. I've
tried changing the file to a .txt file before exporting; I've chosen
different directories: *no file to be found*.

This is driving me nuts. What on earth am I doing wrong or can I try?

Thanks,

Tom

wrote in message
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Jim,

I'm sorry, but I don't follow this.

You do mean double clicking on the folder from within OE, right? The
mailing list exists as a group ("Oasis") in the Shared Contacts folder.
I can see the names but can't copy/paste.


No. By double clicking the WAB file.
or go to Start | Run and type
wab /all

You have to select an contact and then press Ctrl-A.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Please reply in newsgroup. Do NOT send email.

When I export addresses from IE6 (SP1 on W2K), I get the current
identity's entries, not those from Shared Contacts. Does this vary from
one version of IE to another, or are there different methods that produce
different results?


Jim Pickering wrote:
Can you open the address book by double clicking on it? Does it have a .WAB
file extension? Are there any entries in the Shared Contacts folder? Do
you perchance also have Outlook (from Microsoft Office) installed on your
computer?

Normally, only those entries that are found in the Shared Contacts folder
can be exported/imported. See Tom Koch's website for more info about
Address Books:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm

--
Gary L. Smith
Columbus, Ohio

That depends on *how* you open the address book. Using Start/Run and typing
WAB /a lets you see all entries w/o regard to identities. See this link for
mo
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"Gary Smith" wrote in message
...
When I export addresses from IE6 (SP1 on W2K), I get the current
identity's entries, not those from Shared Contacts. Does this vary from
one version of IE to another, or are there different methods that produce
different results?


Jim Pickering wrote:
Can you open the address book by double clicking on it? Does it have a
.WAB
file extension? Are there any entries in the Shared Contacts folder? Do
you perchance also have Outlook (from Microsoft Office) installed on your
computer?

Normally, only those entries that are found in the Shared Contacts folder
can be exported/imported. See Tom Koch's website for more info about
Address Books:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm

--
Gary L. Smith
Columbus, Ohio

I was talking about exporting from within IE (File Export Address Book
Text File ...). That always seems to get the current identiity's
entries. Typing "wab /a" from Start Run and then exporting gets
everything, mixed together. Typeing just "wab" and then exporting gets
the current identity's entries, just like doing it from within IE.
Nothing I've tried produces only the Shared Contacts entries as you
previously described.


Jim Pickering wrote:
That depends on *how* you open the address book. Using Start/Run and typing
WAB /a lets you see all entries w/o regard to identities. See this link for
mo
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm

"Gary Smith" wrote in message
...
When I export addresses from IE6 (SP1 on W2K), I get the current
identity's entries, not those from Shared Contacts. Does this vary from
one version of IE to another, or are there different methods that
produce
different results?

--
Gary L. Smith
Columbus, Ohio

Want to run that past me again? Using Internet Explorer to export? Sure,
for favorites, cookies and with IE7, RSS feeds, but I don't remember a
choice to export an Address Book. If you want to get a copy of all contacts
in Folders and Groups, you must make sure they also appear in the Shared
Contacts folder. That suggests you did not bother to read the info at the
link I posted earlier:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"Gary Smith" wrote in message
...
I was talking about exporting from within IE (File Export Address Book
Text File ...). That always seems to get the current identiity's
entries. Typing "wab /a" from Start Run and then exporting gets
everything, mixed together. Typeing just "wab" and then exporting gets
the current identity's entries, just like doing it from within IE.
Nothing I've tried produces only the Shared Contacts entries as you
previously described.


Jim Pickering wrote:
That depends on *how* you open the address book. Using Start/Run and
typing
WAB /a lets you see all entries w/o regard to identities. See this link
for
mo
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm

"Gary Smith" wrote in message
...
When I export addresses from IE6 (SP1 on W2K), I get the current
identity's entries, not those from Shared Contacts. Does this vary from
one version of IE to another, or are there different methods that
produce
different results?

--
Gary L. Smith
Columbus, Ohio