Good evening all.

My husband and I have separate computers and both have Outlook Express 6 on
our computers. I want to combine our two Outlook Express 6 address books,
specifically copying some groups from my computer to his computer. I only
have the groups in my address book, no individual contact names but he has
many individual contacts. I don't want him to lose those contacts, I just
want to add the updated groups to his address book.

I know how to export the info to a csv file. The question is will the
address books combine or will mine completely eradicate his and replace it
with mine? If that happens all his individual contacts are gone and that
would not be good . . .

Thanks!

Hi kls,

The data will be added (combined), and there is not a risk of losing your
husband's addresses when the file is imported. It would be a good idea to
backup his address book first, however, to be able to restore it as it is
currently.

You could first try exporting your address book as a *.wab file, and then
importing from this file in an attempt to preserve the groups. There is also
a workaround for preserving groups that involves the use of a non-default
WAB file for the manipulation of address book data in CSV format.
------
Use a free standing WAB address book. This is created by entering

wab /new

in the Start, Run box. Naming the file will open this new address book
(*.wab) file. Import the saved file (*.csv). Create a group folder in this
new address book. Add the entries from the Contacts folder to the group
folder.

Open the default (current) address book and import from the WAB file that
was just created.
-----
More Information
http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/exportwab.htm


--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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"kls" wrote in message
...
Good evening all.

My husband and I have separate computers and both have Outlook Express 6 on
our computers. I want to combine our two Outlook Express 6 address books,
specifically copying some groups from my computer to his computer. I only
have the groups in my address book, no individual contact names but he has
many individual contacts. I don't want him to lose those contacts, I just
want to add the updated groups to his address book.

I know how to export the info to a csv file. The question is will the
address books combine or will mine completely eradicate his and replace it
with mine? If that happens all his individual contacts are gone and that
would not be good . . .

Thanks!

"Kuay Tim" schreef in bericht
...
Hi kls,

The data will be added (combined), and there is not a risk of losing your
husband's addresses when the file is imported. It would be a good idea to
backup his address book first, however, to be able to restore it as it is
currently.

You could first try exporting your address book as a *.wab file, and then
importing from this file in an attempt to preserve the groups. There is
also
a workaround for preserving groups that involves the use of a non-default
WAB file for the manipulation of address book data in CSV format.
------
Use a free standing WAB address book. This is created by entering

wab /new

in the Start, Run box. Naming the file will open this new address book
(*.wab) file. Import the saved file (*.csv). Create a group folder in this
new address book. Add the entries from the Contacts folder to the group
folder.

Open the default (current) address book and import from the WAB file that
was just created.
-----
More Information
http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/exportwab.htm


--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"kls" wrote in message
...
Good evening all.

My husband and I have separate computers and both have Outlook Express 6
on
our computers. I want to combine our two Outlook Express 6 address books,
specifically copying some groups from my computer to his computer. I only
have the groups in my address book, no individual contact names but he has
many individual contacts. I don't want him to lose those contacts, I just
want to add the updated groups to his address book.

I know how to export the info to a csv file. The question is will the
address books combine or will mine completely eradicate his and replace it
with mine? If that happens all his individual contacts are gone and that
would not be good . . .

Thanks!

"kls" schreef in bericht
...
Good evening all.

My husband and I have separate computers and both have Outlook Express 6
on
our computers. I want to combine our two Outlook Express 6 address books,
specifically copying some groups from my computer to his computer. I only
have the groups in my address book, no individual contact names but he has
many individual contacts. I don't want him to lose those contacts, I just
want to add the updated groups to his address book.

I know how to export the info to a csv file. The question is will the
address books combine or will mine completely eradicate his and replace it
with mine? If that happens all his individual contacts are gone and that
would not be good . . .

Thanks!