I have exported my Outlook Express Address Book to a CD. I had to reformat my
hard drive the other day and reload Windows and all the other programs as
well. When I try to Import the Address Book into Outlook Express, it does not
recognize the file and transfer the information. Any hints on how to
accomplish an Import?
--
Don

Are you trying to import from the CD? That won't work. Copy the CD to your
HDD. Open the Address Book and File | Import | Address Book (wab) and point
to where you saved it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Don" wrote in message
...
I have exported my Outlook Express Address Book to a CD. I had to reformat
my
hard drive the other day and reload Windows and all the other programs as
well. When I try to Import the Address Book into Outlook Express, it does
not
recognize the file and transfer the information. Any hints on how to
accomplish an Import?
--
Don

Bruce:
I did as you suggested. Opened the Address Book, clicked on File/Import,
located the address book file on the cd and then received the following
message:
Address Book - Main Identity An error occurred during the import. The
import process could not be completed.
--
Don


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Are you trying to import from the CD? That won't work. Copy the CD to your
HDD. Open the Address Book and File | Import | Address Book (wab) and point
to where you saved it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Don" wrote in message
...
I have exported my Outlook Express Address Book to a CD. I had to reformat
my
hard drive the other day and reload Windows and all the other programs as
well. When I try to Import the Address Book into Outlook Express, it does
not
recognize the file and transfer the information. Any hints on how to
accomplish an Import?
--
Don

Right click on the Address Book that you copied to the HDD | Properties and
uncheck the Read Only attribute. Try the import now.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Don" wrote in message
...
Bruce:
I did as you suggested. Opened the Address Book, clicked on File/Import,
located the address book file on the cd and then received the following
message:
Address Book - Main Identity An error occurred during the import. The
import process could not be completed.
--
Don


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Are you trying to import from the CD? That won't work. Copy the CD to
your
HDD. Open the Address Book and File | Import | Address Book (wab) and
point
to where you saved it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Don" wrote in message
...
I have exported my Outlook Express Address Book to a CD. I had to
reformat
my
hard drive the other day and reload Windows and all the other programs
as
well. When I try to Import the Address Book into Outlook Express, it
does
not
recognize the file and transfer the information. Any hints on how to
accomplish an Import?
--
Don

Bruce:
Sorry in taking so long to get back to you; have had company for two days.
Just did as you suggested and IT WORKED. Thank you so much.

Now, I'd like to ask for your help again. Friday, I had to reload windows on
my desktop. So, I am running XP Home with SP1. When I made this posting, I
checked the box to receive an email when there had been a response. On my
desktop, when I go into Outlook Express and open the email response, I find
the link Raed the Response. This link gets me to the Newsgroup, allows me to
find my posting, and clicking on the + displays the responses. However, when
I click on a response, it doesn't open; instead, I get a blank window to the
right of the listings with a question, "Did this post answer the question?" I
can't open the responses, can't create a new posting, can't reply, etc. I
suspect a setting somewhere in Internet Explorer needs to be changed.
Incidentally, I can get to the postings and open them with my laptop running
on the WiFi network. Can you help?


--
Don


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Right click on the Address Book that you copied to the HDD | Properties and
uncheck the Read Only attribute. Try the import now.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Don" wrote in message
...
Bruce:
I did as you suggested. Opened the Address Book, clicked on File/Import,
located the address book file on the cd and then received the following
message:
Address Book - Main Identity An error occurred during the import. The
import process could not be completed.
--
Don


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Are you trying to import from the CD? That won't work. Copy the CD to
your
HDD. Open the Address Book and File | Import | Address Book (wab) and
point
to where you saved it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Don" wrote in message
...
I have exported my Outlook Express Address Book to a CD. I had to
reformat
my
hard drive the other day and reload Windows and all the other programs
as
well. When I try to Import the Address Book into Outlook Express, it
does
not
recognize the file and transfer the information. Any hints on how to
accomplish an Import?
--
Don

Glad you got the AB imported. I should have mentioned unchecking that in my
first reply, but forgot.

As far as your new problem, updating to SP2 and all the critical patches
since may fix the problem. I would try that first.

AFAIC, the Web Interface is a lousy way of posting to newsgroups. You would
do much better by setting up OE as your newsreader.

Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader for MSNews:
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/co...tm#setupmsnews

And/or:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Don" wrote in message
...
Bruce:
Sorry in taking so long to get back to you; have had company for two days.
Just did as you suggested and IT WORKED. Thank you so much.

Now, I'd like to ask for your help again. Friday, I had to reload windows
on
my desktop. So, I am running XP Home with SP1. When I made this posting, I
checked the box to receive an email when there had been a response. On my
desktop, when I go into Outlook Express and open the email response, I
find
the link Raed the Response. This link gets me to the Newsgroup, allows me
to
find my posting, and clicking on the + displays the responses. However,
when
I click on a response, it doesn't open; instead, I get a blank window to
the
right of the listings with a question, "Did this post answer the
question?" I
can't open the responses, can't create a new posting, can't reply, etc. I
suspect a setting somewhere in Internet Explorer needs to be changed.
Incidentally, I can get to the postings and open them with my laptop
running
on the WiFi network. Can you help?


--
Don


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Right click on the Address Book that you copied to the HDD | Properties
and
uncheck the Read Only attribute. Try the import now.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Don" wrote in message
...
Bruce:
I did as you suggested. Opened the Address Book, clicked on
File/Import,
located the address book file on the cd and then received the following
message:
Address Book - Main Identity An error occurred during the import.
The
import process could not be completed.
--
Don


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Are you trying to import from the CD? That won't work. Copy the CD to
your
HDD. Open the Address Book and File | Import | Address Book (wab) and
point
to where you saved it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Don" wrote in message
...
I have exported my Outlook Express Address Book to a CD. I had to
reformat
my
hard drive the other day and reload Windows and all the other
programs
as
well. When I try to Import the Address Book into Outlook Express, it
does
not
recognize the file and transfer the information. Any hints on how to
accomplish an Import?
--
Don

The web interface has had some problems recently. A number of people
have reported the problem of blank windows. Hopefully, that will be
fixed soon.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Don" wrote in message
...
Bruce:
Sorry in taking so long to get back to you; have had company for two
days.
Just did as you suggested and IT WORKED. Thank you so much.

Now, I'd like to ask for your help again. Friday, I had to reload
windows on
my desktop. So, I am running XP Home with SP1. When I made this
posting, I
checked the box to receive an email when there had been a response. On
my
desktop, when I go into Outlook Express and open the email response, I
find
the link Raed the Response. This link gets me to the Newsgroup,
allows me to
find my posting, and clicking on the + displays the responses.
However, when
I click on a response, it doesn't open; instead, I get a blank window
to the
right of the listings with a question, "Did this post answer the
question?" I
can't open the responses, can't create a new posting, can't reply,
etc. I
suspect a setting somewhere in Internet Explorer needs to be changed.
Incidentally, I can get to the postings and open them with my laptop
running
on the WiFi network. Can you help?


--
Don


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Right click on the Address Book that you copied to the HDD |
Properties and
uncheck the Read Only attribute. Try the import now.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Don" wrote in message
...
Bruce:
I did as you suggested. Opened the Address Book, clicked on
File/Import,
located the address book file on the cd and then received the
following
message:
Address Book - Main Identity An error occurred during the
import. The
import process could not be completed.
--
Don


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Are you trying to import from the CD? That won't work. Copy the CD
to
your
HDD. Open the Address Book and File | Import | Address Book (wab)
and
point
to where you saved it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Don" wrote in message
...
I have exported my Outlook Express Address Book to a CD. I had to
reformat
my
hard drive the other day and reload Windows and all the other
programs
as
well. When I try to Import the Address Book into Outlook
Express, it
does
not
recognize the file and transfer the information. Any hints on
how to
accomplish an Import?
--
Don

"Don" a écrit dans le message de news:
...
I have exported my Outlook Express Address Book to a CD. I had to reformat
my
hard drive the other day and reload Windows and all the other programs as
well. When I try to Import the Address Book into Outlook Express, it does
not
recognize the file and transfer the information. Any hints on how to
accomplish an Import?
--
Don