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These are the error messages I am getting and when Adress Book - "UNABLE TO
OPEN THE ADDRESS BOOK. ADDRESS BOOK MAY NOT BE INSTALLED PROPERLY" When I click on "Create Mail" in the Task bar - " THERE WAS AN ERROR OPENING THIS MESWSAGE. AN ERROR HAS OCCURED" When I try to reply to an e-mail - THE ADDRESS BOOK FAILED TO LOAD. OE IS INCORRECTLY CONFIGURED, PLEASE RE-INSTALL." I also get a message that says "UNABLE TO UPDATE PUBLIC FREE/BUSY DATA. AN ERROR OCCURRED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE WINDOWS ADDRESS BOOK" I get these messages when I try to open any of my mail in the INBOX or other files. I have Windows XP with Outlook Express 6. I recently did a Windows Update and now cannot open the Address Book. I did notice that my addresses did end up in Microsoft Outlook (which I do not use). I did what someone suggested by typing WAB \a and I received a message asking if I wanted to use this with my Vcard Viewer. Like a dummy I said yes. (I believe that is what it said). Needless to day, it still doesn't work. I tried exporting the address book out of Microsoft Outlook but get an error message. I tried to import the address book in Outlook Express and get an error message. Any help out there??? Any help? |
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[I saw your piggyback post in someone else's thread in OE General newsgroup.
Stick with this thread, please, to avoid confusion.] Do you have this Registry key?... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4 If not, STOP; If so, is there a DWORD named UseOutlook (NB: no space) and is its value set to 1 (one)? If not, STOP; If so, Address Book is configured to share contacts with MS Outlook, even if you don't use it (can happen with the install of MS Office). Change the value to 0 (zero), Address Book should be available to you and all should be well. (If that DWORD is not present, don't create it, and don't alter any other DWORD values.) Note that any changes (additions, deletions, edits) made while sharing was enabled will not be available (displayed) in Address Book when sharing is disabled. cf. http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm#share http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=191946 If you don't use MS Outlook or any of its features (e.g., Calendar), why not remove it from your install of Office? = Find the listing for MS Office in Add/Remove Programs Click on the Change button Select Add or Remove Features ... (have your Office CD handy, just in case it's needed). Tip: As long as you have MS Outlook installed and you install any Outlook updates (e.g., the monthly Junk Mail Filter Update), your problem is likely to return (and you may well find that your choice of default Mail Client has been "hijacked" to Outlook, too). -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org KimRyan131 wrote: These are the error messages I am getting and when Adress Book - "UNABLE TO OPEN THE ADDRESS BOOK. ADDRESS BOOK MAY NOT BE INSTALLED PROPERLY" When I click on "Create Mail" in the Task bar - " THERE WAS AN ERROR OPENING THIS MESWSAGE. AN ERROR HAS OCCURED" When I try to reply to an e-mail - THE ADDRESS BOOK FAILED TO LOAD. OE IS INCORRECTLY CONFIGURED, PLEASE RE-INSTALL." I also get a message that says "UNABLE TO UPDATE PUBLIC FREE/BUSY DATA. AN ERROR OCCURRED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE WINDOWS ADDRESS BOOK" I get these messages when I try to open any of my mail in the INBOX or other files. I have Windows XP with Outlook Express 6. I recently did a Windows Update and now cannot open the Address Book. I did notice that my addresses did end up in Microsoft Outlook (which I do not use). I did what someone suggested by typing WAB \a and I received a message asking if I wanted to use this with my Vcard Viewer. Like a dummy I said yes. (I believe that is what it said). Needless to day, it still doesn't work. I tried exporting the address book out of Microsoft Outlook but get an error message. I tried to import the address book in Outlook Express and get an error message. Any help out there??? Any help? |
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Thank you very much. I was able to get back into my Address Book but all of
my contacts were gone. I appreciate your help. Kim "PA Bear" wrote: [I saw your piggyback post in someone else's thread in OE General newsgroup. Stick with this thread, please, to avoid confusion.] Do you have this Registry key?... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4 If not, STOP; If so, is there a DWORD named UseOutlook (NB: no space) and is its value set to 1 (one)? If not, STOP; If so, Address Book is configured to share contacts with MS Outlook, even if you don't use it (can happen with the install of MS Office). Change the value to 0 (zero), Address Book should be available to you and all should be well. (If that DWORD is not present, don't create it, and don't alter any other DWORD values.) Note that any changes (additions, deletions, edits) made while sharing was enabled will not be available (displayed) in Address Book when sharing is disabled. cf. http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm#share http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=191946 If you don't use MS Outlook or any of its features (e.g., Calendar), why not remove it from your install of Office? = Find the listing for MS Office in Add/Remove Programs Click on the Change button Select Add or Remove Features ... (have your Office CD handy, just in case it's needed). Tip: As long as you have MS Outlook installed and you install any Outlook updates (e.g., the monthly Junk Mail Filter Update), your problem is likely to return (and you may well find that your choice of default Mail Client has been "hijacked" to Outlook, too). -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org KimRyan131 wrote: These are the error messages I am getting and when Adress Book - "UNABLE TO OPEN THE ADDRESS BOOK. ADDRESS BOOK MAY NOT BE INSTALLED PROPERLY" When I click on "Create Mail" in the Task bar - " THERE WAS AN ERROR OPENING THIS MESWSAGE. AN ERROR HAS OCCURED" When I try to reply to an e-mail - THE ADDRESS BOOK FAILED TO LOAD. OE IS INCORRECTLY CONFIGURED, PLEASE RE-INSTALL." I also get a message that says "UNABLE TO UPDATE PUBLIC FREE/BUSY DATA. AN ERROR OCCURRED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE WINDOWS ADDRESS BOOK" I get these messages when I try to open any of my mail in the INBOX or other files. I have Windows XP with Outlook Express 6. I recently did a Windows Update and now cannot open the Address Book. I did notice that my addresses did end up in Microsoft Outlook (which I do not use). I did what someone suggested by typing WAB \a and I received a message asking if I wanted to use this with my Vcard Viewer. Like a dummy I said yes. (I believe that is what it said). Needless to day, it still doesn't work. I tried exporting the address book out of Microsoft Outlook but get an error message. I tried to import the address book in Outlook Express and get an error message. Any help out there??? Any help? |
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...all of
my contacts were gone. Yes; repost: Note that any changes (additions, deletions, edits) made while sharing was enabled will not be available (displayed) in Address Book when sharing is disabled. If OL is still installed, you can export its Contact as a CSV file, then import the saved CSV file into Address Book. -- ~PA Bear KimRyan131 wrote: Thank you very much. I was able to get back into my Address Book but all of my contacts were gone. I appreciate your help. Kim "PA Bear" wrote: [I saw your piggyback post in someone else's thread in OE General newsgroup. Stick with this thread, please, to avoid confusion.] Do you have this Registry key?... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4 If not, STOP; If so, is there a DWORD named UseOutlook (NB: no space) and is its value set to 1 (one)? If not, STOP; If so, Address Book is configured to share contacts with MS Outlook, even if you don't use it (can happen with the install of MS Office). Change the value to 0 (zero), Address Book should be available to you and all should be well. (If that DWORD is not present, don't create it, and don't alter any other DWORD values.) Note that any changes (additions, deletions, edits) made while sharing was enabled will not be available (displayed) in Address Book when sharing is disabled. cf. http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm#share http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=191946 If you don't use MS Outlook or any of its features (e.g., Calendar), why not remove it from your install of Office? = Find the listing for MS Office in Add/Remove Programs Click on the Change button Select Add or Remove Features ... (have your Office CD handy, just in case it's needed). Tip: As long as you have MS Outlook installed and you install any Outlook updates (e.g., the monthly Junk Mail Filter Update), your problem is likely to return (and you may well find that your choice of default Mail Client has been "hijacked" to Outlook, too). -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org KimRyan131 wrote: These are the error messages I am getting and when Adress Book - "UNABLE TO OPEN THE ADDRESS BOOK. ADDRESS BOOK MAY NOT BE INSTALLED PROPERLY" When I click on "Create Mail" in the Task bar - " THERE WAS AN ERROR OPENING THIS MESWSAGE. AN ERROR HAS OCCURED" When I try to reply to an e-mail - THE ADDRESS BOOK FAILED TO LOAD. OE IS INCORRECTLY CONFIGURED, PLEASE RE-INSTALL." I also get a message that says "UNABLE TO UPDATE PUBLIC FREE/BUSY DATA. AN ERROR OCCURRED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE WINDOWS ADDRESS BOOK" I get these messages when I try to open any of my mail in the INBOX or other files. I have Windows XP with Outlook Express 6. I recently did a Windows Update and now cannot open the Address Book. I did notice that my addresses did end up in Microsoft Outlook (which I do not use). I did what someone suggested by typing WAB \a and I received a message asking if I wanted to use this with my Vcard Viewer. Like a dummy I said yes. (I believe that is what it said). Needless to day, it still doesn't work. I tried exporting the address book out of Microsoft Outlook but get an error message. I tried to import the address book in Outlook Express and get an error message. Any help out there??? Any help? |
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