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Have computer at home and work and would like to have same OE6.00.2900.2980
address book on each. Recently I deleted some people/addresses on my home computer and copied the home.wab file to it on work computer. Deleted all files in the work.wab and then imported home.wab into work.wab, but now shows the deleted address files and some redundant addresses that were either changed or deleted some time ago. Then I tried to delete office.wab and wa~ files and change the name of home.wab to office.wab. When I opened office.wab there were no addresses there, even when I viewed shared folders too. How do I successfully move an address book to a computer and get the new computer to read it correctly as my default address book? |
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Is MS Office or Outlook installed on either machine?
(All about) Address Book http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm How do I move my Address Book? http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#movewab -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org DrB wrote: Have computer at home and work and would like to have same OE6.00.2900.2980 address book on each. Recently I deleted some people/addresses on my home computer and copied the home.wab file to it on work computer. Deleted all files in the work.wab and then imported home.wab into work.wab, but now shows the deleted address files and some redundant addresses that were either changed or deleted some time ago. Then I tried to delete office.wab and wa~ files and change the name of home.wab to office.wab. When I opened office.wab there were no addresses there, even when I viewed shared folders too. How do I successfully move an address book to a computer and get the new computer to read it correctly as my default address book? |
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The Windows Address Book (WAB)
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm -- Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm "DrB" wrote in message ... Have computer at home and work and would like to have same OE6.00.2900.2980 address book on each. Recently I deleted some people/addresses on my home computer and copied the home.wab file to it on work computer. Deleted all files in the work.wab and then imported home.wab into work.wab, but now shows the deleted address files and some redundant addresses that were either changed or deleted some time ago. Then I tried to delete office.wab and wa~ files and change the name of home.wab to office.wab. When I opened office.wab there were no addresses there, even when I viewed shared folders too. How do I successfully move an address book to a computer and get the new computer to read it correctly as my default address book? |
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I already visited these sites. I do not have the problem of not finding my
address books or wanting to move it somewhere else on my computer. I am trying to import and can not do it without redundant addresses which have been deleted or changed some time ago. I deleted office.wab and office.wa~ files but they still come back after importing home.wab. Where are they coming from? "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Is MS Office or Outlook installed on either machine? (All about) Address Book http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm How do I move my Address Book? http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#movewab -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org DrB wrote: Have computer at home and work and would like to have same OE6.00.2900.2980 address book on each. Recently I deleted some people/addresses on my home computer and copied the home.wab file to it on work computer. Deleted all files in the work.wab and then imported home.wab into work.wab, but now shows the deleted address files and some redundant addresses that were either changed or deleted some time ago. Then I tried to delete office.wab and wa~ files and change the name of home.wab to office.wab. When I opened office.wab there were no addresses there, even when I viewed shared folders too. How do I successfully move an address book to a computer and get the new computer to read it correctly as my default address book? |
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First, you need to understand that contacts are "keyed" to specific
identities. To see all the entries in an address book, open the Address Book from the Start/Run line by typing: WAB /a This will show all contacts including those in Folders and Groups. Folders and Groups will neither export nor import. Only the contacts in the Shared Contacts folders can be exported and then imported. Additionally for each identity you may have created, you will have to alter the registry to show the location of the Address Book that you wish to be used at this location for each specific GUID (big, long number for each specific identity): Close OE and the address book. Run regedit.exe and navigate to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name Right-click on (Default) in the right-hand pane and enter your new path to the *.wab file. Close Regedit and open OE to use the new *.wab immediately. All of this is explained at the site pointed out to you earlier (which you say you've read) but obviously, some of its points have escaped your attention in a hasty read. Please review it in some detail and post back if you have questions not explained at the website. Also, if you have Outlook installed (which you have not answered) and are sharing contacts with that program, all contact information is stored in Outlook's PST file and changes you make to the address book are not reflected in any copy you may save or attempt to use. -- 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. Thanks. "DrB" wrote in message et... I already visited these sites. I do not have the problem of not finding my address books or wanting to move it somewhere else on my computer. I am trying to import and can not do it without redundant addresses which have been deleted or changed some time ago. I deleted office.wab and office.wa~ files but they still come back after importing home.wab. Where are they coming from? "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Is MS Office or Outlook installed on either machine? (All about) Address Book http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm How do I move my Address Book? http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#movewab -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org DrB wrote: Have computer at home and work and would like to have same OE6.00.2900.2980 address book on each. Recently I deleted some people/addresses on my home computer and copied the home.wab file to it on work computer. Deleted all files in the work.wab and then imported home.wab into work.wab, but now shows the deleted address files and some redundant addresses that were either changed or deleted some time ago. Then I tried to delete office.wab and wa~ files and change the name of home.wab to office.wab. When I opened office.wab there were no addresses there, even when I viewed shared folders too. How do I successfully move an address book to a computer and get the new computer to read it correctly as my default address book? |
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I too think my question is not clear. I have two computers with MSOffice
(maybe Outlook, but not intentionally or used) installed on which I want the same address book. One is at home and other is the office, both have different names. The sites mentioned do not address my problem since I do not want to have multiple books or change the location on the same computer. Just ran wab /a on my home computer and it shows wife, mine and default. Want to copy mine and take to the office and install/import. Do I need to delete wife and default addresses first before I copy, since I must be sharing them when others log on the computer or change OE person? If I do delete the contacts will my wife still be able to have her own address book? "Jim Pickering" wrote in message ... First, you need to understand that contacts are "keyed" to specific identities. To see all the entries in an address book, open the Address Book from the Start/Run line by typing: WAB /a This will show all contacts including those in Folders and Groups. Folders and Groups will neither export nor import. Only the contacts in the Shared Contacts folders can be exported and then imported. Additionally for each identity you may have created, you will have to alter the registry to show the location of the Address Book that you wish to be used at this location for each specific GUID (big, long number for each specific identity): Close OE and the address book. Run regedit.exe and navigate to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name Right-click on (Default) in the right-hand pane and enter your new path to the *.wab file. Close Regedit and open OE to use the new *.wab immediately. All of this is explained at the site pointed out to you earlier (which you say you've read) but obviously, some of its points have escaped your attention in a hasty read. Please review it in some detail and post back if you have questions not explained at the website. Also, if you have Outlook installed (which you have not answered) and are sharing contacts with that program, all contact information is stored in Outlook's PST file and changes you make to the address book are not reflected in any copy you may save or attempt to use. -- 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. Thanks. "DrB" wrote in message et... I already visited these sites. I do not have the problem of not finding my address books or wanting to move it somewhere else on my computer. I am trying to import and can not do it without redundant addresses which have been deleted or changed some time ago. I deleted office.wab and office.wa~ files but they still come back after importing home.wab. Where are they coming from? "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Is MS Office or Outlook installed on either machine? (All about) Address Book http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm How do I move my Address Book? http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#movewab -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org DrB wrote: Have computer at home and work and would like to have same OE6.00.2900.2980 address book on each. Recently I deleted some people/addresses on my home computer and copied the home.wab file to it on work computer. Deleted all files in the work.wab and then imported home.wab into work.wab, but now shows the deleted address files and some redundant addresses that were either changed or deleted some time ago. Then I tried to delete office.wab and wa~ files and change the name of home.wab to office.wab. When I opened office.wab there were no addresses there, even when I viewed shared folders too. How do I successfully move an address book to a computer and get the new computer to read it correctly as my default address book? |
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Do you have this Registry key on either machine?...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \WAB \WAB4 If not, STOP; If so, is there a DWORD named UseOutlook in the right-hand pane and is its value set to 1 (one)? If not, STOP; If so, Address Book is configured to share contacts with Outlook, even if you don't use it (can happen with the install of Office). Please reply to *this* thread with your findings. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org DrB wrote: I too think my question is not clear. I have two computers with MSOffice (maybe Outlook, but not intentionally or used) installed on which I want the same address book. snip |
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Jim,
Folders and Groups will neither export nor import. Actually, I was able to get an import of all Folders and Groups! I used Other instead of WAB. Only problem is that it was on top (in addition to) of what already was there. So I now have around 250 hundred of extras and out dated ones. Jack "Jim Pickering" wrote in message ... First, you need to understand that contacts are "keyed" to specific identities. To see all the entries in an address book, open the Address Book from the Start/Run line by typing: WAB /a This will show all contacts including those in Folders and Groups. Folders and Groups will neither export nor import. Only the contacts in the Shared Contacts folders can be exported and then imported. Additionally for each identity you may have created, you will have to alter the registry to show the location of the Address Book that you wish to be used at this location for each specific GUID (big, long number for each specific identity): Close OE and the address book. Run regedit.exe and navigate to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name Right-click on (Default) in the right-hand pane and enter your new path to the *.wab file. Close Regedit and open OE to use the new *.wab immediately. All of this is explained at the site pointed out to you earlier (which you say you've read) but obviously, some of its points have escaped your attention in a hasty read. Please review it in some detail and post back if you have questions not explained at the website. Also, if you have Outlook installed (which you have not answered) and are sharing contacts with that program, all contact information is stored in Outlook's PST file and changes you make to the address book are not reflected in any copy you may save or attempt to use. -- 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. Thanks. "DrB" wrote in message et... I already visited these sites. I do not have the problem of not finding my address books or wanting to move it somewhere else on my computer. I am trying to import and can not do it without redundant addresses which have been deleted or changed some time ago. I deleted office.wab and office.wa~ files but they still come back after importing home.wab. Where are they coming from? "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Is MS Office or Outlook installed on either machine? (All about) Address Book http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm How do I move my Address Book? http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#movewab -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org DrB wrote: Have computer at home and work and would like to have same OE6.00.2900.2980 address book on each. Recently I deleted some people/addresses on my home computer and copied the home.wab file to it on work computer. Deleted all files in the work.wab and then imported home.wab into work.wab, but now shows the deleted address files and some redundant addresses that were either changed or deleted some time ago. Then I tried to delete office.wab and wa~ files and change the name of home.wab to office.wab. When I opened office.wab there were no addresses there, even when I viewed shared folders too. How do I successfully move an address book to a computer and get the new computer to read it correctly as my default address book? |
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Sounds like you will have to do some editing to eliminate the duplicates.
No easy way that I'm aware of. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6 "Jack" wrote in message ... Jim, Folders and Groups will neither export nor import. Actually, I was able to get an import of all Folders and Groups! I used Other instead of WAB. Only problem is that it was on top (in addition to) of what already was there. So I now have around 250 hundred of extras and out dated ones. Jack |
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On all computers have in Wab4: FirstRun (1), OlkContactRefresh (0),
OlkFolderRefresh (0) and one computer also has PropTag1 (975437855). Noticed on home computer, which I am trying to bring it's address book to office, my wife has her own name for OE6 usage. When I ran wab /a it showed her contacts too. If this is embedded in address book, can I just delete her contacts, copy my address book and reinstall a copy of her address book to bring her contacts back? "Jim Pickering" wrote in message ... Sounds like you will have to do some editing to eliminate the duplicates. No easy way that I'm aware of. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6 "Jack" wrote in message ... Jim, Folders and Groups will neither export nor import. Actually, I was able to get an import of all Folders and Groups! I used Other instead of WAB. Only problem is that it was on top (in addition to) of what already was there. So I now have around 250 hundred of extras and out dated ones. Jack |
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