I tried to copy two files of an address book from the old computer

My name.wab
My name.wab~

into Microsoft \ address book\ of new computer.

When OE was opened, it showed the list of addresses but I could not see
anything under Create Mail \To.....
It is empty. Apparently, the newly copied wab did not work. Please tell
me how to fix this problem.
TIA. Jorge

The WAB~ is a backup file and not needed to be transferred.

See
The Windows Address Book (WAB)
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm

The problem is likely that on the old PC, you had the contacts under the
identity, rather than the shared contacts. On the new Pc you would
have a new identity, even if it has the same identity name (e.g. Main).

You can open the address book outside of OE and move the contacts to the
shared contacts, then open the address book within OE and move them from
the shared contacts to the current identity.

--

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


"Jorge Cervantes" wrote in message
...
I tried to copy two files of an address book from the old computer

My name.wab
My name.wab~

into Microsoft \ address book\ of new computer.

When OE was opened, it showed the list of addresses but I could not
see
anything under Create Mail \To.....
It is empty. Apparently, the newly copied wab did not work. Please
tell
me how to fix this problem.
TIA. Jorge

Do you still have access to the old machine, or a copy of the Address Book?

Open the Address Book | File | Export | Address Book (wab) either to a CD,
or another location on your HDD and burn from there. Copy the CD to a folder
on the new machine. Right click on it | Properties and remove the Read Only
attribute. Open the Address Book | File | Import | Address Book (wab) and
point to where you saved it.

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Jorge Cervantes" wrote in message
...
I tried to copy two files of an address book from the old computer

My name.wab
My name.wab~

into Microsoft \ address book\ of new computer.

When OE was opened, it showed the list of addresses but I could not see
anything under Create Mail \To.....
It is empty. Apparently, the newly copied wab did not work. Please
tell
me how to fix this problem.
TIA. Jorge

What you said makes sense. I have never paid attention to shared or
non-shared.
That was the problem. What I did was I simply copied My name.wab (hidden
file) from one computer to other.

Where can I figure out or change "shared" or non-shared contacts?

That would solve my problem. Thanks. Jorge


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
The WAB~ is a backup file and not needed to be transferred.

See
The Windows Address Book (WAB)
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm

The problem is likely that on the old PC, you had the contacts under the
identity, rather than the shared contacts. On the new Pc you would have
a new identity, even if it has the same identity name (e.g. Main).

You can open the address book outside of OE and move the contacts to the
shared contacts, then open the address book within OE and move them from
the shared contacts to the current identity.

--

Just open the address book outside of OE. Double click the WAB file.
You should then see all the addresses.

Then click View, and make sure the Folders and Groups is checked. You
should now see the folders in the left pane. At that point you can drag
addresses between folders.

--

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


"Jorge Cervantes" wrote in message
...
What you said makes sense. I have never paid attention to shared or
non-shared.
That was the problem. What I did was I simply copied My name.wab
(hidden file) from one computer to other.

Where can I figure out or change "shared" or non-shared contacts?

That would solve my problem. Thanks. Jorge


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
The WAB~ is a backup file and not needed to be transferred.

See
The Windows Address Book (WAB)
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm

The problem is likely that on the old PC, you had the contacts under
the identity, rather than the shared contacts. On the new Pc you
would have a new identity, even if it has the same identity name
(e.g. Main).

You can open the address book outside of OE and move the contacts to
the shared contacts, then open the address book within OE and move
them from the shared contacts to the current identity.

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