Yes, when I imported the messages, there was a choice of importing from MS
Outlook - that's what I did. But when I tried to import an address book it
went to the empty .wab file on found on my computer when I did the search.

There were actually 4 files that contained .wab - 3 of them were last
modified in 2005 and one of them was modified today at the same time as when
I received my email "Welcome to Outlook Express 6" at 1:06 PM??


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you imported messages, you imported them from another identity or
directory. A new identity was created somehow.

I have a feeling you didn't do the search for the Address Book correctly.
Try this:

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.

Now search for:

*.wab

and

*.wa~
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
No, I was actually able to import all of my messages - including sent and
deleted ones.

In Identities, I have only one - "Main Identity"

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Did you lose your saved messages as well? File | Identities | Manage
Identities. Do you have more than one?
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
I don't understand either! But when I logged into my email this
afternoon it had changed and I received a "Welcome to Outlook Express 6"
email at 1:06 PM??

I did the *.wab search before and my address book was empty!

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
I do not understand. You are posting using XP/SP2. You always had OE6
on it. No other version of OE has ever come with XP.

Do an Advanced search and include Hidden Files and Folders. Search
for:

*.wab
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
No I didn't install a new windows version. In fact I'm not quite
sure how I
got the OE6 update? When I had shut down my computer this morning
because
they were putting a new electric box on our house, it said there were
updates being installed - I didn't pay attention to it - then when I
turned
it back on this afternoon, I had OE6??

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can only update to OE6 by installing a new Windows version, i.e.
Win98 to XP. Is this what you did? Tell us a little more.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
When my OE was updated to OE 6 I lost all of my contacts!!!
How can I get them back????

Do you have contacts in Outlook?
--
Ronald Sommer

"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
Yes, when I imported the messages, there was a choice of importing from MS
Outlook - that's what I did. But when I tried to import an address book
it went to the empty .wab file on found on my computer when I did the
search.

There were actually 4 files that contained .wab - 3 of them were last
modified in 2005 and one of them was modified today at the same time as
when I received my email "Welcome to Outlook Express 6" at 1:06 PM??


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you imported messages, you imported them from another identity or
directory. A new identity was created somehow.

I have a feeling you didn't do the search for the Address Book correctly.
Try this:

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.

Now search for:

*.wab

and

*.wa~
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
No, I was actually able to import all of my messages - including sent
and deleted ones.

In Identities, I have only one - "Main Identity"

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Did you lose your saved messages as well? File | Identities | Manage
Identities. Do you have more than one?
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
I don't understand either! But when I logged into my email this
afternoon it had changed and I received a "Welcome to Outlook Express
6" email at 1:06 PM??

I did the *.wab search before and my address book was empty!

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
I do not understand. You are posting using XP/SP2. You always had OE6
on it. No other version of OE has ever come with XP.

Do an Advanced search and include Hidden Files and Folders. Search
for:

*.wab
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
No I didn't install a new windows version. In fact I'm not quite
sure how I
got the OE6 update? When I had shut down my computer this morning
because
they were putting a new electric box on our house, it said there
were
updates being installed - I didn't pay attention to it - then when
I turned
it back on this afternoon, I had OE6??

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can only update to OE6 by installing a new Windows version,
i.e. Win98 to XP. Is this what you did? Tell us a little more.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
When my OE was updated to OE 6 I lost all of my contacts!!!
How can I get them back????

I had a ton of contacts in Outlook, but I can't get to it anymore?

"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
Do you have contacts in Outlook?
--
Ronald Sommer

"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
Yes, when I imported the messages, there was a choice of importing from
MS Outlook - that's what I did. But when I tried to import an address
book it went to the empty .wab file on found on my computer when I did
the search.

There were actually 4 files that contained .wab - 3 of them were last
modified in 2005 and one of them was modified today at the same time as
when I received my email "Welcome to Outlook Express 6" at 1:06 PM??


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you imported messages, you imported them from another identity or
directory. A new identity was created somehow.

I have a feeling you didn't do the search for the Address Book
correctly. Try this:

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.

Now search for:

*.wab

and

*.wa~
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
No, I was actually able to import all of my messages - including sent
and deleted ones.

In Identities, I have only one - "Main Identity"

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Did you lose your saved messages as well? File | Identities | Manage
Identities. Do you have more than one?
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
I don't understand either! But when I logged into my email this
afternoon it had changed and I received a "Welcome to Outlook Express
6" email at 1:06 PM??

I did the *.wab search before and my address book was empty!

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
I do not understand. You are posting using XP/SP2. You always had OE6
on it. No other version of OE has ever come with XP.

Do an Advanced search and include Hidden Files and Folders. Search
for:

*.wab
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
No I didn't install a new windows version. In fact I'm not quite
sure how I
got the OE6 update? When I had shut down my computer this morning
because
they were putting a new electric box on our house, it said there
were
updates being installed - I didn't pay attention to it - then when
I turned
it back on this afternoon, I had OE6??

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can only update to OE6 by installing a new Windows version,
i.e. Win98 to XP. Is this what you did? Tell us a little more.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
When my OE was updated to OE 6 I lost all of my contacts!!!
How can I get them back????

...When I had shut down my computer this morning because
they were putting a new electric box on our house...

Did you *unplug* your computer from the electrical outlet?

Judging from your other replies to this thread, it sounds like you didn't
and that perhaps a power surge damaged your computer. If so, TURN OFF YOUR
COMPUTER NOW! and don't turn it on again. Take it to a local, reputable,
and independent shop (i.e., not BigBoxStore USA; not Geek Squad) and see if
a skilled technician can recover your data.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Kristie Gustafson wrote:
I don't understand either! But when I logged into my email this afternoon
it had changed and I received a "Welcome to Outlook Express 6" email at
1:06
PM??

I did the *.wab search before and my address book was empty!

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
I do not understand. You are posting using XP/SP2. You always had OE6 on
it. No other version of OE has ever come with XP.

Do an Advanced search and include Hidden Files and Folders. Search for:

*.wab
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
No I didn't install a new windows version. In fact I'm not quite sure
how I
got the OE6 update? When I had shut down my computer this morning
because
they were putting a new electric box on our house, it said there were
updates being installed - I didn't pay attention to it - then when I
turned
it back on this afternoon, I had OE6??

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can only update to OE6 by installing a new Windows version, i.e.
Win98 to XP. Is this what you did? Tell us a little more.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kristie Gustafson" wrote in message
...
When my OE was updated to OE 6 I lost all of my contacts!!!
How can I get them back????