OK this is very weird. Just booted up my machine (Win XP Pro SP3, fully
updated, anti-virused, anti-spywared and anti-malwared to the hilt) and my
Outlook Express (6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) address book has lost all
names/addresses from the letter "A" to "Q" - "R" to "Z" are still all there
OK, but A to Q have all gone.

This is my own personal computer and no-one else uses it, so I've never set
up "identities" or "users" or whatever - just boot up, open OE and start
using email.

What the hell has happened and where have they gone? Can I get them back?

TIA,

Pete

Does AutoComplete still work in the TO field of a new message, a reply to a
message, and/or a forward of a message?

Do you have over 999 contacts in Address Book?

Is MS Outlook also installed and did you just install an Outlook update?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Pete Zahut wrote:
OK this is very weird. Just booted up my machine (Win XP Pro SP3, fully
updated, anti-virused, anti-spywared and anti-malwared to the hilt) and my
Outlook Express (6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) address book has lost
all
names/addresses from the letter "A" to "Q" - "R" to "Z" are still all
there
OK, but A to Q have all gone.

This is my own personal computer and no-one else uses it, so I've never
set
up "identities" or "users" or whatever - just boot up, open OE and start
using email.

What the hell has happened and where have they gone? Can I get them back?

TIA,

Pete

Does AutoComplete still work in the TO field of a new message, a reply to a
message, and/or a forward of a message?

Do you have over 999 contacts in Address Book?

Is MS Outlook also installed and did you just install an Outlook update?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Pete Zahut wrote:
OK this is very weird. Just booted up my machine (Win XP Pro SP3, fully
updated, anti-virused, anti-spywared and anti-malwared to the hilt) and my
Outlook Express (6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) address book has lost
all
names/addresses from the letter "A" to "Q" - "R" to "Z" are still all
there
OK, but A to Q have all gone.

This is my own personal computer and no-one else uses it, so I've never
set
up "identities" or "users" or whatever - just boot up, open OE and start
using email.

What the hell has happened and where have they gone? Can I get them back?

TIA,

Pete

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Does AutoComplete still work in the TO field of a new message, a
reply to a message, and/or a forward of a message?

Yes, AutoComplete still works if I start to type a name such as Steve or any
name beginning with the letters from R to Z, but nothing appears if I try a
name starting with, say, A.

Do you have over 999 contacts in Address Book?

No. Probably had no more than 100 in total, even when the "A" to "Q" names
were there - now there's only about 20.

Is MS Outlook also installed and did you just install an Outlook
update?

Outlook is _not_ installed, just Outlook Express, and I've not noticed any
updates/hotfixes for OE recently.

Thanks for trying to help,

Pete

Pete Zahut wrote:
OK this is very weird. Just booted up my machine (Win XP Pro SP3,
fully updated, anti-virused, anti-spywared and anti-malwared to the
hilt) and my Outlook Express (6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
address book has lost all
names/addresses from the letter "A" to "Q" - "R" to "Z" are still all
there
OK, but A to Q have all gone.

This is my own personal computer and no-one else uses it, so I've
never set
up "identities" or "users" or whatever - just boot up, open OE and
start using email.

What the hell has happened and where have they gone? Can I get them
back? TIA,

Pete

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Does AutoComplete still work in the TO field of a new message, a
reply to a message, and/or a forward of a message?

Yes, AutoComplete still works if I start to type a name such as Steve or any
name beginning with the letters from R to Z, but nothing appears if I try a
name starting with, say, A.

Do you have over 999 contacts in Address Book?

No. Probably had no more than 100 in total, even when the "A" to "Q" names
were there - now there's only about 20.

Is MS Outlook also installed and did you just install an Outlook
update?

Outlook is _not_ installed, just Outlook Express, and I've not noticed any
updates/hotfixes for OE recently.

Thanks for trying to help,

Pete

Pete Zahut wrote:
OK this is very weird. Just booted up my machine (Win XP Pro SP3,
fully updated, anti-virused, anti-spywared and anti-malwared to the
hilt) and my Outlook Express (6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
address book has lost all
names/addresses from the letter "A" to "Q" - "R" to "Z" are still all
there
OK, but A to Q have all gone.

This is my own personal computer and no-one else uses it, so I've
never set
up "identities" or "users" or whatever - just boot up, open OE and
start using email.

What the hell has happened and where have they gone? Can I get them
back? TIA,

Pete

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

*.WAB

and:

*~WA

Find anything useful?
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Pete Zahut" dont@bother wrote in message
...
PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Does AutoComplete still work in the TO field of a new message, a
reply to a message, and/or a forward of a message?

Yes, AutoComplete still works if I start to type a name such as Steve or
any name beginning with the letters from R to Z, but nothing appears if I
try a name starting with, say, A.

Do you have over 999 contacts in Address Book?

No. Probably had no more than 100 in total, even when the "A" to "Q" names
were there - now there's only about 20.

Is MS Outlook also installed and did you just install an Outlook
update?

Outlook is _not_ installed, just Outlook Express, and I've not noticed any
updates/hotfixes for OE recently.

Thanks for trying to help,

Pete

Pete Zahut wrote:
OK this is very weird. Just booted up my machine (Win XP Pro SP3,
fully updated, anti-virused, anti-spywared and anti-malwared to the
hilt) and my Outlook Express (6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
address book has lost all
names/addresses from the letter "A" to "Q" - "R" to "Z" are still all
there
OK, but A to Q have all gone.

This is my own personal computer and no-one else uses it, so I've
never set
up "identities" or "users" or whatever - just boot up, open OE and
start using email.

What the hell has happened and where have they gone? Can I get them
back? TIA,

Pete

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

*.WAB

and:

*~WA

Find anything useful?
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Pete Zahut" dont@bother wrote in message
...
PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Does AutoComplete still work in the TO field of a new message, a
reply to a message, and/or a forward of a message?

Yes, AutoComplete still works if I start to type a name such as Steve or
any name beginning with the letters from R to Z, but nothing appears if I
try a name starting with, say, A.

Do you have over 999 contacts in Address Book?

No. Probably had no more than 100 in total, even when the "A" to "Q" names
were there - now there's only about 20.

Is MS Outlook also installed and did you just install an Outlook
update?

Outlook is _not_ installed, just Outlook Express, and I've not noticed any
updates/hotfixes for OE recently.

Thanks for trying to help,

Pete

Pete Zahut wrote:
OK this is very weird. Just booted up my machine (Win XP Pro SP3,
fully updated, anti-virused, anti-spywared and anti-malwared to the
hilt) and my Outlook Express (6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
address book has lost all
names/addresses from the letter "A" to "Q" - "R" to "Z" are still all
there
OK, but A to Q have all gone.

This is my own personal computer and no-one else uses it, so I've
never set
up "identities" or "users" or whatever - just boot up, open OE and
start using email.

What the hell has happened and where have they gone? Can I get them
back? TIA,

Pete

Or try...

*.WAB*


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

*.WAB

and:

*~WA

Find anything useful?

"Pete Zahut" dont@bother wrote in message
...
PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Does AutoComplete still work in the TO field of a new message, a
reply to a message, and/or a forward of a message?

Yes, AutoComplete still works if I start to type a name such as Steve or
any name beginning with the letters from R to Z, but nothing appears if I
try a name starting with, say, A.

Do you have over 999 contacts in Address Book?

No. Probably had no more than 100 in total, even when the "A" to "Q"
names
were there - now there's only about 20.

Is MS Outlook also installed and did you just install an Outlook
update?

Outlook is _not_ installed, just Outlook Express, and I've not noticed
any
updates/hotfixes for OE recently.

Thanks for trying to help,

Pete

Pete Zahut wrote:
OK this is very weird. Just booted up my machine (Win XP Pro SP3,
fully updated, anti-virused, anti-spywared and anti-malwared to the
hilt) and my Outlook Express (6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
address book has lost all
names/addresses from the letter "A" to "Q" - "R" to "Z" are still all
there
OK, but A to Q have all gone.

This is my own personal computer and no-one else uses it, so I've
never set
up "identities" or "users" or whatever - just boot up, open OE and
start using email.

What the hell has happened and where have they gone? Can I get them
back? TIA,

Pete

Or try...

*.WAB*


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

*.WAB

and:

*~WA

Find anything useful?

"Pete Zahut" dont@bother wrote in message
...
PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Does AutoComplete still work in the TO field of a new message, a
reply to a message, and/or a forward of a message?

Yes, AutoComplete still works if I start to type a name such as Steve or
any name beginning with the letters from R to Z, but nothing appears if I
try a name starting with, say, A.

Do you have over 999 contacts in Address Book?

No. Probably had no more than 100 in total, even when the "A" to "Q"
names
were there - now there's only about 20.

Is MS Outlook also installed and did you just install an Outlook
update?

Outlook is _not_ installed, just Outlook Express, and I've not noticed
any
updates/hotfixes for OE recently.

Thanks for trying to help,

Pete

Pete Zahut wrote:
OK this is very weird. Just booted up my machine (Win XP Pro SP3,
fully updated, anti-virused, anti-spywared and anti-malwared to the
hilt) and my Outlook Express (6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
address book has lost all
names/addresses from the letter "A" to "Q" - "R" to "Z" are still all
there
OK, but A to Q have all gone.

This is my own personal computer and no-one else uses it, so I've
never set
up "identities" or "users" or whatever - just boot up, open OE and
start using email.

What the hell has happened and where have they gone? Can I get them
back? TIA,

Pete

Well done guys )

At some stage (don't remember doing it - weird) I must have made a backup of
the address book or something because the search has turned up a John.wab
file that has an icon of an address book and is called an "Address Book
File" and is 318kb in size, and also a John.wab~ file (the icon for this is
that icon that you get when Windows doesn't know what to do with it IYSWIM)
that's called a WAB~ File and is 226kb.

Now then, what do I do with them?

Cheers guys,

Pete

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Or try...

*.WAB*


Bruce Hagen wrote:
Do an Advanced search and include Hidden Files and Folders. Search
for: *.WAB

and:

*~WA

Find anything useful?

"Pete Zahut" dont@bother wrote in message
...
PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Does AutoComplete still work in the TO field of a new message, a
reply to a message, and/or a forward of a message?

Yes, AutoComplete still works if I start to type a name such as
Steve or any name beginning with the letters from R to Z, but
nothing appears if I try a name starting with, say, A.

Do you have over 999 contacts in Address Book?

No. Probably had no more than 100 in total, even when the "A" to "Q"
names
were there - now there's only about 20.

Is MS Outlook also installed and did you just install an Outlook
update?

Outlook is _not_ installed, just Outlook Express, and I've not
noticed any
updates/hotfixes for OE recently.

Thanks for trying to help,

Pete

Pete Zahut wrote:
OK this is very weird. Just booted up my machine (Win XP Pro SP3,
fully updated, anti-virused, anti-spywared and anti-malwared to
the hilt) and my Outlook Express (6.00.2900.5512
(xpsp.080413-2105) address book has lost all
names/addresses from the letter "A" to "Q" - "R" to "Z" are still
all there
OK, but A to Q have all gone.

This is my own personal computer and no-one else uses it, so I've
never set
up "identities" or "users" or whatever - just boot up, open OE and
start using email.

What the hell has happened and where have they gone? Can I get
them back? TIA,

Pete