I have tried to import it from my C drive but cannot ID it properly for this
to happen. Any ideas?

Thanks

Since Outlook doesn't even use an address book, perhaps you should post a
more accurate description of your problem so we could know what you mean.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rich D" Rich wrote in message
...
I have tried to import it from my C drive but cannot ID it properly for
this
to happen. Any ideas?

Thanks

Both my Outlook 2000 and 2003 have Address Books. I do not use Outlook
Contacts for email addresses. When I write an email and click on "To" or "cc"
it activates the Address Book(which can also be activated by clicking on the
little book icon). I choose not to use the Contacts element of Outlook since
I have a different CRM app that works for me.
I hope that helps you or someone else solve my problem.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Since Outlook doesn't even use an address book, perhaps you should post a
more accurate description of your problem so we could know what you mean.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rich D" Rich wrote in message
...
I have tried to import it from my C drive but cannot ID it properly for
this
to happen. Any ideas?

Thanks

Rich D wrote:

Both my Outlook 2000 and 2003 have Address Books.

Outlook 2000 was able to use the Windows address book (WAB.EXE), the same
address book Outlook Express uses, or it was able to use its own Contacts
folder (with the Outlook Address Book service providing a view of that
folder) and a Personal Address Book service that provided a view of a PAB
file. Which arrangement are you using?

Outlook 2003, however, cannot use the Windows Address Book, nor does it use
the Personal Address Book, which is obsolete. It uses Contacts folders and
the Outlook Address Book service that provides a view of the names and
addresses contained in the Contacts folder. If you see anything int he
Address book interface, it will be in a Contacts folder.
--
Brian Tillman

Gotta disagree on this one... I'm running Outlook 2003 on this very machine
and it's more than happy using my Outlook 97 vintage Personal Address Book
(.PAB) file. If Rich was using a PAB, he should be able to search for it,
add it, and use it... I could and did without issue.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP- Print /Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
...
Rich D wrote:

Both my Outlook 2000 and 2003 have Address Books.

Outlook 2000 was able to use the Windows address book (WAB.EXE), the same
address book Outlook Express uses, or it was able to use its own Contacts
folder (with the Outlook Address Book service providing a view of that
folder) and a Personal Address Book service that provided a view of a PAB
file. Which arrangement are you using?

Outlook 2003, however, cannot use the Windows Address Book, nor does it
use the Personal Address Book, which is obsolete. It uses Contacts
folders and the Outlook Address Book service that provides a view of the
names and addresses contained in the Contacts folder. If you see anything
int he Address book interface, it will be in a Contacts folder.
--
Brian Tillman

However, Outlook 2003 will be the last chance to do so. "Support" for PAB's
is gone after that.
Most users were advised to migrate from PAB's years ago and did so. It's
entirely possible Rich hadn't done so yet, but it's equally impossible to
tell from his description just what he was using.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]" wrote in message
...
Gotta disagree on this one... I'm running Outlook 2003 on this very
machine and it's more than happy using my Outlook 97 vintage Personal
Address Book (.PAB) file. If Rich was using a PAB, he should be able to
search for it, add it, and use it... I could and did without issue.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP- Print /Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
...
Rich D wrote:

Both my Outlook 2000 and 2003 have Address Books.

Outlook 2000 was able to use the Windows address book (WAB.EXE), the same
address book Outlook Express uses, or it was able to use its own Contacts
folder (with the Outlook Address Book service providing a view of that
folder) and a Personal Address Book service that provided a view of a PAB
file. Which arrangement are you using?

Outlook 2003, however, cannot use the Windows Address Book, nor does it
use the Personal Address Book, which is obsolete. It uses Contacts
folders and the Outlook Address Book service that provides a view of the
names and addresses contained in the Contacts folder. If you see
anything int he Address book interface, it will be in a Contacts folder.
--
Brian Tillman

The "address book" in Outlook is simply a view of your Contacts Folder. So
if you do not intend to use your Contacts Folder, you will have no address
book.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rich D" wrote in message
...
Both my Outlook 2000 and 2003 have Address Books. I do not use Outlook
Contacts for email addresses. When I write an email and click on "To" or
"cc"
it activates the Address Book(which can also be activated by clicking on
the
little book icon). I choose not to use the Contacts element of Outlook
since
I have a different CRM app that works for me.
I hope that helps you or someone else solve my problem.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Since Outlook doesn't even use an address book, perhaps you should post a
more accurate description of your problem so we could know what you mean.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rich D" Rich wrote in message
...
I have tried to import it from my C drive but cannot ID it properly for
this
to happen. Any ideas?

Thanks

Rich D Rich wrote:

I have tried to import it from my C drive but cannot ID it properly
for this to happen. Any ideas?

See this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287563/en-us
--
Brian Tillman

Brian:
That fix does not work for me. Apparantly, since I do not use the Contacts
as my Address Book in Outlook for email, it does not apply. I have ~3,000
Contacts and I prefer to use a trimmed down Address Book instead of wading
through Contacts.
I believe that my W2000 Address Book is residing somewhere on my HD and the
W2003 upgrade did not transfer it. I need to know how to locate and import it.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Rich D Rich wrote:

I have tried to import it from my C drive but cannot ID it properly
for this to happen. Any ideas?

See this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287563/en-us
--
Brian Tillman