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October 30th 06, 07:00 AM
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How re-enter contacts saved as .dbx into Outlook
I recently had to have my hard disk purged. Outlook contacts were backed up
as a .dbx file (from Outlook express I think). Can I paste these into the new Contacts dbase on XP Home somehow? 
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October 30th 06, 01:54 PM
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How re-enter contacts saved as .dbx into Outlook
gumtree wrote:
I recently had to have my hard disk purged. Outlook contacts were backed up as a .dbx file (from Outlook express I think). Can I paste these into the new Contacts dbase on XP Home somehow? You can't "paste" them into Outlook. Outlook can't reference dbx files in any way. Moreover, Outlook Express does NOT store contacts in dbx files. It uses the Windows address book (wab) for that. If you have dbx files, they do NOT contain contacts. The first thing you must do is to configure Outlook Express to reference the dbx files (ask how in an Outlook Express newsgroup like microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general or see http://www.instideoutlookexpress.com/) then export the data from Outlook Express to Outlook. If you recover your WAB in OE, then you can use FileImport and ExportImport Internet Mail and Addresses in Outlook to pull them into your Contacts folder. -- Brian Tillman
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