I have searched for hours for an answer to this and have tried everything
suggested to no avail; I thought I'd ask my question direct prior to throwing
in the towel. I have office 2003 and imported my .pst file after reinstalling
(now I know importing is a no-no). All of my email and folders imported
correctly, but I have no addresses. I see that I have a .pab file in the
appropriate path, so I went to tools, email accts, view or change directory.
I have tried adding, changing, have made this a personal address book with
the path to the .pab, I have tried the personal address book with the path to
the .pst, and nothing in my old address book shows up. I am soon going to
upgrade to outlook 2007 in hopes of avoiding this in the future - I have
never been able to save any of my addresses when I have to reload outlook and
always have a backup .pst file. Aaaaargh! Please help!

Outlook has not used a PAB file for a decade. You need to remove it and
follow the standard steps to configure your Outlook Address Book Service
posted here daily:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Linda" wrote in message
...
I have searched for hours for an answer to this and have tried everything
suggested to no avail; I thought I'd ask my question direct prior to
throwing
in the towel. I have office 2003 and imported my .pst file after
reinstalling
(now I know importing is a no-no). All of my email and folders imported
correctly, but I have no addresses. I see that I have a .pab file in the
appropriate path, so I went to tools, email accts, view or change
directory.
I have tried adding, changing, have made this a personal address book with
the path to the .pab, I have tried the personal address book with the path
to
the .pst, and nothing in my old address book shows up. I am soon going to
upgrade to outlook 2007 in hopes of avoiding this in the future - I have
never been able to save any of my addresses when I have to reload outlook
and
always have a backup .pst file. Aaaaargh! Please help!

Thanks for your help. Will that allow me to open my old address file to
retrieve all of my addresses?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Outlook has not used a PAB file for a decade. You need to remove it and
follow the standard steps to configure your Outlook Address Book Service
posted here daily:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Linda" wrote in message
...
I have searched for hours for an answer to this and have tried everything
suggested to no avail; I thought I'd ask my question direct prior to
throwing
in the towel. I have office 2003 and imported my .pst file after
reinstalling
(now I know importing is a no-no). All of my email and folders imported
correctly, but I have no addresses. I see that I have a .pab file in the
appropriate path, so I went to tools, email accts, view or change
directory.
I have tried adding, changing, have made this a personal address book with
the path to the .pab, I have tried the personal address book with the path
to
the .pst, and nothing in my old address book shows up. I am soon going to
upgrade to outlook 2007 in hopes of avoiding this in the future - I have
never been able to save any of my addresses when I have to reload outlook
and
always have a backup .pst file. Aaaaargh! Please help!

What makes you think you even have an "old address book file?" There is no
such thing. Outlook has stored all it information in PST files forever. It
has never stored any information in a PAB file. If you transferred your PST
file, you have all the Contact data you have ever had.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Linda" wrote in message
news
Thanks for your help. Will that allow me to open my old address file to
retrieve all of my addresses?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Outlook has not used a PAB file for a decade. You need to remove it and
follow the standard steps to configure your Outlook Address Book Service
posted here daily:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Linda" wrote in message
...
I have searched for hours for an answer to this and have tried
everything
suggested to no avail; I thought I'd ask my question direct prior to
throwing
in the towel. I have office 2003 and imported my .pst file after
reinstalling
(now I know importing is a no-no). All of my email and folders imported
correctly, but I have no addresses. I see that I have a .pab file in
the
appropriate path, so I went to tools, email accts, view or change
directory.
I have tried adding, changing, have made this a personal address book
with
the path to the .pab, I have tried the personal address book with the
path
to
the .pst, and nothing in my old address book shows up. I am soon going
to
upgrade to outlook 2007 in hopes of avoiding this in the future - I
have
never been able to save any of my addresses when I have to reload
outlook
and
always have a backup .pst file. Aaaaargh! Please help!

After I imported my pst file, I went back to where it is stored and there was
also a .pab file. All of my email and folders I had created in email was
there, but no contacts or address. That was my goal; to get the addresses in
the pab or pst to display in outlook.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

What makes you think you even have an "old address book file?" There is no
such thing. Outlook has stored all it information in PST files forever. It
has never stored any information in a PAB file. If you transferred your PST
file, you have all the Contact data you have ever had.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Linda" wrote in message
news
Thanks for your help. Will that allow me to open my old address file to
retrieve all of my addresses?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Outlook has not used a PAB file for a decade. You need to remove it and
follow the standard steps to configure your Outlook Address Book Service
posted here daily:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Linda" wrote in message
...
I have searched for hours for an answer to this and have tried
everything
suggested to no avail; I thought I'd ask my question direct prior to
throwing
in the towel. I have office 2003 and imported my .pst file after
reinstalling
(now I know importing is a no-no). All of my email and folders imported
correctly, but I have no addresses. I see that I have a .pab file in
the
appropriate path, so I went to tools, email accts, view or change
directory.
I have tried adding, changing, have made this a personal address book
with
the path to the .pab, I have tried the personal address book with the
path
to
the .pst, and nothing in my old address book shows up. I am soon going
to
upgrade to outlook 2007 in hopes of avoiding this in the future - I
have
never been able to save any of my addresses when I have to reload
outlook
and
always have a backup .pst file. Aaaaargh! Please help!

Repeating: Outlook has not used a PAB file to store Contacts for over 10
years, and never did so primarily. Your Contacts were stored in your PST
file and would still be there. They will not appear in your address book
view until you configure that view using the instructions I posted.
If your Contacts are not in your PST file, then you did not transfer that
file correctly. Importing is never the correct way to transfer Outlook data.
Just copy the original PST file and open it in Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Linda" wrote in message
...
After I imported my pst file, I went back to where it is stored and there
was
also a .pab file. All of my email and folders I had created in email was
there, but no contacts or address. That was my goal; to get the addresses
in
the pab or pst to display in outlook.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

What makes you think you even have an "old address book file?" There is
no
such thing. Outlook has stored all it information in PST files forever.
It
has never stored any information in a PAB file. If you transferred your
PST
file, you have all the Contact data you have ever had.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Linda" wrote in message
news
Thanks for your help. Will that allow me to open my old address file
to
retrieve all of my addresses?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Outlook has not used a PAB file for a decade. You need to remove it
and
follow the standard steps to configure your Outlook Address Book
Service
posted here daily:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Linda" wrote in message
...
I have searched for hours for an answer to this and have tried
everything
suggested to no avail; I thought I'd ask my question direct prior to
throwing
in the towel. I have office 2003 and imported my .pst file after
reinstalling
(now I know importing is a no-no). All of my email and folders
imported
correctly, but I have no addresses. I see that I have a .pab file in
the
appropriate path, so I went to tools, email accts, view or change
directory.
I have tried adding, changing, have made this a personal address
book
with
the path to the .pab, I have tried the personal address book with
the
path
to
the .pst, and nothing in my old address book shows up. I am soon
going
to
upgrade to outlook 2007 in hopes of avoiding this in the future - I
have
never been able to save any of my addresses when I have to reload
outlook
and
always have a backup .pst file. Aaaaargh! Please help!