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ok, for some reason, windows 98 decided to muck up my dad's computer. it wont let it boot into windows. but its due for a reformat and a new OS. so i hooked up the harddrive to mine to back up my dad's files. one thing he needs is his outlook address book. i have no way of exporting it from outlook, because i cant run the program on his(itll just run it with my settings). so does anyone know where the file is stored that has the address book info? since its part of the office suite, all the program files are mixed together in the office folder, so i have no clue where it is.
jmichna
03-17-2003, 10:52 PM
For Win98, try:
C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book
Look for a "*.wab" file.
ack! that was the place where one is stored, but it was my brother's old one...and i did a file search for any .wab file, and that was the only one....so im stumped :-.
jmichna
03-18-2003, 10:56 AM
Maybe you could reinstall the OS on top of itself - temporarily - just to get OE running, then export his address book to a *.wab file somewhere (even a floppy)?
BipolarBill
03-18-2003, 10:58 AM
In the future, specify Outlook or Outlook Express. You mention Office (in small letters - please do what your English teacher taught you - capitalization and punctuation - if only to make our lives a bit easier).
All Outlook data is stored in a .PST file. It's normally in C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. It's called "OUTLOOK.PST". Just copy the entire contents of that folder.
bubbalou32
03-18-2003, 12:25 PM
silly "wabbit"!
...I said Outlook, now if that doesnt tell you whether its Outlook or Outlook Express, I dont know what will. Obviously, if I meant Outlook Express, I would have said Outlook Express. Rather, I meant Outlook, so I said Outlook.
but anyways, I did find it earlier, i tried exporting my current information to see how it stores it. then searched and found it.
BipolarBill
03-18-2003, 05:14 PM
Nice punctuation and capitalization! You get an "A" for that assignment. :) Anger becomes you! :D
gjimene2
03-18-2003, 05:32 PM
Originally posted by BipolarBill
Nice punctuation and capitalization! You get an "A" for that assignment. :) Anger becomes you! :D
:D
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