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combining wab files?
win xp home, OE 6.x
Have two systems with seperate address books. Building a new system and would like to combine the two address books into one for new system. Is it possible to merge the two .wab files into one? Thanks, |
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1. Export both Address Books via Address Book: File | Export | Address Book
(WAB). You will end up with two (2) WAB files; e.g., JOE.WAB and MARY.WAB. 2. Place a copy of each WAB file on the desktop of the new computer, right-click on each file, select Properties & remove any Read-Only attribute the file may have. 3. Before adding any contacts whatsoever to your brand-new Address Book, import both WAB files via Address Book: File | Import | Address Book (WAB), pointing the wizard to each desktop file, in turn. NB: Beware of dupes! NB: You may find that any Address Book Folders or Groups will neither export nor import. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 L.S. wrote: win xp home, OE 6.x Have two systems with seperate address books. Building a new system and would like to combine the two address books into one for new system. Is it possible to merge the two .wab files into one? Thanks, |
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Thanks
L. "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Export both Address Books via Address Book: File | Export | Address Book (WAB). You will end up with two (2) WAB files; e.g., JOE.WAB and MARY.WAB. 2. Place a copy of each WAB file on the desktop of the new computer, right-click on each file, select Properties & remove any Read-Only attribute the file may have. 3. Before adding any contacts whatsoever to your brand-new Address Book, import both WAB files via Address Book: File | Import | Address Book (WAB), pointing the wizard to each desktop file, in turn. NB: Beware of dupes! NB: You may find that any Address Book Folders or Groups will neither export nor import. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 L.S. wrote: win xp home, OE 6.x Have two systems with seperate address books. Building a new system and would like to combine the two address books into one for new system. Is it possible to merge the two .wab files into one? Thanks, |
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YW & thanks for your feedback.
L.S. wrote: Thanks L. "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Export both Address Books via Address Book: File | Export | Address Book (WAB). You will end up with two (2) WAB files; e.g., JOE.WAB and MARY.WAB. 2. Place a copy of each WAB file on the desktop of the new computer, right-click on each file, select Properties & remove any Read-Only attribute the file may have. 3. Before adding any contacts whatsoever to your brand-new Address Book, import both WAB files via Address Book: File | Import | Address Book (WAB), pointing the wizard to each desktop file, in turn. NB: Beware of dupes! NB: You may find that any Address Book Folders or Groups will neither export nor import. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 L.S. wrote: win xp home, OE 6.x Have two systems with seperate address books. Building a new system and would like to combine the two address books into one for new system. Is it possible to merge the two .wab files into one? Thanks, |
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Follow up ???.
We're thinking about adding/combining our books on each of our existing systems. Sometimes she ask me to send an e-mail for her off my system and I won't have the address. Also, some of our family, friends, etc. have changed address' through the years and we need to update. If we end up with dupes, I think, again, it would be easier to delete than trying to manually add an address. Since these are active, I don't want to 'play' with finding a solution and mess things up. Yes- I've backed up the wab's. I'm guessing most folks don't think about that, me included. Will your instructions be the same or is there something I should watch out for? Note: We are networked here at office. L. "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... YW & thanks for your feedback. L.S. wrote: Thanks L. "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Export both Address Books via Address Book: File | Export | Address Book (WAB). You will end up with two (2) WAB files; e.g., JOE.WAB and MARY.WAB. 2. Place a copy of each WAB file on the desktop of the new computer, right-click on each file, select Properties & remove any Read-Only attribute the file may have. 3. Before adding any contacts whatsoever to your brand-new Address Book, import both WAB files via Address Book: File | Import | Address Book (WAB), pointing the wizard to each desktop file, in turn. NB: Beware of dupes! NB: You may find that any Address Book Folders or Groups will neither export nor import. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 L.S. wrote: win xp home, OE 6.x Have two systems with seperate address books. Building a new system and would like to combine the two address books into one for new system. Is it possible to merge the two .wab files into one? Thanks, |
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In this situation, you'd want to use a Standalone Address Book (SAB). See
this recent, related discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...7a6cdda5bd6c9c L.S. wrote: Follow up ???. We're thinking about adding/combining our books on each of our existing systems. Sometimes she ask me to send an e-mail for her off my system and I won't have the address. Also, some of our family, friends, etc. have changed address' through the years and we need to update. If we end up with dupes, I think, again, it would be easier to delete than trying to manually add an address. Since these are active, I don't want to 'play' with finding a solution and mess things up. Yes- I've backed up the wab's. I'm guessing most folks don't think about that, me included. Will your instructions be the same or is there something I should watch out for? Note: We are networked here at office. L. "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... YW & thanks for your feedback. L.S. wrote: Thanks L. "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Export both Address Books via Address Book: File | Export | Address Book (WAB). You will end up with two (2) WAB files; e.g., JOE.WAB and MARY.WAB. 2. Place a copy of each WAB file on the desktop of the new computer, right-click on each file, select Properties & remove any Read-Only attribute the file may have. 3. Before adding any contacts whatsoever to your brand-new Address Book, import both WAB files via Address Book: File | Import | Address Book (WAB), pointing the wizard to each desktop file, in turn. NB: Beware of dupes! NB: You may find that any Address Book Folders or Groups will neither export nor import. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 L.S. wrote: win xp home, OE 6.x Have two systems with seperate address books. Building a new system and would like to combine the two address books into one for new system. Is it possible to merge the two .wab files into one? Thanks, |
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Again PA, thanks. Good article/discussion.
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... In this situation, you'd want to use a Standalone Address Book (SAB). See this recent, related discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...7a6cdda5bd6c9c L.S. wrote: Follow up ???. We're thinking about adding/combining our books on each of our existing systems. Sometimes she ask me to send an e-mail for her off my system and I won't have the address. Also, some of our family, friends, etc. have changed address' through the years and we need to update. If we end up with dupes, I think, again, it would be easier to delete than trying to manually add an address. Since these are active, I don't want to 'play' with finding a solution and mess things up. Yes- I've backed up the wab's. I'm guessing most folks don't think about that, me included. Will your instructions be the same or is there something I should watch out for? Note: We are networked here at office. L. "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... YW & thanks for your feedback. L.S. wrote: Thanks L. "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Export both Address Books via Address Book: File | Export | Address Book (WAB). You will end up with two (2) WAB files; e.g., JOE.WAB and MARY.WAB. 2. Place a copy of each WAB file on the desktop of the new computer, right-click on each file, select Properties & remove any Read-Only attribute the file may have. 3. Before adding any contacts whatsoever to your brand-new Address Book, import both WAB files via Address Book: File | Import | Address Book (WAB), pointing the wizard to each desktop file, in turn. NB: Beware of dupes! NB: You may find that any Address Book Folders or Groups will neither export nor import. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 L.S. wrote: win xp home, OE 6.x Have two systems with seperate address books. Building a new system and would like to combine the two address books into one for new system. Is it possible to merge the two .wab files into one? Thanks, |
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Once again, YW & thanks for your feedback.
L.S. wrote: Again PA, thanks. Good article/discussion. "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... In this situation, you'd want to use a Standalone Address Book (SAB). See this recent, related discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...7a6cdda5bd6c9c L.S. wrote: Follow up ???. We're thinking about adding/combining our books on each of our existing systems. Sometimes she ask me to send an e-mail for her off my system and I won't have the address. Also, some of our family, friends, etc. have changed address' through the years and we need to update. If we end up with dupes, I think, again, it would be easier to delete than trying to manually add an address. Since these are active, I don't want to 'play' with finding a solution and mess things up. Yes- I've backed up the wab's. I'm guessing most folks don't think about that, me included. Will your instructions be the same or is there something I should watch out for? Note: We are networked here at office. L. "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... YW & thanks for your feedback. L.S. wrote: Thanks L. "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Export both Address Books via Address Book: File | Export | Address Book (WAB). You will end up with two (2) WAB files; e.g., JOE.WAB and MARY.WAB. 2. Place a copy of each WAB file on the desktop of the new computer, right-click on each file, select Properties & remove any Read-Only attribute the file may have. 3. Before adding any contacts whatsoever to your brand-new Address Book, import both WAB files via Address Book: File | Import | Address Book (WAB), pointing the wizard to each desktop file, in turn. NB: Beware of dupes! NB: You may find that any Address Book Folders or Groups will neither export nor import. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 L.S. wrote: win xp home, OE 6.x Have two systems with seperate address books. Building a new system and would like to combine the two address books into one for new system. Is it possible to merge the two .wab files into one? Thanks, |
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