Help - lost addresses from address book

I have no idea whatsoever but I'd love to know. I suppose it's "just one of
those things" that computer users come to know and love )

Pete

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
QED: WTF happened?

Bruce Hagen wrote:
You're welcome.

"Pete Zahut" dont@bother wrote in message
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Thanks very much Bruce, that worked a treat )

Cheers,

Pete

Bruce Hagen wrote:
Open the current OE Address Book and File | Import | Address Book
(wab) and point to the one of the two you found that is the most
complete.
This freeware tool backs up everything in OE in seconds. Disregard
what is written in red. That is referring to a different program.

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx

"Pete Zahut" dont@bother wrote in message
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Well done guys )

At some stage (don't remember doing it - weird) I must have made a
backup of the address book or something because the search has
turned up a John.wab file that has an icon of an address book and
is called an "Address Book File" and is 318kb in size, and also a
John.wab~ file (the icon for this is that icon that you get when
Windows doesn't know what to do with it IYSWIM) that's called a
WAB~ File and is 226kb. Now then, what do I do with them?

Cheers guys,

Pete

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Or try...

*.WAB*


Bruce Hagen wrote:
Do an Advanced search and include Hidden Files and Folders.
Search for: *.WAB

and:

*~WA

Find anything useful?

"Pete Zahut" dont@bother wrote in message
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PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Does AutoComplete still work in the TO field of a new
message, a reply to a message, and/or a forward of a message?

Yes, AutoComplete still works if I start to type a name such as
Steve or any name beginning with the letters from R to Z, but
nothing appears if I try a name starting with, say, A.

Do you have over 999 contacts in Address Book?

No. Probably had no more than 100 in total, even when the "A"
to "Q" names
were there - now there's only about 20.

Is MS Outlook also installed and did you just install an
Outlook update?

Outlook is _not_ installed, just Outlook Express, and I've not
noticed any
updates/hotfixes for OE recently.

Thanks for trying to help,

Pete

Pete Zahut wrote:
OK this is very weird. Just booted up my machine (Win XP Pro
SP3, fully updated, anti-virused, anti-spywared and
anti-malwared to the hilt) and my Outlook Express
(6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) address book has lost all
names/addresses from the letter "A" to "Q" - "R" to "Z" are
still all there
OK, but A to Q have all gone.

This is my own personal computer and no-one else uses it, so
I've never set
up "identities" or "users" or whatever - just boot up, open
OE and start using email.

What the hell has happened and where have they gone? Can I
get them back? TIA,

Pete

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OK this is very weird. Just booted up my machine (Win XP Pro SP3, fully
updated, anti-virused, anti-spywared and anti-malwared to the hilt) and my
Outlook Express (6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) address book has lost
all names/addresses from the letter "A" to "Q" - "R" to "Z" are still all
there OK, but A to Q have all gone.

This is my own personal computer and no-one else uses it, so I've never
set up "identities" or "users" or whatever - just boot up, open OE and
start using email.

What the hell has happened and where have they gone? Can I get them back?

TIA,

Pete