RE: get contact list from saved file after upgrade to XP

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What version of Outlook? Do a search of your backed-up files and find any
with the .PST extension -- you might possibly have to look within hidden
files though it's unlikely the person who backed up your data would have put
the .PST in a hidden folder.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
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"Ron Flame" wrote:

> I recently upgraded from Windows 98 to XP Home. They saved all my files and
> put them into a saved file. I find Outlook in there but can not get my
> contacts moved into my Outlook.
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