Re: .PAB file not recgonized as personal address book
From: Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] (russval_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/23/04
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:35:51 -0500
The only thing that Outlook can do natively with PAB files is add them to
the profile as an address book service separate from the Outlook Address
Book or import them into the users Contacts Folder. Anything beyond that
would be in the purview of your third party app, and I have no idea what
type of "address book" it might be creating for your users.
PAB's have been out of use for so long that I'm not aware of any utilities
that even manage them or can repair them anymore. The best information I
know of on PAB's is here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/olconpab.htm
-- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "DJ" <DJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FE5D4C23-A77B-4963-93AE-5E820B0D40FE@microsoft.com... > Yeah I know they are not used very much,but my Org. uses them. I am not > sure > why, I am new. I know that a PAB is a personal address book We have a > third > party app which pulls in a .PAB from a server to the users local personal > address book which is set up in the users profile. On one workstation, > when > I try to map the addressbook to the .pab file which is created on the hard > drive by the third party app, outlook tells me that it is not a valid > addressbook file. It does not even display the office icon next to the > file > name (it does on all other workstations). All of the other workstations > work > as advertised. I am sure that it has something to do with the users > workstation, when the user goes to lunch I am going to try to repair the > office installation. Any insight would be helpful. > Thanks > DJ > > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: > >> Not sure I understand your question. A PAB is not an Outlook Address >> Book. >> PAB's have not been in use for years. When you say it is not being >> recognized, what do you mean? >> -- >> Russ Valentine >> [MVP-Outlook] >> "DJ2004" <DJ2004@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:DF75CE2A-42F4-460A-ACA8-444F5E81A1E2@microsoft.com... >> >I use a third party app to update the company Personal Adressbook (.PAB) >> >in >> > the users profile. One particular user's computer will not recgonized >> > the >> > uploaded .PAB file as an outlook addressbook. Any suggestions as to >> > why >> > this >> > is. I really need to fix it. Thanks >> > DJ >> >> >>
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