Re: Outlook express to Outlook 03
- From: "tokyojim" <tokyojim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 21:22:02 -0700
Thanks Brian for your answers.
> > I copied my address book from Outlook Express to a disk.
>
> Exactly what file did you copy and how?
I guess I copied the address book file. I did a search for ".wab" files.
> With what application are you trying to open it? What steps are you using
> to open it?
I followed the steps in your last e-mail. I tried to use Outlook 2003 to
import the files I had copied to a disk.
> > I asked Outlook to import it, but it tells me that it is in use by another program and that it cannot open the file.
> Outlook can't import a Windows Address Book directly, if that's the address
> book to which you refer.
Oh. No wonder it didn't work.
> > I can't figure what other program is using it since it is stored on a rewritable disk that I just inserted.
>
> Copy it to your hard drive first and remove the read-only attribute. I
> believe that what you're seeing is because the file is read-only and so the
> application attempting to open it believes it is write-locked by another
> program.
I already tried that and that didn't work. I even removed the read only
attribute as you said but still got the same message.
> > I have two copies of my address book on the disk. One is named
> > Administrator and the other is Jim May(my name). So I"m not sure
> > what to do. Even if I can just print out that file, that would be
> > great, but of course transferring them electronically is first
> > choice. Any suggestions?
>
> Assuming you have WAB files, after following the above instructions for
> each, open each in turn with the Windows Address Book application and see
> what they contain. Keep the one you want.
> --
> Brian Tillman
OK, opening it with the Windows Address book application worked. When I
first tried to do that, I was told that it was not the default vcard viewer.
So after I made it the default vcard viewer it worked. Now I can open it,
but am still not sure how to import it into Outlook. I'll go back to the
last e-mail and try to follow the instructions once again. I thought I just
tried that with no success, but maybe I did something wrong. Thanks Brian.
At the very least I have access to the old addresses. Hopefully I won't have
to re-enter them by hand, but it is not impossible.
tj
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