Re: Outlook Express in 2000

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Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 22:15:03 -0600

Thanks but none of these work. Searched for *.wab came back with nothing.
The registry has no listing for WAB4. Any other ideas how things disappeared
Bruce

"Elijah Landreth [MSFT]" <a-elijal@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> This is for the following versions:
> - Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows 95
> - Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0 for Windows 95
> - MSN 2.5 (Version: 2.5)
> - MSN 2.6 (Version: 2.6)
> - MSN 5.0 (Version: 5.0)
> - MSN 5.1 (Version: 5.1)
>
> To resolve this issue, rename and then re-create the Windows address book
> file. To do this, use the following steps:
>
>
> 1. Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.
>
> 2. In the Named box, type "*.wab" (without the quotation marks), and
> then click Find Now.
>
> 3. In the list of found files, right-click the following file
>
> "<MSN Member ID>.wab" (without the quotation marks)
> and then click Rename.
>
> 4. Type the following line, and then press ENTER:
>
> "<MSN Member ID>.old" (without the quotation marks)
>
> 5. Close the Find: Files Named *.wab window.
>
> 6. Double-click the Outlook Express icon on the desktop. The MSN, The
> Microsoft Network, Sign-In screen appears and a new Windows address
> book file is created.
>
>
> If you try the above and it does not resolve your issue then delete the
> following regestry key and restart your computer:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name
>
>
> --
> Elijah Landreth [MSFT]
> Enterprise Platform Support
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> "Bruce Lawrence" <blawrence@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:e540iWNeEHA.3632@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > can someone give me some ideas.
> > I try to open Outlook Express and a message comes up saying:
> > The Address Book failed to load. Outlook Express is incorrectly
> configured,
> > please reinstall.
> > I have not changed anything. It is 2000 Build 2195 SP4. It is not seeing
> the
> > CD-ROM either, and everything is hooked up right and virus scan shows no
> > virus & spyware is gone, so any help would be gratefully appreciated. I
am
> > hooked up to a router and the other computer is XP Pro. The 2000 is my
> sons
> > computer.
> > Thanks for any replies
> > Bruce
> >
> >
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> > Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 29/07/2004
> >
> >
>
>

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