Re: Address Book Corrupt

From: SJP (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:47:17 -0700

Thanks so much. I changed the value and it worked like a
dream.

SJP
>-----Original Message-----
>Is MS Outlook (or MS Office) also installed?
>
>Do you have this Registry key?...
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER
> \Software
> \Microsoft
> \WAB
> \WAB4
>
>If not, STOP; If so, is there a DWORD named UseOutlook
and is its value set
>to 1 (one)?
>
>If not, STOP; If so, Address Book is configured to share
contacts with
>Outlook, even if you don't use it (can happen with the
install of Office).
>Change the value to 0 (zero), Address Book should be
available to you and
>all should be well. (If that DWORD is not present, don't
create it, and
>don't alter any other DWORD values.)
>
>Note that any changes (additions, deletions, edits) made
while sharing was
>enabled will not be available (displayed) in Address Book
when sharing is
>disabled.
>
>cf. http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/wab.htm#share
>--
>~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>
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spx
>
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>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;835935
>
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>
>SJP wrote:
>> When I click on Addresses in OE6,
>> I get
>> "Unable to open the address book"
>> "The address book may not be installed properly"
>>
>> Another symptom is that I can receive messages, but
>> cannot create messages. The first message that came
>> up initially was to with the address book
>>
>> So any suggestions will be greatly appreciated on
>> How to reload the address book or even
>> OE6 without using the ie6 setup, which
>> does not fix the problem
>>
>> SJP
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> How do you know it is corrupted? Are you getting any
error messages? If
>>> so, please post the complete and exact error message
and someone will try
>>> to
>>> help you.
>>> --
>>> Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
>>> Please reply only to newsgroup.
>>>
>>>
>>> "SJP" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>>> news:1eae01c485f1$6ad4f3d0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> How do I fix a corrupt address book. I've tried
>>>> uninstalling and reinstalling ie6 but that did not
help.
>>>>
>>>> any suggestions will be greatly appreciated
>>>
>>> .
>
>.
>

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