Re: Outlook Express update KB911567

Denise: What happens if you go to Start/Run and type:
WAB /a
Please note the space between the end of WAB and the slash.

Your default address book should open and you can review the info here about how to create a new WAB file:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm

Also search your hard drive for any files that contain the following ~ To do that, just click Start/Search and enter the tilde < ~ > into the search criteria box. Let us know if you find any files with that symbol and what the names are.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express



"Denise" <Denise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:BE874B80-FF9F-4479-A9F9-05B04A41D427@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I too am using Outlook Express 6, Windows XP Home, XP2, all updates
installed. I do not have Norton but McAfee.

After the update, I uninstalled and re-installed Outlook Express and the
updates with McAfee off. I still could not retrieve my address book; I
received an error message "The Address Book appears to be corrupt and could
not open"

I checked my registry and it correctly indicated my default WAB file.

I have since uninstalled KB911567 but I reallize that, at some point, this
update should be installed. What can I do to be able to use my address book
then?
--
Denise

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