Re: Lost Group Addresses - Can I get them back ?

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Are the groups missing in DSG.WAB as well?

Are DSG.WAB and DSG.WAB~ both found in C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book <=this folder? If so, do DSG.WAB and DSG.WAB~ have the same (identical) size?

Why do I ask? I am very concerned that NANCY.WAB and NANCY.WAB~ aren't identical in size. By any chance had you renamed the default MAIN IDENTITY to NANCY?

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Bubey wrote:
1. Yes, my Nancy is there as well as another
identity DSG. I checked the DSG address
book and it was the same as my Nancy book. No
groups attached.

2. Yes, the Nancy.wab address book is where the
groups are missing from.

Thanks

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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1. Open OE File | Identities | Manage Identities:
Is your identity named
"Nancy" here? Are there any other identities
listed here? If so, what are
their names?

2. Assuming NANCY.WAB is your identity's Address
Book, is this the one
that's now missing these "sub-groups"?

[Note to self: Wrap At settings]

Bubey wrote:
Yes, I have "show hidden files and folders"
enabled.

It shows 2 WAB files.....Nancy.wab~ 390kb
type: WAB~File
and Nancy.wab 1091 kb type:
Address Book File

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
in
message
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I am assuming all of your OE data is in the
default location.

1. Enable "Show Hidden Files and Folders" =>
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial62.html

2. Open a (Windows) Explorer to C:\Documents and
Settings\[username]\Application
Data\Microsoft\Address Book <=this folder

3. Does this folder contain a file with a WAB~
extension (e.g., BUBEY.WAB~)?

Don't *do* anything with it yet, just tell me if
it's there.

Bubey wrote:
That's my problem PA Bear. The phone does sync
with OE but it's bringing
across the "lost info" not the current info I
wanted to use. So I figured that
the lost groups from the address book are
somewhere on my hard drive.
I just know how to look for them. And no, I
know
I'm bad, I didn't back
up the address book. Any more ideas ?

P.S.... I'm a she !

Thanks Bubey (and that's my grandmother name)

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
in
message
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How can he restore the "sub-group" from the WAB
backup (WAB~ file) to his
Address Book, Michael?

If PDA-Sync will, in fact, synchronize with
(Windows) Address Book, will the
sync include the "sub-groups"?

Michael Santovec wrote:
OE makes a backup WAB file. The backup might
still have your data.

The Windows Address Book (WAB)
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm

"Bubey" <catlov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
news:eu8MChGsIHA.1240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I've really done it this time.............
I was cleaning up my Outlook Express and
accidentally deleted
my sub-group addresses where I kept them
filed
by
type. I
didn't even realize I did it until I opened
OE
again and they
were gone.
I got a new cell phone which has PDA-Sync on
it
and in trying
to bring across my contacts from Outlook
Express,
but it brought
those "lost" contacts. Where can I find
those
lost group addresses
and restore them so I can back them up and
then
try bring the
1st level contacts that I want on the cell
phone.

IE 6.00.2900.2180
OS: Win XP Sp2

Thanks in advance for the help !

.

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