Wab files in Outlook Express directory

[jean-paul martell]

hi,
i have problem with Outlook Express,Outlook Express won't use my old wab file, it keeps creating a new wab file and uses that but i have deleted that new web file.Also when i try to open the new Web Design File it wont open. Does anyone know what causes this issue and how to fix it?Any help will be extremely appreciated.

[ThoMas321]

Keep the filenames the same and just replace one WAB file with the other. Another option is to use FILE >> IMPORT to import your old contacts.

[JonathanD]

There normally isn't an export to wab option under OE->FILE->EXPORT, it would either be to a .pab file or .csv file. If you wanted a wab file you'd just copy the OE one and move it to where ever, or open the address book and then click FILE->EXPORT.

If you have an older version of Outlook installed on this computer (either 98 or 2000 running in IMO mode) then open the OE address book and click on TOOLS->OPTIONS and see if there is a setting for sharing the Outlook address book, if so choose not to do this.

Otherwize I would recommend exporting your contacts to a .csv, then closing OE and deleting the .wab file, starting OE and importing the .csv file, and see if you can now delete a contact.

[Sam.D]

If there is no path shown, that means you have set OE to share the Contacts folder in Outlook and so no *.wab file is used). If you open the *.wab's folder in Windows Explorer, you will see not only the <username>.wab file but also an automatic backup copy named <username>.wa~ or <username>wab~. To find all WAB files and backups on your computer, just do a Windows search for *.wa?. To open a backup copy, simply rename the file and change the extension to wab.

And also refer to this thread with same error issue:cannot access wab dll address book , outlook