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Had to backup and format an xp box today and he uses outlook express. When importing the address book in it said it completed successfully but there were no contacts there. I know there is a bunch of them there cause you see they are going in. What should I do here?
I might be tempted to try to remove the account and then try it again. Not sure if you have tried this.
Also you might try putting Live Mail in there and see if the contacts can be imported to there. Then exported
Just a few thoughts
See the attached pic.... See if there are more than one contact owner's name.
Yes you might have imported to the personal address book (*.pab) instead of the windows address book (*.wab)
Have a search for both - how did you import the address book, from a CSV file?
I just grabbed the .wab from appdatta and imported it in. He has a ton of contacts. They do import but they don't populate the area where you see them at the bottom left. If you write an email and got to the to and type a name it will come up.
Have a look at this registry key
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4 "
and you want te useOutlook key
That should be dword00000000
Outlook Express may be trying to use another address book
Also check in tools options, maintenance where the address book is, go find it and then open it to see if it is populated.
Did you have any luck when you checked this out??Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve R Jones
Yeah, just sounds like you snagged the wrong wab file, Kodiak. If you had exported it and were trying to import to a different MS email client, I'd rant about interoperability issues with MS email programs, but I guess I'll save it for another time.
I don't think it was the wrong file I have done this many time. (not getting defensive here) I tired it again by renaming the .wab that ended up in appdata/microsoft/addressbook to .old. His .wab has 1000's of addresses. It starts and you can see the addresses going in then after and bit they all disappear. If you make an email and you click on to all the addresses show up there and he can send an email or he can just type in the first few letters of the persons name and it will show up it just won't populate the bottom left.
Sounds like something is wrong in the view portion of outlook express.
From what you say they are there, just not showing in the bottom left
where they should be.
This isnt exactly your issue but some info i n here may help ya
It's the view of the contact pane that's the issue
http://www.windowsbbs.com/internet-e...sappeared.html
Something else which may help
Look under the Tools menu in the Outlook Express Address Book.
Does it show Share?
If so, uncheck Share.
Kodiak, for grins, try installing Thunderbird and importing the data. If you find that everything works correctly in Thunderbird, then you can feel pretty safe in assuming a problem with Outlook Express. You can download a fresh copy from MS and re-install it, but if Tbird works, I think I'd be trying to make a case with your client for replacing OE. Junk mail filter, tabbed view etc. Live Mail (or whatever MS is calling it this week) is an option, but I think the interface is about the worst Ribbon implementation I've seen.
Moving to Thunderbird was a big mistake I made long time ago. There is no way back other than losing all emails from TB. I'd take WLM or Outlook over it without any hesitation.Quote:
Originally Posted by slgrieb
All Lies I have done it a number of times and here are the instructionsQuote:
Originally Posted by CeeBee
http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/th2outlook.php
Best to be sure of what you are saying before you say it.
I used Thunderbird for a number of years quite successfully and i moved to outlook
from it.
Yeah, I've found moving from Thunderbird to other email clients much smoother than getting Outlook Express to move contacts to Outlook, or getting Windows Mail migrated to Outlook. It always seems to be the contact lists that are the difficult issue between MS clients.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ferrit
He did say he was going to try TB and I have not heard anything from him as to any problems. He just wanted to make sure the contacts were there he didn't really care if they populated the contact area or not. It just bugs me when things aren't the way there suppose to be.
I know the feeling well. Unfortunately, it seems it is often these weird little annoyances that prove almost impossible to resolve. I've got a client who has had a problem since July where Acronis 2012 randomly stops generating logs for a day or two, then starts creating log files again. Since I'm pretty OCD, I burned a lot of time with Acronis support, without ever getting a resolution At the end, all I had to show for it was wasted hours and a very high level of frustration. You'd think I should know better by now!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kodiak
I used imapsize. And ended up with a ****load of screwed up messages - enough to be useless. Messages opened fine in TB though, but in OE they had screwed up dates and corrupted content. I ended up stuck with TB... Fortunately since then I switched to almost exclusively use of Hotmail.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ferrit
Let's face it, email clients and protocols weren't originally designed for the demands users place on them today. Outlook Express, with it's low limits on folder size and it's lack of junk filters, etc. is pretty much the poster child for dysfunctional email clients. But Outlook isn't really a prize either. Specifically, I've had poor success importing contacts lists from other software into Outlook (no matter if they were CSV files or other formats) and have them look like they did in the original software. Considering how proud MS is of Outlook, it just seems it should work a lot better than it does.
Well it still leaves Domino/Notes in the dust... After having to deal with them for years, going to a MS environment was a blessing....Quote:
Originally Posted by slgrieb
I can share Kodiak's pain....not with OE though, but with transferring everything (messages/folders/contacts) from old Netscape 7.2 email to Windows Live Mail. It worked after several tries and experimenting with different email import programs. Only using TB to import/convert Netscape did I get a chance to import that to Windows Live Mail in several steps. Never again am I going to touch anything Netscape related.
I believe you are safe considering it was discontinued long ago...Quote:
Originally Posted by cookin chef
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Originally Posted by Kodiak
Me too. BTW, shouldn't your "there" be either a "they are" or "they're"? :) (Couldn't resist).
Well, that's true enough. If you're in need of a good laugh, check out David Gewirtz blog about Notes, and the commentary.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeeBee
One of my favorite add ons for Thunderbird is Import/Export Tools. It requires some expertise to use (you need to know where any files you want to import are stored, or be able to find them), but it works very well.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeeBee
All the same, like it or not, webmail is going to replace email clients in the near future for most users, especially with the growth in mobile devices. For corporate users internal needs, Exchange, often in conjunction with Sharepoint, is already a clear winner.