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iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 6:11 pm

Where does outlook express store your address book?

WilliamK · Post by **WilliamK** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 6:22 pm

I found mine doing a search for "XP username" in my case, "WilliamK" and the extention = "WAB".

EG: williamk.wab

Hope that helps.

Wk

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 6:27 pm

Hmmm It's usually been .pst file for your mail and .pab for your address book. PAB = Personal Address Book.

Devon

Tronam · Post by **Tronam** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 6:29 pm

If you're using 2K/XP, it is stored under your user profile folder in Documents and Settings. Here is the path:

C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book

This is assuming of course that you store your Documents and Settings folder on the C: drive. Also, make sure that in the 'Folder Options' control panel, you have enabled "Show hidden files and folders", otherwise the Application Data folder will be hidden from view. The Address Book files have a .WAB extension.

-Tronam

Tronam · Post by **Tronam** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 6:30 pm

DevonB wrote:Hmmm It's usually been .pst file for your mail and .pab for your address book. PAB = Personal Address Book.

Devon

This only applies if you are using Microsoft Outlook. It uses a different address book and mail database system than Outlook Express.

-Tronam

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 6:33 pm

Tronam wrote:
DevonB wrote:Hmmm It's usually been .pst file for your mail and .pab for your address book. PAB = Personal Address Book.

Devon
This only applies if you are using Microsoft Outlook. It uses a different address book and mail database system than Outlook Express.

-Tronam

Doh!

I missed that part.

Devon

iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 7:45 pm

Tronam wrote:
DevonB wrote:Hmmm It's usually been .pst file for your mail and .pab for your address book. PAB = Personal Address Book.

Devon
This only applies if you are using Microsoft Outlook. It uses a different address book and mail database system than Outlook Express.

-Tronam

So where is the outlook express address book then?

WilliamK · Post by **WilliamK** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 7:52 pm

iDavid wrote:So where is the outlook express address book then?

Do a search for *.wab in your entire drive, where windows is installed.

Wk

iDavid · Post by **iDavid** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:53 pm

Tronam · Post by **Tronam** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:58 pm

iDavid wrote:
Tronam wrote:
DevonB wrote:Hmmm It's usually been .pst file for your mail and .pab for your address book. PAB = Personal Address Book.

Devon
This only applies if you are using Microsoft Outlook. It uses a different address book and mail database system than Outlook Express.

-Tronam
So where is the outlook express address book then?

Umm... did you read my post earlier in the thread?

-Tronam

annode · Post by **annode** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 8:20 pm

Yes...Tronam is correct.

I did find all outlook express address book data in the wab file.
If you open the wab file using wordpad...scroll down slowly and you`ll see all your addresses.

Where does outlook store your address book?