OT-- confused on exporting address book (OE)

I have a Dell Dimension desktop and an Inspiron Laptop.

Both use XP Home and IE/OE 6.0

I want to copy the address book from the laptop to the desktop (the laptop
is more up-to-date). I thought I would export it to my flash drive (from
laptop) and then import to desktop.

But I can't get the export function to work..

When I do file/export/address book I have to choose a directory and specify
a file name. I did a search for *.wab but still can't find anything.

Suggestions?

Mel

"MZB" wrote in message
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I have a Dell Dimension desktop and an Inspiron Laptop.

Both use XP Home and IE/OE 6.0

I want to copy the address book from the laptop to the desktop (the laptop
is more up-to-date). I thought I would export it to my flash drive (from
laptop) and then import to desktop.

But I can't get the export function to work..

When I do file/export/address book I have to choose a directory and
specify
a file name. I did a search for *.wab but still can't find anything.

Suggestions?

Mel

The file you want is in C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\ ,at least is on my
I5100.

No that's not the file--that's actually the address book program.

But, it turns out if you click your address book/help/about it shows the
location of the file.

That's what I needed and I accomplished the task!

Thanks for everyone's help

Mel
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"MZB" wrote in message
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I have a Dell Dimension desktop and an Inspiron Laptop.

Both use XP Home and IE/OE 6.0

I want to copy the address book from the laptop to the desktop (the
laptop
is more up-to-date). I thought I would export it to my flash drive (from
laptop) and then import to desktop.

But I can't get the export function to work..

When I do file/export/address book I have to choose a directory and
specify
a file name. I did a search for *.wab but still can't find anything.

Suggestions?

Mel

The file you want is in C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\ ,at least is on
my
I5100.

MZB,
Look under backing up and restoring OE, at the following site:
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm

Also when you do a search for the Windows Address Book (username.wab), file.
You will need to do a change your folder settings to show hidden files.

Desktop My Computer TOOLS folder options View tab Select Show hidden
files and folders.
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"MZB" wrote in message
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I have a Dell Dimension desktop and an Inspiron Laptop.

Both use XP Home and IE/OE 6.0

I want to copy the address book from the laptop to the desktop (the laptop
is more up-to-date). I thought I would export it to my flash drive (from
laptop) and then import to desktop.

But I can't get the export function to work..

When I do file/export/address book I have to choose a directory and specify
a file name. I did a search for *.wab but still can't find anything.

Suggestions?

Mel