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by digital_dna 1 view

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I'm currently using WinME. In the previous versions of Windows (95,98,etc) you could simply copy your *.wab file from the C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book directory and back it up for safe keeping. It appears that Windows ME doesthings differently. I just noticed that the address book isn't using the *.wab file in the above mentioned directory. Instead it is taking my address book info from someplace else. Anyone know where that location is?

Whats the "Bigfoot Internet Directory Service"? Don't tell me I have to re-enter all my address book info again. I suspect my address book information is being supplied by the above mentioned Directory Service. If thats the case all the updates I've made to my address book are null-n-void. Saving the *.wab file will only save my old information. Why must Microsoft complicate things?

Someone want to shead some light on this situation?

EBCDIC

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by dmiles

The location
C:\Windows/Application Data/Microsoft/Address Book\
Big Foot is a directory service that may be reset opening Oulook Express,click Tools,then Options,click on the all tab

by digital_dna

I already know where the .wab file is located. My address book isn't getting my contact information from that file. I want to know where it is getting the contact information from. I recently added new contacts to my address book. When I click the .wab file the contact information is different than when I open the address book through Start/Programs/Accessories/Address Book.... It appears that the .wab file hasn't been keeping track of the changes. This leads me to believe that the address book is grabing the information from another location. Their is only one .wab file on my computer so the information isn't coming from a different *.wab file.

by cdaley

I use windows ME at home, all i do is the the export address book, and it saves it as the .wab, it is not windows ME that does it, it is Outlook Express, what version are you using of Outlook Express?

by shanghai sam

Outlook Express 5.5!!!! Outlook Express used to grab my contact information from the .wab file (address book)... Now it appears that it is getting the information from someplace else. If I double-click the .wab file it opens my address book. The information there isn't the same as the contact information in Outlook Express..... WHY?

It is my contention that, somewhere along the way, outlook Express started keeping a seperate file for addresses. When I add a contact, it is stored in this new location (not the .wab file)... So, as a result, importing the .wab file doesn't do me any good if the .wab file isn't updated with the changes. I need to know where Outlook Express is saving the new contacts. I belive it has something to do with directory services, thought I'm not sure.

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