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Importing Address Book

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by jgajeway

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This is a easy one. I have a user here that we recently upgraded to a different machine. However since we built her a new hard drive all of her personal settings did not transfer over. The one thing that she needs is her personal address book, and try as i might i just can't import it into the program. Thank you for all the help in advance.

Justin

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by hinrgman

try by first exporting to a file as delimited text file and then import that text file into the application you are working in. Not knowing what applications you are using it is hard to give you a more specific answer.

by rgrowcock

Along those same lines: if Outlook, export "contacts" folder as a .pst file. Copy it it to new machine and import from there. I do this all the time for new users and it works fine. I have a master Contacts.pst file and importing it saves the newuser time from having to manually type each person's name and email.

by jgajeway

Hmmm I'm trying to export the file, but since it's not located in the contacts folder (its a personal address book *.pab), I am unable to export it. Any more suggestions?

by joe

You can try installing the old H/D in the new computer and than Importing the file using IMPORT/EXPORT, assuming you are talking about Outlook.

by gigelul

You can copy from the old HDD to the new one in folder where Outlook store e-mails (where is PST file).

by jgajeway

This is what I have been trying to do. But i cannot locate where to put the *.pab file in windows 2k. I know where the file belongs in 98, but have been unsuccessful in locating the directoy in which the *.pab file is stored

by bambamz

Add a personal address book to the properties of the new computer. Then check the properities of the personal address book you just added. This will tell you where it is located. Then copy the .pab file from the old computer to the new one.

Good luck

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