address book

[SADave]

I recently loaded Outlook 2007 onto my wife's pc. She used Outlook Express
before. Her old pc bit the dust but all the files were copied from the hard
drive. She wants her address book added to Outlook. I'm not sure what fil
to look for and how to copy her old addresses to Outlook 2007 so she can use
them without recreating them.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I recently loaded Outlook 2007 onto my wife's pc. She used Outlook Express
before. Her old pc bit the dust but all the files were copied from the hard
drive. She wants her address book added to Outlook. I'm not sure what fil
to look for and how to copy her old addresses to Outlook 2007 so she can use
them without recreating them.

Outlook Express and Outlook are vastly different and Outlook cannot import the
WAB (Windows Address Book) file that Outlook Express used for its contacts.
In fact, you cannot import any of the Outlook Express folders. You must
configure either Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail on the new PC so that it
uses the old Outlook Express data. You can then import the contacts with
Outlook and export the messages from Windows Mail/Live Mail to Outlook.