How do I move the Windows Address Book from OE6 to Outlook 2003?

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Boomer - 13 Jan 2007 21:06 GMT

I have a huge number of addresses in my old Outlook Express 6 file. Now that
I have moved to Outlook 2003, how can I access those? I don't want to have
to manually reenter every one of them!

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 13 Jan 2007 23:39 GMT

Import them into Outlook. FIle->Import and Export...

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After furious head scratching, Boomer asked:

| I have a huge number of addresses in my old Outlook Express 6 file.
| Now that I have moved to Outlook 2003, how can I access those? I
| don't want to have to manually reenter every one of them!

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Boomer - 14 Jan 2007 02:46 GMT

Tried that. It doesn't work. The files are in an xxx.wab file, which I put
on a thumb drive off the old computer. Outlook can't seem to see that file.
Any other ideas?

> Import them into Outlook. FIle->Import and Export...
>
> | I have a huge number of addresses in my old Outlook Express 6 file.
> | Now that I have moved to Outlook 2003, how can I access those? I
> | don't want to have to manually reenter every one of them!

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 14 Jan 2007 04:08 GMT

You need to have them available in Outlook Express first. Then Outlook can import them.

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| Tried that. It doesn't work. The files are in an xxx.wab file,
| which I put on a thumb drive off the old computer. Outlook can't
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||| Now that I have moved to Outlook 2003, how can I access those? I
||| don't want to have to manually reenter every one of them!

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