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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / January 2008Error message says cannot find wab.dll
Using Windows Vista and Outlook 2000. Trying to import Contacts into Outlook, I get an error message that says: An error occurred while attempting to open the Windows Address Book. Unable to find the WAB.DLL. Expected and well documented. Outlook 2000 in IMO required Outlook Express which no longer exists in Vista. I would expect neither Outlook 2000 nor 2002 to function properly in Vista.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Using Windows Vista and Outlook 2000. Trying to import Contacts into > Outlook, I get an error message that says: An error occurred while > attempting to open the Windows Address Book. Unable to find the WAB.DLL. What about on Windows XP where this Outlook 2000 was originally bundled with. I all of a sudden, after downloading updates from MS, get this same error message when trying to enter appointments on my calendar? > Expected and well documented. Outlook 2000 in IMO required Outlook Express > which no longer exists in Vista. I would expect neither Outlook 2000 nor > 2002 to function properly in Vista. > > Using Windows Vista and Outlook 2000. Trying to import Contacts into > > Outlook, I get an error message that says: An error occurred while > > attempting to open the Windows Address Book. Unable to find the WAB.DLL. > What about on Windows XP where this Outlook 2000 was originally > bundled with. I all of a sudden, after downloading updates from MS, > get this same error message when trying to enter appointments on my > calendar? Click Start>Run. Enter "wab.exe" (without the quotes) in the OPen field and click OK. What happens? SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] A prompt asked me to make the address book my default, I said yes. Then it opened an address book file. I then tried Outlook, but still get that error message about not finding the wab.dll. > > What about on Windows XP where this Outlook 2000 was originally > > bundled with. I all of a sudden, after downloading updates from MS, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Click Start>Run. Enter "wab.exe" (without the quotes) in the OPen field and > click OK. What happens? > A prompt asked me to make the address book my default, I said yes. > Then it opened an address book file. I then tried Outlook, but still > get that error message about not finding the wab.dll. See this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196210 SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] I tried the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196210 procedure, but it didn't change anything. I am just stumped. Now I am also receiving an explorer application error now that says "The instruction at "0x300ac323" referenced memoy at "0x056ae314". The memory could not be "read". I have reinstalled Windows XP and Office in the last week due to explorer error messages and eventually it not working at all. Thank you so much for trying to help me! > > A prompt asked me to make the address book my default, I said yes. > > Then it opened an address book file. I then tried Outlook, but still > > get that error message about not finding the wab.dll. > > See this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196210 > I tried the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196210 procedure, but it > didn't change anything. I am just stumped. Now I am also receiving an [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > due to explorer error messages and eventually it not working at all. > Thank you so much for trying to help me! I'm afraid I, for one, am out of suggestions. Sorry. SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] Thank you. I reinstalled the Windows XP. While doing that it noted that the wab.dll file was missing or corrupt along with about 5 other files. Maybe I have gotten all the use out of this XP that I can. It is starting to get annoying. > > I tried the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196210 procedure, but it > > didn't change anything. I am just stumped. Now I am also receiving an [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I'm afraid I, for one, am out of suggestions. Sorry. There's your problem then. Just rename every wab32.dll file you find, then repair Outlook Express. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Thank you. I reinstalled the Windows XP. While doing that it noted that > the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> >> I'm afraid I, for one, am out of suggestions. Sorry. > Thank you. I reinstalled the Windows XP. While doing that it noted > that the wab.dll file was missing or corrupt along with about 5 other > files. Maybe I have gotten all the use out of this XP that I can. It > is starting to get annoying. You should be able to perform a repair install of Windows that will replace the files. SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] I am having a similar problem with Vista and Outlook 2000. I can't open the address book, import into it. (Missing WAB.DLL file) Basically no sucess at all. Would appreciate any insight into how I could get this to work. I can't say that my experience with Vista so far is all that great. Many compatability issues. > Using Windows Vista and Outlook 2000. Trying to import Contacts into > Outlook, I get an error message that says: An error occurred while > attempting to open the Windows Address Book. Unable to find the WAB.DLL. Have you read any of the countless posts here that already answer your question? This is not a Vista issue. You are attempting to use software that is years out of date and years out of support with a new OS. Not sure what you were thinking would happen. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I am having a similar problem with Vista and Outlook 2000. I can't open >the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> Outlook, I get an error message that says: An error occurred while >> attempting to open the Windows Address Book. Unable to find the WAB.DLL. |
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