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CFK - 18 Jan 2004 19:45 GMT

Hello

Here's what I did, My wifes computer crashed but I was able to rescue the
Contacts.dbx file from the hard drive. Now I am at a state of frustration as
I can't get the file to import into contacts in Microsoft Outlook. I have
tried every way I know how to open the contacts.dbx file but it just won't
happen. I went from Version 2002 to a newly reloaded version 2002. Is there
anything I can do with this file or is all lost.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as we lost a lot of our charity
contacts. We run a charity called Computers For Kids at
www.computersforkids.
Please help.

Sincerely
Doug Baird
President

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 18 Jan 2004 21:39 GMT

You are getting your programs confused. Outlook does not use dbx file.
Outlook Express does.
The two programs are not related.

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CFK - 19 Jan 2004 20:00 GMT

What file should I be looking for that contains Contacts for Microsoft
Outlook?

Doug

> You are getting your programs confused. Outlook does not use dbx file.
> Outlook Express does.
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 19 Jan 2004 20:59 GMT

The file you need to look for is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's
where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm

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