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Old 02-07-2007, 12:02 PM
Ed
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Outlook Express Contacts Lost Upon Upgrade to Vista Windows Mail

I had many contacts and numerous e-mails in the Inbox & Sent directories of
Outlook Express as well as other directories that I had created to
retain/achive important messages. Upon installation of Vista, old files were
saved to a Window (old) directory on my computer, but I do not know where to
look for them or how to recover the contacts and e-mails that I archived.
Anybody have an idea on this?
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Old 02-07-2007, 01:32 PM
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Re: Outlook Express Contacts Lost Upon Upgrade to Vista Windows Mail

Do a search for .wab files (Address Book files) and .dbx files (Outlook
Express folder files). You might need to unhide hidden files and folders
through Folder Options. Make sure when doing the search that you are
searching everywhere, not just indexed locations so look at your search
options carefully.

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"Ed" <Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I had many contacts and numerous e-mails in the Inbox & Sent directories of
> Outlook Express as well as other directories that I had created to
> retain/achive important messages. Upon installation of Vista, old files
> were
> saved to a Window (old) directory on my computer, but I do not know where
> to
> look for them or how to recover the contacts and e-mails that I archived.
> Anybody have an idea on this?
> --
> Ed[/color]

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