It's very rare that Outlook attacks an OE address book, AFAIK - they're
different beasts entirely, and you need to export/import to move data.


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"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
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> Noel,
>
> From the original post;
>
>> My Outlook Express program has taken ill: My contacts list is gone
>> (message: Address Book failed to load. Outlook Express is
>> incorrectly configured, please re-install.)
>
> Is part of the problem that when (re)installing perhaps MS Office, Outlook
> has hijacked the OE address book? Being one for whom no barge pole is
> long enough when it comes to Outlook you might want to consider this
> possibility.
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> Mike Maltby
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>
>
> Noel Paton <NoelDPspamless@crashfixpc.com> wrote:
>
>> Urgle!<g>
>> It's unlikely that reinstalling Office (which is what you did) would
>> do this - but it's possible.
>> Installing Office for a new user is not usually necessary for any
>> Win9x install, since all files are visible to all users - it's only
>> necessary to create a new identity for the Outlook client(and only
>> then if you need to). It's only when you get into secured NT
>> installations that you may need to reinstall - and then often the
>> option is given on the initial install to install for all users, or
>> 'only this user'
>> I suspect that your problem is caused by a corrupted Folders.dbx file
>> - so let's try it.
>> Open OE, and go to Tools | Options - click on the Maintenance tab,
>> and the OE Storage button - make a note of the path to the storage
>> folder Close OE
>> Open Explorer, and navigate to the OE storage file, and find the
>> Folders.dbx file
>> RENAME it to Folders.OLD
>> Open OE
>> try your OE now - you'll have lost any folder structure you had, but
>> with luck your emails should open normally.
>> If the symptoms are not gone, then close OE, delete the newly-created
>> Folders.DBX file - and rename the .OLD file back to Folders.dbx
>