Hello michae
I was using old office 97 version, upgraded to office 2000, thats when i
lost all my contacts in oe, my address book in oe is intact.
my contacts are not in outlook either.
appreciate youre help.
wating for youre response.

"abn80" wrote:

> Hello
> i have the same problem my contact list dissaperared after i instaled
> outlook 2000.
> read youre answers, afraid of messing with registery editor.
> is there a download or patch i can use to correct this problem.
> please help.
>
> "Michael Santovec" wrote:
>
> > Were you previously using a version of Office with Outlook?
> >
> > What is likely happening is that you previously had OE set to share the
> > Outlook Contacts and that option is now turned off. So OE is now using
> > the WAB file which contains nothing.
> >
> > You can either try and have OE share the Outlook contacts again:
> > To share Contacts between Outlook and Outlook Express
> > http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oeshare.htm
> >
> > Or you can export the Outlook contacts and then import them into OE.
> > For this, see:
> > The Windows Address Book (WAB)
> > http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
> >
> >
> > "Craig" <machocraig@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:ORT4cSexFHA.3256@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > >I just upgraded to Office 2003.
> > > Emaill address (i.e. contacts) on Outlook Express disappeared.
> > > But I see the contact in 2003 Outlook.
> > > I used OE as the default email client. How can I bring back the list
> > > of contacts to Outlook Express.
> > > Craig
> > >
> >
> >
> >