Hello all...

Just recently installed a new disk and after installing all of my
software, was successful in moving over all of my mail files from the
old disk (which is still attached).

The problem I have now is, I can't find the Address Book file
(*.wab). I've done searches on the old disk with no luck. Yes, the
folder option has been changed to see all hidden files and folders
(reason I was able to find the location of my *.dbx files). A search
for *.wab results in nothing.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Just too many to manually put
them in by hand.

BTW: XP Professional with IE6 & OE - with majority of updates
installed.
--

Jim
"What we know is minuscule to what we don't know..."

See:
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/where.htm#findwab

Jim wrote:
> Hello all...
>
> Just recently installed a new disk and after installing all of my
> software, was successful in moving over all of my mail files from the
> old disk (which is still attached).
>
> The problem I have now is, I can't find the Address Book file
> (*.wab). I've done searches on the old disk with no luck. Yes, the
> folder option has been changed to see all hidden files and folders
> (reason I was able to find the location of my *.dbx files). A search
> for *.wab results in nothing.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. Just too many to manually put
> them in by hand.
>
> BTW: XP Professional with IE6 & OE - with majority of updates
> installed.
> --
>
> Jim
> "What we know is minuscule to what we don't know..."
>
>
>
>

Beautiful like that!!!!

Thanks so much... it brought in the entire file without any problems.
You can't imagine how happy I am.
--
Jim
"What we know is minuscule to what we don't know..."

"Jurren Bouman [MVP - Security]" <jurren@hotmail.com> wrote in
message news:uM6kX5IAGHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| See:
| http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/where.htm#findwab
|
| Jim wrote:
| > Hello all...
| >
| > Just recently installed a new disk and after installing all of my
| > software, was successful in moving over all of my mail files from
the
| > old disk (which is still attached).
| >
| > The problem I have now is, I can't find the Address Book file
| > (*.wab). I've done searches on the old disk with no luck. Yes,
the
| > folder option has been changed to see all hidden files and
folders
| > (reason I was able to find the location of my *.dbx files). A
search
| > for *.wab results in nothing.
| >
| > Any suggestions would be appreciated. Just too many to manually
put
| > them in by hand.
| >
| > BTW: XP Professional with IE6 & OE - with majority of updates
| > installed.
| > --
| >
| > Jim
| > "What we know is minuscule to what we don't know..."
| >
| >
| >
| >

Address Book: Help > About will reveal its location.

In WindowsXP, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as
hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files
and Folders under Start>Control Panel>Folder Options>View.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Jim wrote:
> Hello all...
>
> Just recently installed a new disk and after installing all of my
> software, was successful in moving over all of my mail files from the
> old disk (which is still attached).
>
> The problem I have now is, I can't find the Address Book file
> (*.wab). I've done searches on the old disk with no luck. Yes, the
> folder option has been changed to see all hidden files and folders
> (reason I was able to find the location of my *.dbx files). A search
> for *.wab results in nothing.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. Just too many to manually put
> them in by hand.
>
> BTW: XP Professional with IE6 & OE - with majority of updates
> installed.

"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:erB0yQPAGHA.2984@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| Address Book: Help > About will reveal its location.
|
| In WindowsXP, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked
as
| hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable Show
Hidden Files
| and Folders under Start>Control Panel>Folder Options>View.
| --
| ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
| MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP,
DTS-L.org
|
|
| Jim wrote:
| > Hello all...
| >
| > Just recently installed a new disk and after installing all of my
| > software, was successful in moving over all of my mail files from
the
| > old disk (which is still attached).
| >
| > The problem I have now is, I can't find the Address Book file
| > (*.wab). I've done searches on the old disk with no luck. Yes,
the
| > folder option has been changed to see all hidden files and
folders
| > (reason I was able to find the location of my *.dbx files). A
search
| > for *.wab results in nothing.
| >
| > Any suggestions would be appreciated. Just too many to manually
put
| > them in by hand.
| >
| > BTW: XP Professional with IE6 & OE - with majority of updates
| > installed.
|

Thanks PA Bear... was able to recover the file, given the
instructions you've given and also given by another MVP.

I can attest to the fact that this group and
Windowsxp.setup_deployment is monitored by folk from Microsoft; glad
that you're here.
--
Jim
"What we know is minuscule to what we don't know..."

Jim wrote:
> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:erB0yQPAGHA.2984@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Address Book: Help > About will reveal its location.
> >
> > In WindowsXP, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as
> > hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden
> > Files and Folders under Start>Control Panel>Folder Options>View.
> > --
> > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> > MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
> >
> >
> > Jim wrote:
> > > Hello all...
> > >
> > > Just recently installed a new disk and after installing all of my
> > > software, was successful in moving over all of my mail files from the
> > > old disk (which is still attached).
> > >
> > > The problem I have now is, I can't find the Address Book file
> > > (*.wab). I've done searches on the old disk with no luck. Yes, the
> > > folder option has been changed to see all hidden files and folders
> > > (reason I was able to find the location of my *.dbx files). A search
> > > for *.wab results in nothing.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. Just too many to manually put
> > > them in by hand.
> > >
> > > BTW: XP Professional with IE6 & OE - with majority of updates
> > > installed.
> >
>
> Thanks PA Bear... was able to recover the file, given the
> instructions you've given and also given by another MVP.
>
> I can attest to the fact that this group and
> Windowsxp.setup_deployment is monitored by folk from Microsoft; glad
> that you're here.

YW.

MS MVPs are not Microsoft employees. Like everyone else here, we're
volunteers.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
--
~PA Bear