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From: brassplyer on 4 Jan 2010 14:25
On Jan 3, 2:21 pm, "Tim Meddick" <timmedd...(a)gawab.com> wrote:
> *NB - In my previous post, I assumed your slave drive was drive [D:] but [obviously]
> if it not - then you need to change the drive-letter accordingly.
>
> *Plus - I also assumed that all you have is the old drive and that you no longer have
> access to the old copy of WinXP that was upon it.


Didn't have access to it as an O/S, though the files are on the disk.

I went through the procedure, and other than a snag when it left
duplicate "Main identities" it worked, however I seem to be not be
having success with the old address book. I copied the old .wab file
to where the current one is, but OE isn't picking up on it.

I fixed the duplicate main identity problem mention above by erasing
the newer one in the registry and the identities folder and OE then
recognized the contest of the remaining one.
From: brassplyer on 4 Jan 2010 14:32
Ah, nevermind, the username has to match the folder it's in. Now it's
working.

I really appreciate the assistance.
From: brassplyer on 5 Jan 2010 08:28
The only thing I'm finding it's not doing the same as it was on the
old machine is that when I invoke OE, instead of opening the Main
Identity by default, it opens whichever identity I was last in.
From: Bruce Hagen on 5 Jan 2010 10:28
"brassplyer" <brassplyer(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:37f6f321-f9d6-4c70-b705-5cd29aca2191(a)h9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
> The only thing I'm finding it's not doing the same as it was on the
> old machine is that when I invoke OE, instead of opening the Main
> Identity by default, it opens whichever identity I was last in.


See if this is what you need.

Force Identity Logon:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/forceid.htm
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

From: Tim Meddick on 5 Jan 2010 17:38
Well done for getting that far with it!


About the WAB file -
The [.wab] file for a profile is stored in :

c:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\application data\microsoft\address book\

...under the name : %username%.wab

All you have to do is retrieve this file and place it somewhere obvious.

Then, in Outlook Express choose "File" > "Import" > "Address Book"

After clicking on this you are faced with a browser to search for a [.wab] file to
import.

Just browse to your "obviously" placed [.wab] file and click on the [Open] button.


All contacts in the [.wab] file should then be visible in the current identity you
imported it in.


The other way is to exit OE, replace the current wab file for a given identity with
the older one (changing the wab filename to that of the new identities') and then
restarting OE.

This is a far more complicated way of going about it and there's very few reasons I
can think of for doing it the "long way round".

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"brassplyer" <brassplyer(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Jan 3, 2:21 pm, "Tim Meddick" <timmedd...(a)gawab.com> wrote:
> *NB - In my previous post, I assumed your slave drive was drive [D:] but
> [obviously]
> if it not - then you need to change the drive-letter accordingly.
>
> *Plus - I also assumed that all you have is the old drive and that you no longer
> have
> access to the old copy of WinXP that was upon it.


Didn't have access to it as an O/S, though the files are on the disk.

I went through the procedure, and other than a snag when it left
duplicate "Main identities" it worked, however I seem to be not be
having success with the old address book. I copied the old .wab file
to where the current one is, but OE isn't picking up on it.

I fixed the duplicate main identity problem mention above by erasing
the newer one in the registry and the identities folder and OE then
recognized the contest of the remaining one.

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