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From: Grinder on 24 Jul 2010 00:37
On 9/1/2010 9:55 PM, AndyB wrote:
> Here's a problem to test your brains.
>
> I had a problem with a HD, so I fitted a new one with the original as a
> slave.
> I installed win98 onto the new HD, and can get all of the files from the
> original no problem.
>
> What I can't do is get my original address book info transferred across.
> I can find the files in
>
> D:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities
>
> but I can't move it across to the C drive.
>
> I have tried to import the old WAB file into the newly installed add book,
> but to no avail.
>
> If I do a search for .wab files, I can find both the new and old, and the
> old is much bigger, so I am sure the info is safe.
>
> Help please

Do you have a WAB here:

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Address
Book\

....where <username> is your windows login name?

That's the default location for the WAB every time I've looked for it.
You can open it just by double-clicking it, even if it's not the one
associated with your profile.

If that is the one you want, I would recommend moving it into your "My
Documents" folder and editing the registry to indicate that is the
address book for your profile. More on that if you manage to find the
WAB you want.
From: Paul on 24 Jul 2010 03:36
Grinder wrote:
> On 9/1/2010 9:55 PM, AndyB wrote:
>> Here's a problem to test your brains.
>>
>> I had a problem with a HD, so I fitted a new one with the original as a
>> slave.
>> I installed win98 onto the new HD, and can get all of the files from the
>> original no problem.
>>
>> What I can't do is get my original address book info transferred across.
>> I can find the files in
>>
>> D:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities
>>
>> but I can't move it across to the C drive.
>>
>> I have tried to import the old WAB file into the newly installed add
>> book,
>> but to no avail.
>>
>> If I do a search for .wab files, I can find both the new and old, and the
>> old is much bigger, so I am sure the info is safe.
>>
>> Help please


> Do you have a WAB here:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Address
> Book\
>
> ...where <username> is your windows login name?
>
> That's the default location for the WAB every time I've looked for it.
> You can open it just by double-clicking it, even if it's not the one
> associated with your profile.
>
> If that is the one you want, I would recommend moving it into your "My
> Documents" folder and editing the registry to indicate that is the
> address book for your profile. More on that if you manage to find the
> WAB you want.

Neat. The original message appeared sometime back in 2003, but the poster
had set the date of their computer to 2010. For some reason, that post is
now visible in your client :-)

http://www.techiehq.net/pc-hardware/outlook-express-problems-after-hd-crash-45021.html

I figured it might have been re-injected or something, but I don't think so.
It looks like it's a date problem.

Google didn't archive the original post, only the answers. So maybe AndyB
advancing the date by seven years, managed that. He apologizes in the thread,
for his date mistake.

http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt/browse_thread/thread/948c99fd525a7d40/db286e5df8023cdb

Paul
From: Grinder on 24 Jul 2010 04:15
On 7/24/2010 2:36 AM, Paul wrote:
> Grinder wrote:
>> On 9/1/2010 9:55 PM, AndyB wrote:
>>> Here's a problem to test your brains.
>>>
>>> I had a problem with a HD, so I fitted a new one with the original as a
>>> slave.
>>> I installed win98 onto the new HD, and can get all of the files from the
>>> original no problem.
>>>
>>> What I can't do is get my original address book info transferred across.
>>> I can find the files in
>>>
>>> D:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities
>>>
>>> but I can't move it across to the C drive.
>>>
>>> I have tried to import the old WAB file into the newly installed add
>>> book,
>>> but to no avail.
>>>
>>> If I do a search for .wab files, I can find both the new and old, and
>>> the
>>> old is much bigger, so I am sure the info is safe.
>>>
>>> Help please
>
>
>> Do you have a WAB here:
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application
>> Data\Microsoft\Address Book\
>>
>> ...where <username> is your windows login name?
>>
>> That's the default location for the WAB every time I've looked for it.
>> You can open it just by double-clicking it, even if it's not the one
>> associated with your profile.
>>
>> If that is the one you want, I would recommend moving it into your "My
>> Documents" folder and editing the registry to indicate that is the
>> address book for your profile. More on that if you manage to find the
>> WAB you want.
>
> Neat. The original message appeared sometime back in 2003, but the poster
> had set the date of their computer to 2010. For some reason, that post is
> now visible in your client :-)
>
> http://www.techiehq.net/pc-hardware/outlook-express-problems-after-hd-crash-45021.html
>
>
> I figured it might have been re-injected or something, but I don't think
> so.
> It looks like it's a date problem.
>
> Google didn't archive the original post, only the answers. So maybe AndyB
> advancing the date by seven years, managed that. He apologizes in the
> thread,
> for his date mistake.
>
> http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt/browse_thread/thread/948c99fd525a7d40/db286e5df8023cdb

d'oh!
From: Mike Easter on 24 Jul 2010 07:59
Paul wrote:

> Neat. The original message appeared sometime back in 2003, but the poster
> had set the date of their computer to 2010. For some reason, that post is
> now visible in your client :-)

> Google didn't archive the original post, only the answers.

The OP is in Howard Knight's archive.

http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?ID=127997247700

The NPD is 2003 Sep 22

NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 02:55:41 GMT


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