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Windows Forum / Outlook Express / OE 6.x / July 2006Other Address Book
Please help me fix this: I can't get any response from file/import/other address book. This worked a week ago, now nothing. Thank you. If you want to tell us exactly what type of problem you are having, we might be able to help. As it is, your message is really quite vague.  SignatureJim Pickering MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your feedback. > Please help me fix this: > > I can't get any response from file/import/other address book. > This worked a week ago, now nothing. > > Thank you. > If you want to tell us exactly what type of problem you are having, we might > be able to help. As it is, your message is really quite vague. Jim, I want to Import a list of email addresses which are in a Txt file. In OE I usually go file/import/other address book/text file and so on, eventually in make a wab file for me. But a few days ago this feature stopped working. I go file/import/other address book, then nothing pops up after that. Thanks, Mike Is your text file saved in the CSV format? With these headings for each field? First Name,Last Name,Middle Name,Name,Nickname,E-mail Address,Home Street,Home City,Home Postal Code,Home State,Home Country/Region,Home Phone,Home Fax,Mobile Phone,Personal Web Page,Business Street,Business City,Business Postal Code,Business State,Business Country/Region,Business Web Page,Business Phone,Business Fax,Pager,Company,Job Title,Department,Office Location,Notes If not, how was your text file created? If it is a CSV file, try creating a new address book (Start/Run and type: WAB /new ) and see if it will correctly import there. SignatureJim Pickering MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your feedback. >> If you want to tell us exactly what type of problem you are having, we >> might [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Thanks, > Mike > Is your text file saved in the CSV format? With these headings for each > field? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > new address book (Start/Run and type: WAB /new ) and see if it will > correctly import there. The file is a .txt file created in Notebook. It is a list of email addresses each ending with a comma and on a new line. I managed to create a new WAB, but it would not Import/Other Address Book. It used to do this a week ago, but my OE has fallen ill??? > The file is a .txt file created in Notebook. > It is a list of email addresses each ending with a comma and on a new > line. > I managed to create a new WAB, but it would not Import/Other Address > Book. > It used to do this a week ago, but my OE has fallen ill??? BTW, I tried System Restore, but it refused. I tried a number of different backdates, but nothing...I also uninstalled my Zone alarm during the install, nothing. > The file is a .txt file created in Notebook. > It is a list of email addresses each ending with a comma and on a new > line. > I managed to create a new WAB, but it would not Import/Other Address > Book. > It used to do this a week ago, but my OE has fallen ill??? In order for Outlook Express to import Contacts, they must be in a particular format, as I outlined in my first reply. If any of those fields are missing, they should be replaced with commas, and the file must be saved with a CSV file extension. I suspect you previously imported a correctly formatted CSV file that you looked at using Notepad and I don't know of any way to just import a list you create in Notepad, without manipulating the data fields to prepare it for import. SignatureJim Pickering MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your feedback. Although, if you have a text list, you can open a Compose Message window of an HTML formatted message, and paste the Notepad info into the Compose Message pane. Then click the bottom tab marked Preview (View/Source_Edit on the Compose window menu), to make the links "active" and right click on each address, selecting "Add to Contacts." That at least can save a lot of typing and reconfiguring of the information. Your choice. SignatureJim Pickering MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your feedback. >> The file is a .txt file created in Notebook. >> It is a list of email addresses each ending with a comma and on a new [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > know of any way to just import a list you create in Notepad, without > manipulating the data fields to prepare it for import. > In order for Outlook Express to import Contacts, they must be in a > particular format, as I outlined in my first reply. If any of those fields [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > way to just import a list you create in Notepad, without manipulating the > data fields to prepare it for import. Sorry Jim, you are not right about Importing a .txt file....OU certainly lets you Import/Other address Book....then can can choose "txt file, comma seperated" or "CSV" I used to do exactly that until a week ago. I typed the Notepad txt files myself, and made a number of wab files by Import/Other Address Book....but now it refuses??? Cheers. Have you installed any updates from Microsoft Update site recently? How about KN 911567? If so, some people have reported problems with the WAB file and MS has released a "patch" for users with the problem. See: www.insideoe.com for more info. A link to the article involved is available at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=86b68a78-f325-4a95-98c2 -98af2256ccc3&DisplayLang=en SignatureJim Pickering MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your feedback. >> In order for Outlook Express to import Contacts, they must be in a >> particular format, as I outlined in my first reply. If any of those [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Cheers. I wrote a blog http. and no one could reach it friends say even though i gave them a link, the page they found blank. >any one know why? |
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