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Mark - 31 Jul 2003 07:41 GMT

I have a complete copy of a non working ME harddrive but want to restore the
OE 5 address book to an 98SE system. Not sure what version of OE ME had.

I've tried moving the files from windows/application data/microsoft/address
book but not having much luck.

Any ideas?

Mark

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP - 31 Jul 2003 10:27 GMT

> I have a complete copy of a non working ME harddrive but want to
> restore the OE 5 address book to an 98SE system. Not sure what
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> Mark

Did you try putting it in a different location and using the Address Book's
File | Import?

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Mark - 31 Jul 2003 10:59 GMT

Tried that even with read only unchecked it comes up with error importing.

Looks like it's not backwardly compatible.

Mark

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP - 31 Jul 2003 11:32 GMT

> Tried that even with read only unchecked it comes up with error
> importing.
>
> Looks like it's not backwardly compatible.
>
> Mark

You're posting with OE6, albeit a beta of SP1, so it should be able to
import from the WAB file for any version. What happens when you double
clock the *.WAB file.

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