Outlook Express 5 Address book not showing contact details 1

[maborouk]

I am running Windows ME,IE 5.5 SP2 and using Outlook Express 5. I am new to all this and had just built up a address book within OE5 which was coming together nicely.
Yesterday I installed MOffice 2000 Professional edition, which installed Outlook 2000. I checked Internet properties-Programs and made sure that OE was highlighted for email and address book for contact list.
When I went to send email from my OE5, the address book came up blank apart from my own name and "Welcome to contacts" I then checked via Windows explorer-my computer-drive C-Windows-Application Data-Microsoft-Address book that the address book default showed all my original contacts and email addresses. Could anybody please please tell me how to get my original address book back, when I want to write an email. Please note that when I send a web page link, Outlook Express 5 opens, after I changed Internet properties as mentioned above, but again, when I go to address the blank address book, as stated above is there.

 

[kwunder]

Have you tried importing your original address book back into outlook express?

From OE, click file/import/address book, and then browse to your address book(usually
c:\windows\application data\microsoft\Address Book)
Import it then try it in OE.

Is that it?

kwunder

 

[maborouk]

Thank you kwunder, It worked you are a star!

 

[kwunder]

maborouk
No problem !

kwunder

 

[maborouk]

kwunder, need your help. I have put a lot of new email addresses in my AB in OE5 via incoming emails and manual type in. I want to back up my "new updated AB" to floppy, but when I go to c:\windows\application data\microsoft\Address Book, the AB that I open from here is the old version, without recent additions. Where is the new one and why has the old one not updated?

 

[kwunder]

maborouk,
from outlook express, click Tools/address book.
When the address book opens in it's own window, click File, go down to Export, then click Address book (WAB). Then export the current address book to where you wish. That should do it.

Let me know
kwunder

 

[maborouk]

kwunder, thanks for the tip, but it did not work.
When I clicked file as stated above, Import or Export are not highlighted, so I cannot export!
Help!