Email: Recovering Outlook Express Address Books
Area: Electronic Mail
Topic: Recovering Your Outlook Express Address Book
Background
Last week we discussed backing up the Address Book in Outlook Express. This week we look at
the scenario of recovery. Remember that unless you have previously carried out a backup this
technical tip is useless, not good news if you are only reading this after you have managed to
crash your hard disk. Worse still is when you backup but only do so to your hard disk, when the
hard disks has crashed it will have stopped access to your backup as well.
Answer
Warning: If you use the following instructions to restore records to an existing
Address Book, you may end up with duplicate records. If you are unsure about what you about
to attempt please give serious thought to a gaining the assistance of a computer technician.
For Microsoft Outlook Express v.4 or v.5 (Windows Editions)
| 1. |
Open your Microsoft Outlook Express (your version number will be displayed). |
| 2. |
Click on the "File" menu. |
| 3. |
Select the "Import" option and then "Other Address Book" from the sub-menu that is displayed. |
| 4. |
The Address Book Export Tool window appears. |
| 5. |
Select the "Text File" option, and then click on the Import button. |
| 6. |
A new window - titled CSV Export - appears. |
| 7. |
Click on the "Browse" button. |
| 8. |
A new window called Open appears. |
| 9. |
Locate the backup file you created (e.g. abbackup). It should have a .csv suffix/extension. |
| 10. |
Highlight the file by clicking on its name once. |
| 11. |
Click the "Open" button. |
| 12. |
The window titled CSV Export reappears. |
| 13. |
Select "Next". |
| 14. |
You are asked to select the Address Book fields to import. We suggest you select them all. |
| 15. |
Click on the "Finish" button. |
| 16. |
You should see a confirmation window advising the import process was successful. |
| 17. |
Click "OK" to close this window. |
| 18. |
Click "Close" to dismiss the Address Book Export Tool window. |
Other: If you are unable to remember where you asked the system to place the backup file you can
always use the "Find" command to find it. See http://www.tech2u.com.au
for the previous technical tip on using the "Find" command.
Remember you can find this and other useful technical tips under "Member Services"
at http://www.tech2u.com.au.
Happy recovering.
TECH 2U P/L
