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Thread ID: 40494 2003-12-09 12:13:00 Outlook express - identities & address book kidsoutside (4977) Press F1
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198807 2003-12-11 23:03:00 It is rather strange that you cannot create any new folders within the Address Book . All I can suggest is that you backup your . wab file which is the address book and do a repair of Outlook Express .

You could also have a browse of this site ( . atomz . com/search/?sp-k=&sp-q=address+book&sp-a=sp022c5400&sp-p=any&sp-f=Windows-1252" target="_blank">search . atomz . com) to see if there is anything that could help .

This page ( . mindspring . com/~oe_oh/user_profiles . htm" target="_blank">www . mindspring . com) may also be of some help .
Susan B (19)
198808 2003-12-11 23:14:00 Thanks everyone for your help - I HAVE FIXED IT!!!!!!!!

I used to use Outlook (office 2000) for a short while & then switched to using Outlook Express.
On investigating how to backup folders & addressbook properly (just in case i hadn't been doing it properly & I was planning to purge everything) I discovered that the Express WAB file is shared with Outlook & that the addresses are actually stored in a PST file. I deleted this & reopened outlook express & yeehaaa there were my identity folders & the ability to create new folders!
kidsoutside (4977)
198809 2003-12-11 23:31:00 That is excellent news, well done. :-)

Thanks for letting us know, will have to remember that one for possible future use. ;-)
Susan B (19)
198810 2003-12-12 00:29:00 Just to have a complete record - as not quite the whole story - after deleting the PST file I got errors about not being able to find it. I then uninstalled Outlook from Microsoft Office. Then all well. kidsoutside (4977)
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