My XP machine died the death on Friday. On Saturday I acquired a Windows 7 
laptop and on Sunday I had Windows Live Mail working as well as old emails 
imported from DBX files.   BUT...
My address book is in a DBX file, I have no OE and no PC on which to install 
it. How do I get my addess book on to Window Live Mail?
-- 
AMT

The OE address book is 'windows username'.wab.  It is not a dbx file.
If you can't find the wab file, WLMail will have Add Contact by each email 
address in your imported emails that is not in the WLMail Contacts.
Even with a wab file, groups will not be imported.
-- 
Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail

"Treetops" <Treetops@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:BDC34C1E-6DB3-4EA8-9D8D-0581F6D1A3FB@microsoft.com...
> My XP machine died the death on Friday. On Saturday I acquired a Windows 7
> laptop and on Sunday I had Windows Live Mail working as well as old emails
> imported from DBX files.   BUT...
> My address book is in a DBX file, I have no OE and no PC on which to 
> install
> it. How do I get my addess book on to Window Live Mail?
> -- 
> AMT 

Contacts/File/Import/Address book imports OE Groups and converts to =
Categories.
If one has an OE address book group called Favorites, it might create a =
duplicate.

Import/Export using a *.csv  in WLM will not retain groups or categories =
in either direction.

--=20
....winston
 MS-MVP[Mail]

"Ron Sommer" <rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message =
news:#bM8jhDfKHA.6096@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> The OE address book is 'windows username'.wab.  It is not a dbx file.
> If you can't find the wab file, WLMail will have Add Contact by each =
email address in your imported emails that is not in the=20
> WLMail Contacts.
> Even with a wab file, groups will not be imported.
> --=20
> Ron Sommer
> MS MVP-Mail
>
> "Treetops" <Treetops@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message =
news:BDC34C1E-6DB3-4EA8-9D8D-0581F6D1A3FB@microsoft.com...
>> My XP machine died the death on Friday. On Saturday I acquired a =
Windows 7
>> laptop and on Sunday I had Windows Live Mail working as well as old =
emails
>> imported from DBX files.   BUT...
>> My address book is in a DBX file, I have no OE and no PC on which to =
install
>> it. How do I get my addess book on to Window Live Mail?
>> --=20
>> AMT
> 

Thanks, Ron. I just didn't know about the wab file in OE. Problem solved,
-- 
AMT


"Ron Sommer" wrote:

> The OE address book is 'windows username'.wab.  It is not a dbx file.
> If you can't find the wab file, WLMail will have Add Contact by each email 
> address in your imported emails that is not in the WLMail Contacts.
> Even with a wab file, groups will not be imported.
> -- 
> Ron Sommer
> MS MVP-Mail
> 
> "Treetops" <Treetops@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:BDC34C1E-6DB3-4EA8-9D8D-0581F6D1A3FB@microsoft.com...
> > My XP machine died the death on Friday. On Saturday I acquired a Windows 7
> > laptop and on Sunday I had Windows Live Mail working as well as old emails
> > imported from DBX files.   BUT...
> > My address book is in a DBX file, I have no OE and no PC on which to 
> > install
> > it. How do I get my addess book on to Window Live Mail?
> > -- 
> > AMT 
> 
> .
>