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• Error: Could not open address book database

  I use the Palm Desktop software with copyright 1992-2001.  I've initially used a Palm IIIxe, but not used for years. However, I found that the address book was helpful on my desktop computer that is running Windows XP.  I had left my computer over the weekend and had used with LogMeIn on my computer at home, as I often did in the past; However, I did not open the Palm Desktop address book last weekend.  When I went to access yesterday, I got the above error message.  Of course, the manual provided with the software and the Palm IIIxe had no recommendation on how to fix this error.  I don't even know if I still have the original IIIxe Palm and even if I do, I think that it stops working.  Does anyone know how to restore the database?  Help!

  Glad you were able to recover at least what you were doing.  The primary data file has been damaged and there is no way to recover that.  The presumption with Palm Desktop, it's that synchronize you with a portable device that would have been able to replace the copy damaged on the desktop with the current version.  Because that has not been done, the .bak file is based on the last synchronization.  At least you have that.

  If you hold that current file recreated data, your best bet is to make a copy of occasional backup of it, perhaps on a flash drive.  You can also export a copy of it (check the menu file in Palm Desktop for your export options).

  And then, for an amount reasonable, you could probably purchase a device Palm of opportunity on eBay or elsewhere, to Hotsync with.  I suggest you a Palm TX.  My data backup only with Hotsync in my office, but also directly to a SD card installed on the device.  This backup on SD is done automatically every day, and if something happens to your handheld data loss, I'm about 45 seconds a full restore from the SD card.  I like the redundancy.

• Outlook Express 6 can not do mail or open address book

  I have problems with Outlook express 6. Can I receive and read mail, but it won't let me reply or send a new e-mail. I can't open my address book either. I want to reinstall Outlook express 6, but cannot find anywhere to download. Need help again

  Then you have no DWORD named UseOutlook. Fix? In this case, check all of the following conditions. Don't ignore all the elements that are on older versions of OE. They are still topical.

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  Something is screwed up with your address book.

  It could be several specific problems, which include:
  -corrupted WAB file
  -damaged or incompatible DLL files for the addressbook
  -have OE set to use the Outlook98 / 2000 + contacts instead of the WAB
  folder and there is something wrong at the end of Outlook

  For more details, take a look at:

  Error message: the Message could not be sent. Some invalid recipients
  (Outlook Express: there was an error opening this message)
  (The address book failed to load. OE is configured incorrectly)
  (Corrupted or incompatible WAB32. DLL file)
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=239135
  OLEXP: Error Message: failed to load address book
  (There was an error opening this message)
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=269777
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=310873
  OLEXP: MSIMN has caused an IPF in Module Wab32.dll
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=247706
  Error message: failed to load address book, Outlook Express is...
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=191946
  Error message: could not open address book, a component is missing
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=192321

  The address book Windows (WAB)
  http://www.insideoe.com/files/WAB.htm

  To share Contacts between Outlook and Outlook Express
  http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oeshare.htm

  Bruce Hagen
  MS - MVP October 1, 2004 ~ September 30, 2010
  Imperial Beach, CA

• Backup of the address book database

  I do not understand how do I back up my address book from my office (Snow Leopard) to my laptop (Snow Leopard).  Is no longer a "backup database" command.

  Help address book is singularly vague with its various references to MobileMe, vCards, etc.

  Could a wise old OWL if you please enlighten me.

  Clarifying question - backup or copy to use with the address book on the other computer? Try to open the address book, select the contacts you want (hold down the SHIFT key or command to select multiple contacts), and then file/export as vCards. On the other computer, to load into the address book, file/import.

• Warm the address book sync from PC to Palm IIIxe

  After buying a PC without a serial port, I have a card installed and connected handheld. I tried to Hotsync the device but I get an error message that the program could not open address book database. Clicking ok on this message, another pops up telling me there was an error opening of the contact database and a new empty database is created and the original database file has been renamed to C:\Program Files\Palm\username\address.002.dat.

  Whenever I try to hotsync, I get the same messages and it keeps creating a numbered sequence file. No idea of what is happening here and how I can fix this problem? Contact Db is in the PC and I saved on a drive to the case where. I am using Windows XP Pro and I didn't have this problem before.

  I'm naïve here... Please help!

  Taz

  Ok. Looks like you will have to do a 'clean' of Palm desktop and re uninstll - install.

  With he data in Palm desktop, export the data for backup purposes. Here are the instructions to do so.

  The best way to protect your data is to export the data in each category of Palm Desktop in a separate folder on your PC.

  Create a new folder on your PC somewhere that suits. Name it something like Palm Desktop data. Click on the link below and follow the instructions on this page for the export procedure.

  http://www.Palm.com/cgi-bin/cso_kbURL.cgi?id=28734

  Make sure you only select everything for the beach in the export window.

  With the data stored in the created folder, make a copy of this file and save it on a USB key, cd - rw or external hard drive.

  Whenever you change in Palm Desktop, export the data that has been changed in this file and save again to external media.

  With this process you can always import the data in Palm Desktop, whenever you have a problem with the data in Palm Desktop, or if your computer/hard drive/device crash.

  Once the data is exported and saved, clean uninstall Palm desktop and re-install. Here are the instructions. Once Palm desktop is re-installed, importing data in Palm desktop, change the ducts to the office replaces handheld and sync.

  You should first make a copy of your data to have just in case something
  is happening. You can find your data files by going to C:\Program Files\Palm or
  A Palm. Highlight your Palm Desktop user name and right click and copy.
  Then, go to the desktop of your PC, right-click on a blank spot block and select.

  If this is the first time, you install Palm desktop and encounter a problem, go to the previous step.

  For Palm desktop 6.2, look in the following location for folders and files, my documents, desktop PalmOS. You will find the username folder in this place.

  Now you want to uninstall Palm Desktop and remove anything that has to do
  with Palm Desktop on your computer. As the folder above, remove the Palm folder. Once this is done, you need to delete some registry keys
  your registry PC operating system.

  Word of warning, go here and removing the wrong thing can cause your PC
  No start, crashing and deleting programs and data. If you feel
  you're not sure of yourself, see if you have a friend who can help you or a
  PC technician that you can pay to help you. This will show them all
  Should be deleted. To keep your current registry settings, we have a backup of the registry.

  On the PC, go to start and run Type "regedit" without the quotes

  Select WORKSTATION, browse to the file--> export. Should appear with a save as
  box. Current place of residence is very well should be in My Documents, or you can change in a location that you will remember. In the file name box, type "Regbackup [todaysdate]" i.e. Regbackup07072008. Then, the most difficult part.

  The best way to ensure that your work with the right key, select the key that is installation quick palm and press delete on your keyboard. It will ask you, are
  make sure you. Say Yes. Do the same for all the keys below.

  If you make a mistake, stop what you are doing. And call a PC technician.
  BUT do not turn off your computer.

  The reg keys are as follows (Note: some of the theses reg keys won't be here)
  But if they remove them)

  * Installation quick HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\U.S. Robotics\Palm
  * Transfer of files Robotics\PalmOne HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\U.S.
  * Robotics\Pilot Office of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\U.S.
  * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Palm
  * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Palm, Inc.
  * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PalmDesktopAutorun
  * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\palmOne
  * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PalmSource
  * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\PalmSource or anything else that says palm

  Then restart your computer

  Then, reinstall your Palm desktop from the CD and do a hotsync. If she asks
  you for a user name, enter the name that is on your device in the upper right of the screen to hotsync.

• How to open the address book in the address book already used?

  Previous versions of ThunderBird would open for the last opened address book address books. Now, it always opens to the gathered addresses. Can I make it open to the specific address book that I used last time?

  If you use the latest version 38.2.0
  Previously, the 'address book' would always open on the default "personal address book" value as it was the top of the list.

  Then, after many requests by a group of people who wanted to be able to search all their address books in a go, a virtual address book called "All address books" was created.

  This meant it would always default to opening on the ' address books all the "whenever you opened the 'address book' even in the same session of thunderbird.
  A bug request has been filed requesting the opportunity to be able to establish a default address book of choice, and it is developing.

  At the same time, we discovered that the window 'write' Contacts Sidebar me remember a selected address book providing Thunderbird had not been closed - only not forget in this session. Thus, they are also looking to set a default address for this as well, so that Contacts sidebar does not auto by default to "All address books" every time thunderbird is closed and the end of the session.

  The ' address books all the ' currently showing all of all your books address including "collected addresses".

• Address book disappeared and can not open/send email from Outlook Express 6

  KB911567 and KB917288 describe the problem exactly, however, problem with the display resolution.

  I can't find 911567 security update uninstall.  There is just no Spuninst.exe not associated with this update and it does not appear in Add / Remove programs.

  Is there another solution or is this a different problem?

  In OE6 under Win XP SP3

  MS Outlook is installed on this machine? If this is not the case, see the following topics.

  Courtesy of Michael Santovec:
  http://pages.prodigy.NET/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

  All of you who have the same cause.  Something is screwed up with your address book.

  It could be several specific problems, which include:
  -corrupted WAB file
  -damaged or incompatible DLL files for the addressbook
  -have OE set to use the Outlook98 / 2000 + contacts instead of the WAB
  folder and there is something wrong at the end of Outlook

  For more details, take a look at:

  Error message: the Message could not be sent. Some invalid recipients
  (Outlook Express: there was an error opening this message)
  (The address book failed to load. OE is configured incorrectly)
  (Corrupted or incompatible WAB32. DLL file)
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=239135
  OLEXP: Error Message: failed to load address book
  (There was an error opening this message)
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=269777
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=310873
  OLEXP: MSIMN has caused an IPF in Module Wab32.dll
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=247706
  Error message: failed to load address book, Outlook Express is...
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=191946
  Error message: could not open address book, a component is missing
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=192321

  The address book Windows (WAB)
  http://www.insideoe.com/files/WAB.htm

  To share Contacts between Outlook and Outlook Express
  http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oeshare.htm

  Bruce Hagen
  MS - MVP October 1, 2004 ~ September 30, 2010
  Imperial Beach, CA

• Problems with Outlook Express (address book, mail open, etc.)

  Hi, I have a strange problem with my outlook express. The program opens ok, it synchronize the e-mail with the servers and so on. If you click on an email in the upper part of the window you can see the content below.
  Now, this is my problem, I can not doubleclick on an email to open it, I can't send an email or forward it. I can't open the address book.
  I get different messages, "it was not possible to open the address book, it cannot be installed correctly", "the message could not be opened, an error has occurred", "it was not possible to load the due address book that Outlook Express is not properly configured. Reinstall Outlook Express"and so on.
  I used this software for many years and the problem came from one day to the other. I tried to uninstall/reinstall the program from the Control Panel, I did a repair on XP installation, but it is always the same, is there anyone who has an idea (I know that Outlook Express is and old program, but it works very well for my needs).

  What about Nils

  First, try a new identity and see if that helps.

  You may have a damaged identity especially if it's the default main identity. File | Identity | Add the new identity. Create a new one and try it. If all goes well, you can import your messages and address book from the old identity and delete it.

  Note: Do not use the main word in the name of the new identity.

  How to create and use identities in Outlook Express
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=209169

  An Outlook Express basic repair kit:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/IE/community/columns/oerepair.mspx#ehh

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  If the problem persists, start looking here.

  All of these errors have the same cause.  Something is screwed up with your address book.

  It could be several specific problems, which include:
  -corrupted WAB file
  -damaged or incompatible DLL files for the addressbook
  -have OE set to use the Outlook98 / 2000 + contacts instead of the WAB
  folder and there is something wrong at the end of Outlook

  For more details, take a look at:

  Error message: the Message could not be sent. Some invalid recipients
  (Outlook Express: there was an error opening this message)
  (The address book failed to load. OE is configured incorrectly)
  (Corrupted or incompatible WAB32. DLL file)
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=239135
  OLEXP: Error Message: failed to load address book
  (There was an error opening this message)
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=269777
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=310873
  OLEXP: MSIMN has caused an IPF in Module Wab32.dll
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=247706
  Error message: failed to load address book, Outlook Express is...
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=191946
  Error message: could not open address book, a component is missing
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=192321

  The address book Windows (WAB)
  http://www.insideoe.com/files/WAB.htm

  To share Contacts between Outlook and Outlook Express
  http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oeshare.htm

  Bruce Hagen MS - MVP [Mail]

• Lost address book tab; tab is always visible, but the button does not respond

  a modification of the names and tried to move a single name for another address book file. screen went to the home page and can not open address book tab since.

  BigIron, you still see this problem?

• Address Book G4 Intel Snow Leopard Leopard

  I want to get my contacts from address book to my Mini G4 under Leopard on my Intel Mini under Snow Leopard.  While I know that there is an address book import feature, I don't know what to do exactly.  What file/folder on the Snow Leopard address book G4 would need to import contact information?  Could I copy this file/folder to an external drive of the G4 and then plug that Intel, then use the Snow Leopard Intel AddressBook import feature to import from the external drive?

  Eventually, I have a drive external bootable, I am using with the G4 Mini (Leopard) and using Time Machine to on it to save the G4.  Is it possible to use it to import the Contacts address book in the address book of Intel?

  You can give me any help will be greatly appreciated.  I am a "novice" for sure.

  On the G4: Open address book. Click any contact in the list to select it, and then press command-a to select all. On the file menu, choose 'export vCard. At the prompt to select a location to save it - I suggest the office. The result will be a single file containing all contacts.

  Now you need to transfer the file to the SL mini - the easiest way is to copy it to a USB key or external hard drive.

  On the SL mini, open address book and on the file menu, choose "import...". ». Access your vCard file, click once to highlight, then click the "Open" button to import the contacts.

• In my address book, e-mail addresses are repeated over and more, as more than 100 times! What is the fastest way to remove them?

  Also, do you know why the rehearsals took place? Address are not ones I use, and I'm happy to remove them completely, but don't know how?

  Open "address book".
  Select the address book that contains the e-mail addresses, so that you can see them listed in the right pane of Contact.

  If you click on the "E-mail address" column heading, you can sort by e-mail address, so that all the email address are now listed one after the other.

  Left click on that to highlight the top
  'Shift' key and click the last one - everything else will be highlighted.
  Right-click on the highlighted email addresses and select 'delete '.

  How has it happened?
  Good question.
  You say that the relevant addresses are not ones I use.
  They are in the address book "collected addresses"?

  Please search to see if you have all the "Sent" saved messages seem to have used this email address in a 'TO' or 'Reply-to' field. ?

• How to remove addresses from the address book?

  should I clean my book.how address do I delete unwanted addresses?

  Open "address book".
  Left click on the name of "address book".
  or the other
  Left click on a contact in the list and click the 'Remove' button on the toolbar of the address book
  or
  Right-click on the contact to display further options and select 'delete '.

• Collected address book does not show. Book personal address only shows

  I need to delete old email addresses - the autofill makes me crazy. How can I access the collected addresses?
  The address book tab has only 1 pound, my address book personal

  You may need to activate the directory pane in the address book window.

  With the open address book window select display layout page-directory component

• How can I import a vcf file in Thunderbird address book?

  I have a couple hundred contacts on my iPhone and want to get in Thunderbird as some e-mails are much faster using a PC, as opposed to the iPhone. I can get the iCloud contacts in a single .vcf file but cannot find a way to bring them into Thunderbird. Thanks for any help you can give me.

  The first thing to try is to click the icon of hamburger (3 bars), tools/import... ... Address book vCard file, and then select the .vcf file. Open address book and see if the new address book seems OK.

• Save the address book

  using tb 31.2, ow to save the address book or is it saved profile? also, how to make contact groups?

  Open "address book".
  Select the address book that you want to export.
  Tools > export

  See the first picture below

  This should open a window "Export Address Book".
  Usually, he chooses a generic file location that can be accessed before saving files. See third picture below. In your case, it seems that you see this window with the profile indicated instead. No worries, simply select the right directory.

  If you see the profile folder - you do not want to export an address book in your profile - it's already there as a mbox file. Do not select this place - you have to choose a location outside Thunderbird.

  First, you will need to choose where to save the file. Select the correct directory and folder where you want to export the file to. Identical to save any document you have to choose where to save it.
  See the second image as an example on the choice of a different location or use the left file pane to select.

  In my example - see third picture below.
  I chose a folder that I had previously created called my backup files, a folder that is located in the same place in the form of Documents, downloads etc.
  Give a name appropriate to address book file.
  Save as Type: choose LDIF or comma separated .csv
  Click on the button Save.