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Back Up of Contacts in MS Office 2016 Outlook
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 1:04 am
by Varky
Can anyone tell me how I can make a back up of my contacts in MS Office 2016 Outlook. I have had to reinstall my Office a few times this month and although I can reload my messages using archive.pst and backup.pst files it doesn't seem to reinstate my contacts from before having to reinstall Office 2016. For Information I am running Windows 10 and wish I wasn't.
Re: Back Up of Contacts in MS Office 2016 Outlook
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 11:07 am
by J B
Varky wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2017 1:04 am
although I can reload my messages using archive.pst and backup.pst files it doesn't seem to reinstate my contacts
it used to be a file called wab (windows address book) don't know if it's still the same??
Re: Back Up of Contacts in MS Office 2016 Outlook
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 11:55 am
by Varky
RW,
I used your link and was successful. I had used the same procedure to save my archived messages but didn't realise that you could use it for contacts.
JB,
Thanks for trying. I had used your solution in the past with older versions of Office, but I don't think that is a possibility with newer versions. In fact I seem to remember at the time when Microsoft changed back up files for contacts from .wab format to .pst it was a dickens of a job to transfer contacts.