MAVERICKS CHOICE Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Hey Guys had a fair Google/Search with this one. Basicly trying to export my add book then reinstall the Vista with the csv file installing unattendly?I can manually do this no probs, but having problems finding where windows stores this info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokingman Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 This should open where it keeps the Windows Mail Folder , in your Profile.Save As WinMail.vbs Dim Act :Set Act = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") Dim WinMail WinMail = Act.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail") Act.Run(Chr(34) & WinMail & Chr(34)),1,False Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAVERICKS CHOICE Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 (edited) Thanks GSM you're very much known for spoiling us.Mailstore doesn't appear to be in any recognizeable format? not .csv or .wab?? Edited March 25, 2007 by MAVERICKS CHOICE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesurfer Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Are you asking where Vista stores your address book or Windows XP? I wasn't sure if you're exporting address book from XP to import in Vista or from Vista to Vista clean install.Anyway, in Vista, Windows Mail does not use the WAB address book format anymore. Each contact is stored as a separate file in "%userprofile%\Contacts\"When you import your Outlook Express addres book (WAB), it separates all your contacts out as such in this folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAVERICKS CHOICE Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 (edited) Are you asking where Vista stores your address book or Windows XP? I wasn't sure if you're exporting address book from XP to import in Vista or from Vista to Vista clean install.Anyway, in Vista, Windows Mail does not use the WAB address book format anymore. Each contact is stored as a separate file in "%userprofile%\Contacts\"When you import your Outlook Express addres book (WAB), it separates all your contacts out as such in this folder.@spacesurferYes exporting add book from xp to reimport into Vista, Thanks thats something to start with. Edited March 25, 2007 by MAVERICKS CHOICE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesurfer Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 If you still need to know where OE stores the WAB file, use regedit, find the key "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\" The filename should be there with the default path if you haven't changed it. You can directly export the WAB into Windows Mail.I usually edit this registry key to specify a location of my WAB on a partition other than the OS partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAVERICKS CHOICE Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 If you still need to know where OE stores the WAB file, use regedit, find the key "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\" The filename should be there with the default path if you haven't changed it. You can directly export the WAB into Windows Mail.I usually edit this registry key to specify a location of my WAB on a partition other than the OS partition.This is very helpful, pretty well nailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAVERICKS CHOICE Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 Another quick Q does the .iaf file produced when backing up Vista mail can be reimported to save your message settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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