Hello Trish
Why don't you try to make a fake adres.
Then with the search option on advanced you search for files changed on just
one date.
Maybe in this way you can located the changed file.

Arnold Kieboom

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob & Trish Henson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 5:49 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] HELP PLEASE!


> I am using Win 98SE and use Outlook Express V6.00.2600
>
> I have deleted my address book and have over 700 addresses.
>
> I was asked by our local school to get email addresses from each child and
> input the data and then pass on the compilation to them. I started and the
> addresses were coming on to my address book which I did not want. So I
> generated a new identity for the school. I switched identity and when it
> asked me if  I wanted this email address book to be moved across I said
no.
> Anyway I started inputting the info when I saw that the address book was
> there. So I deleted it.
>
> I went back to my original identity and see that I have lost all my
> addresses there. I have phoned everyone locally who say
> that it is irretrievably lost.  I looked for a *.wab file and it was not
to
> be found. I remember someone earlier having written to the List about
having
> an excel format for addresses and I looked for that, but I had to load up
my
> "Office 2000" CD for that option which I did. I then searched again for
the
> address book and a wab file came up. But this file is old and contains
only
> 500 addresses. I then found a CD-RW that I had saved on to and thought my
> problems were over. I tried to import from that and I got the following
> error message: "An error occurred during the import process. The import
> process could not be completed."
>
> So I resigned myself to manually restoring my book and started by
inputting
> address from my inbox.  I put in an address from someone I met two weeks
ago
> and it says that the address is already in the address book. It is not
> possible this is the last address that I added. So is my current address
> book there? and if so how do I find it?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Trish
>
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