How to Back Up an Outlook Express Address Book

Your Outlook Express Address Book contains email addresses for everyone you correspond and other information, including phone numbers, mailing addresses and special dates. No one can anticipate a crash or corrupted files. Follow these steps to back up your Outlook Express Address Book.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Open Outlook Express in order to export your Address Book to a Comma Separated Values (.csv) file. Make certain you are logged on to the identity of the address book you want to back up.

2. Go to the File menu, and click "Export." Select "Address Book."

3. Make certain "Text File (Comma Separated Values)" is highlighted. Click "Export."

4. Decide where to save the new .csv file. A browse button allows you to locate a place on your hard drive or to a removable format.

5. Type in the name of your backup address book in "File Name." To know exactly where the backup file is going, give it a full path name starting with the drive letter. For example, C:\Documents and Settings\.... Click "Save."

6. Click "Next" when the CSV Export window opens.

7. Check the boxes for the fields you want to save. Select "Finish." A message should pop up that says "Address book export process has completed." Click "OK" and "Close."

Tips & Warnings

• You must export each address book to a Comma Separated Values file for each of your identities.
• If you share an Outlook Express Address Book with Outlook, you cannot export the address book for backup purposes.
• You should back up your Outlook Express Address Book before upgrading your operating system. Operating system upgrades can create problems in Outlook Express.

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on 12/19/2007 Thank you!