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Post by yord on May 4, 2009 15:27:09 GMT
feck, might they want a 98 in nearly mint condition ?
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Post by yord on May 4, 2009 15:28:30 GMT
one carefull owner and only partly possessed
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Post by kubik8 on May 4, 2009 15:28:50 GMT
Yord, I don't use Outlook, but if I remember rightly....
To save your contacts in a format that can be read by a text reader such as notepad, you need to go into your address book, click File > Export > Other Address Book
Then click Text File (Comma Separated Values) and 'Export'
Is this what you did?
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Post by yord on May 4, 2009 15:31:36 GMT
They arent in the address book , theyve been saved in a file I made up ...... xxx.......in outlook express.This was well before I realised the gits couldnt be right clicked on to be saved or do owt else with aperantly
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Post by feral on May 4, 2009 15:34:51 GMT
lmao .
I doubt anything has changed anyway
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Post by feral on May 4, 2009 15:37:49 GMT
this is the bit that continually puzzles me ( I dont use outlook either so perhaps its obvious to someone else who does )
Why on earth take addresses out of your address book to save in another folder full of addresses ?
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Post by kubik8 on May 4, 2009 15:38:01 GMT
I'm not saying they are. I just wondered if that's what you did to create the file you have.
You mention having a .dbx file. But that's not a contact list, it's the emails and everything. It's only of any use to Outlook itself.
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Post by yord on May 4, 2009 15:43:06 GMT
No. I clicked on new .....new folder ........and bunged the emails in there. I had intended to print them off and certainly save them to a disc or or usb memory stick. However I cant find a way of doing this. Theyre OK were they are , but not if the comps fecked. I dont really want to lose them
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Post by kubik8 on May 4, 2009 15:52:18 GMT
Riiiight... OK I understand, I think. Windows won't be able to open the file.
If you want to read them, you'll have to re-import them in Outlook. If, for now, you just want to keep the file or folder, then just drag it across to your USB stick or whatever, or right-click > send to, and leave them until you need them.
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Post by yord on May 4, 2009 15:54:27 GMT
the only way I can find of doing it is to take a screen shot of the list of address's and then save that as a jpg in paint. This dosnt allow for what is in the emails however, and with over 3000 it would take forever. Also although they will highlight , they wont copy and paste.
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Post by yord on May 4, 2009 15:56:38 GMT
ah I'll try dragging the folder into the usb stick
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Post by yord on May 4, 2009 15:57:17 GMT
hold on , then I'll have a folder on the usb stick that windows cant open ?
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Post by kubik8 on May 4, 2009 15:57:54 GMT
Ooh now you've totally lost me, and alas I have to go out.
<runs>
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Post by yord on May 4, 2009 16:06:45 GMT
Na it dosnt work . I knew they wouldnt right click but they wont drag either from outlook ex and the folder wont drag when I locate it in search either. Ta anyhow
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Post by feral on May 4, 2009 16:06:58 GMT
hold on , then I'll have a folder on the usb stick that windows cant open ? look .Just drag it onto a usb stick and then see if you can open it .if you cant you can just delete it from the stick again |
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Post by feral on May 4, 2009 16:08:20 GMT
Na it dosnt work . I knew they wouldnt right click but they wont drag either from outlook ex and the folder wont drag when I locate it in search either. Ta anyhow ya know what ? it sounds like the folder is corrupt cos it should drag and drop I'm sure . |
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Post by feral on May 4, 2009 16:12:02 GMT
have you ever tried making a new folder in outlook and transferring the lot there and then trying to copy them ? .or renaming the folder you have .
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Post by yord on May 4, 2009 16:16:12 GMT
"this is the bit that continually puzzles me ( I dont use outlook either so perhaps its obvious to someone else who does )
Why on earth take addresses out of your address book to save in another folder full of addresses ?"
They dont go into the address book although I could save the address's that way and would have had I know that saving them in a folder would result in this carry on .
The emails come in on a screen to be clicked on and read and then I bung the ones I want into the corresponding folders that I created. Then you can see the email address they originated from and if you click on them the original message is still there. All safe,sound and usable, aslong as the comp is OK.
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Post by yord on May 4, 2009 16:18:03 GMT
"have you ever tried making a new folder in outlook and transferring the lot there and then trying to copy them ? .or renaming the folder you have ."
Yes, its no good. Its some perverse feature of outlook ex
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Post by yord on May 4, 2009 16:21:30 GMT
"look .Just drag it onto a usb stick and then see if you can open it .if you cant you can just delete it from the stick again"
I can find the folder all these emails are in by using search. The folder comes up in search but wont drag anywhere. When I try to open the folder , it now tries to open the folder with notepad and cant . It no longers gives the option of tryng to open with another prog or of letting windows go off and search for another prog to open it with.
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