# Outlook... hazy today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-hazy-today/15431 "2000-04-01T21:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-hazy-today/15431/1 "2000-04-01T21:33:00Z")
My outlook email crashed today. I have no idea what happened but when I reloaded all my addy’s are gone. Has anyone had this happen? were you able to get your addresses back? I’ll send a great dirty joke to the person who can help, providing you give me your addy that is 😉 * * * We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-hazy-today/15431/2 "2000-04-01T22:10:00Z")
Would sympathy for your plight rate a dirty joke? If so, mine’s [gearhart@netins.net](mailto:gearhart@netins.net). That’s never happened to me – I have no idea how/if your address book can be restored. Sorry. If nothing else, I’ll get this bumped up to the top, for a minute or two at least. ---
**Author:** ![Oblio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c4cdca/32.png) [@Oblio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblio)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-hazy-today/15431/3 "2000-04-01T23:04:00Z")
Sue, Have you tried to import your address book, assuming it exists ? I think it is named _login_.wab , and is in \WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft (on my PC). Search for \*.wab and try to import it from Outlook. I am using Express at home and Outlook at work so I can’t try just now. ---
**Author:** ![Oblio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c4cdca/32.png) [@Oblio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblio)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-hazy-today/15431/4 "2000-04-01T23:08:00Z")
That should be \WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book And it worked OK in Outlook Express, if you can’t find that file you may be SOL ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-hazy-today/15431/5 "2000-04-01T23:19:00Z")
That was probably your problem to begin with Sue, your address list burned up with all those dirty jokes. * * * \*\* _Sigh_. So many men, so few who can afford me \*\* _Original by Wally_ _I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it._ ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-hazy-today/15431/6 "2000-04-01T23:32:00Z")
Thanks alot guys (minus ultress who is my biggest provider of dirty jokes) I found an old back up disc from eons ago that restored most of my addys and hopefully the rest will just email me soon. * * * We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-hazy-today/15431/7 "2000-04-01T23:46:00Z")
Sue, it must be contagious. Out PC boxes at the office had outlook splat and die today. Thank you Micro~1! E. * * * “Black holes were created when God divided by 0” ~Wally ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-hazy-today/15431/8 "2000-04-02T01:53:00Z")
As a tech support phone help guy for an ISP, all I can say is RUN AWAY from MS Outlook, Outlook Express, and Internet Mail. Those apps cause more problems than all other e-mail programs combined! And don’t update your Norton Anti-Virus, because it wipes your settings in Outlook Express. * * * [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - **Shadow of the Pigeon** - Weirdo of the Night ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-hazy-today/15431/9 "2000-04-02T07:08:00Z")
I had something like this. Try scanning for a file called Outlook.pst. If you find it, use the Import function in Outlook to transfer the stuff back. I found this strictly by fooling around, but I recovered everything.