Microsoft KB Archive/223936

= OL98: Cannot Open Personal Address Book After Roaming =

Article ID: 223936

Article Last Modified on 12/4/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q223936



SYMPTOMS
When you log on to a computer with a roaming profile, you may receive the following error message:

Your Personal Address Book could not be opened. The path specified for this personal address book file is not valid. Do you want to use a different personal address book?



CAUSE
This error will occur when the operating system on the second computer is on a different drive than the first computer. For example, if the operating system on the first computer is installed on C drive, and the operating system on the second computer is installed on D drive, you will receive the error.



RESOLUTION
Click No to the above error message and then edit the path to the Personal Address Book (PAB) for the computer you are on. If your operating system is on the D drive, the path is usually as follows:

D:\\Profiles\ \Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Mailbox.pab

The path to the PAB in the profile is not dynamic; it uses the original PAB path settings from computer 1. The default installation path is:

C:\\Profiles\ \Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Mailbox.pab



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information on how to set up roaming users, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

187784 (CW) Set Up Outlook for Multiple or Roaming Users

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