Microsoft KB Archive/179962

= DMM: Personal Address Book Format Not Supported. =

Article ID: 179962

Article Last Modified on 11/11/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Direct Mail Manager for Windows

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This article was previously published under Q179962



SUMMARY
If you attempt to use your personal address book (PAB) from Microsoft Outlook for your address list in Microsoft Direct Mail Manager, you will receive the following error message:

Error (3045) Couldn't use ; file already in use.

This error occurred when attempting to open the address list file. Please check that (1) the file exists, (2) you have selected a file format supported by Direct Mail Manager, and (3) it is not locked or your access is otherwise restricted.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Direct Mail Manager does not support the use of a Personal Address Book file for an address list. Microsoft Direct Mail Manager can use the following file formats for an address list:

Microsoft Access Database (.mdb, .mdw, .mda)

dBase III and IV (.dbf)

Microsoft Excel Worksheet (.xls)

Microsoft FoxPro (.dbf, .dbc)

Microsoft Word Document (.doc)

Paradox 5.x Database (.db)

Delimited Text File (.txt, .csv, .tab, .asc)

Microsoft Outlook Contacts Folder

