Article ID: 217125
Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0
This article was previously published under Q217125
For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express
SUMMARY
This article describes the command-line switches for the Windows Address Book (Wab.exe).
MORE INFORMATION
Outlook Express includes the ability to run the Windows Address Book as a separate program. If you have multiple copies of the Windows Address Book, you can use command-line switches to gain access to address books that are not the default address.
The available switches are:
- No switches - Opens the default address book.
Example: Click Start, click Run, and type wab
- /Open - Displays a dialog box to select an address book file
Example: Click Start, click Run, and type wab /open
- /New - Displays a dialog box to specify a new address book file
Example: Click Start, click Run, and type wab /new
- File name - Opens the specified address book file
Example: If your Windows Address Book is named Test.wab and is located in the C:\Program Files\Outlook Express folder, click Start, click Run and type: c:\program files\outlook express\test.wab
- Folder name - Displays a dialog box to select an address book file from the specified folder
Example: If your Windows Address Book is named Test.wab and is located in the C:\Program Files\Outlook Express folder, click Start, click Run, and type c:\program files\outlook express
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