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07-13-2008
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| | Search results unreliable I had two wab files, one in a folder under my user folder, and one under my AppData\Local\Microsoft\Address Book. I tried searching for *.wab on my c drive and "everywhere". I included non-indexed, hidden and system files. The search did not find the wab file under AppData\Local\Microsoft\Address Book. I then searched specifically in AppData\Local\Microsoft\Address Book and found it. I repeated the search "everywhere" and this time it found both wab files. Incidentally, does anyone know where Outlook Express would store its wab file under Vista? |
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07-13-2008
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| | Re: Search results unreliable "Nitro" <nogo@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:2ruek.252210$NN3.146815@xxxxxx Quote: >I had two wab files, one in a folder under my user folder, and one under my >AppData\Local\Microsoft\Address Book. I tried searching for *.wab on my c >drive and "everywhere". I included non-indexed, hidden and system files. >The search did not find the wab file under AppData\Local\Microsoft\Address >Book. I then searched specifically in AppData\Local\Microsoft\Address Book >and found it. I repeated the search "everywhere" and this time it found >both wab files. > > Incidentally, does anyone know where Outlook Express would store its wab > file under Vista? Vista uses Windows Mail which replaced OE. |
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07-13-2008
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| | Re: Search results unreliable Nitro wrote: Quote: > I had two wab files, one in a folder under my user folder, and one under > my AppData\Local\Microsoft\Address Book. I tried searching for *.wab on > my c drive and "everywhere". I included non-indexed, hidden and system > files. The search did not find the wab file under > AppData\Local\Microsoft\Address Book. I then searched specifically in > AppData\Local\Microsoft\Address Book and found it. I repeated the search > "everywhere" and this time it found both wab files. point to the drive to search in Advanced Search, which was most likely sitting at search Indexed locations. |
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07-14-2008
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| | Re: Search results unreliable "Nitro" <nogo@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:2ruek.252210$NN3.146815@xxxxxx Quote: >I had two wab files, one in a folder under my user folder, and one under my >AppData\Local\Microsoft\Address Book. I tried searching for *.wab on my c >drive and "everywhere". I included non-indexed, hidden and system files. >The search did not find the wab file under AppData\Local\Microsoft\Address >Book. I then searched specifically in AppData\Local\Microsoft\Address Book >and found it. I repeated the search "everywhere" and this time it found >both wab files. > > Incidentally, does anyone know where Outlook Express would store its wab > file under Vista? and second, it doesn't use WAB files. It uses DBX files. WAB files are from Windows Address Book. OE calls Windows Address Book for those services. I usually immediately install Agent Ransack as a search utility, as I find it faster, and more flexible and reliable than Windows search, which I pretty much never use. http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/ HTH -pk |
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