NS 7.02 - old address books are missing

I am having trouble getting my address books back.

By following some instructions to 'others' that I found on this site,
I now have all my old email back.
I did have to reconstruct the 'filters'.

my C drive had to be reformatted and I had to reload everything
my old profile information is available.

when I put a 'new card' with the first name 'adbcxyz' into the new
Personal Address Book - and then try to search for any file with that string in it nothing is found.

I currently have the following *.mab files in the *.slt folder in the active profile:
abook.mab 8 KB 5/26/2004
history.mab 19 KB 6/1/2004
impab.mab 58 KB 12/19/2002
impab-1.mab 24 KB 12/19/2002
impab-2.mab 81 KB 6/1/2004
impab-3.mab 26 KB 5/15/2004
impab-4.mab 11 KB 1/12/2003

any ideas about how to get these files to show up in my address books?

they are available, just not being used.
Ned

 

Greetings,
One of several options:
With all instances of NS closed ( including Quicklaunch)

1. Re-name abook.mab to Xabook.mab
2. Re_name impab.mab to abook.mab

Open NS Address book window -Personal Address Book should now show the contents of the "old" impab.mab.

If this is not TRUE please post back.

If true - Based on the contents - CREATE A NEW ADDRESS BOOK with an name of your choice.

Select Personal Address Book in left panel
In right panel - select all entries (Ctrl+A) and drag to the NEW book you created in left panel and drop.

Verify that the NEW book contains the entries.

If True - Close NS - delete abook.mab - rename impab-1 to abook.mab
and repeat the steps above.

When ALL boooks are tranfered, re-name Xabook.mab to abook.mab to regain original book.

Let me know how it goes.

regards:captjlddavis

 

If this is not TRUE please post back.

After changing the names and reopening Netscape, choosing the desired profile, and opening the Personal Address Book.
I still see the same listings - -

these listings include a card with the first name 'abcdxyz' that doesn't register a hit when I search for that text string in any file in my Docs & Settings or under Netscape in the Program Files.

 

Ned,

Very strange indeed.

Please create a NEW address book named TEST.
This will create a file named abook-1.mab
Do a find file for abook-1.mab to verify that we are looking in the right place.

please post back.

regards:captjlddavis

 

captjlddavis
found it!
hooray

I was looking under the 'wrong' user.
Perhaps my 'very long folder names' or something else, keeps windows 'search' function from working properly all the time.

I think I can recover any address book that I need now, thanks to your help!

You have some really great info on this board and have helped me tremendously. I'll check back in occasionally!

What a relief.
Ned Snow

 

Ned,
You are welcome..

Come back anytime

regards:captjlddavis