How To Move Your Outlook Express Address Book to a New Computer

In order to move your address book to a new computer, you must first export it from your original machine. (If either your new or old computer does not have a floppy drive, Click here)

  1. Open Outlook Express
  2. Click the FILE menu, then click "Export" and then "Address Book..."
  3. Click on "Text File (Comma Separated Values)" and click EXPORT
  4. You will be asked to "Save exported file as:" - click BROWSE
  5. In the "Save in:" drop down box, select "Desktop"
  6. In the "Filename:" box, type "addbook" and click SAVE
  7. Click NEXT
  8. Click FINISH
  9. Click OK, then CLOSE
  10. Close Outlook Express
  11. If your NEW computer has a floppy disk drive, put a blank disk in your floppy drive. Then right click on the new "addbook" file on your desktop and select "Send to" and click "3-1/2 Floppy (A)".

Once the address book has been exported from your old computer, you must now import it into your new computer.

  1. Insert the floppy disk in the drive and open Outlook Express
  2. Click the FILE menu, then click "Import" and then "Other Address Book..."
  3. Select "Text File (Comma Separated Values) from the list and click IMPORT
  4. In the "CSV Import" dialog box, click BROWSE
  5. In the "Look in:" drop down box, select "3-1/2 Floppy (A)"
  6. Click on the "addbook" file and then click OPEN
  7. Click NEXT
  8. Click FINISH
  9. Click OK, then CLOSE