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How Import 2nd Outlook Exp. Address book? T-bird keeps wanting to keep importing 1st one again!

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stumped1234
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Trying to import from Outlook Express on XP system toT-Bird on Win 8.1 using flash drive. Told T-Bird Address Book Import function the wrong. wab so I deleted the initial wab and tried to import the correct one but T-Bird keeps importing the 1st one. It no longer lets me select the correct file it just seems to assume that it knows what I want and proceeds without letting me select the file. I did try leaving the 1st one on the system and importing the correct one but again it just imported the 1st one a second time!

Trying to import from Outlook Express on XP system toT-Bird on Win 8.1 using flash drive. Told T-Bird Address Book Import function the wrong. wab so I deleted the initial wab and tried to import the correct one but T-Bird keeps importing the 1st one. It no longer lets me select the correct file it just seems to assume that it knows what I want and proceeds without letting me select the file. I did try leaving the 1st one on the system and importing the correct one but again it just imported the 1st one a second time!

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Matt
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have you tried renaming the second one and copying it over the one that is being imported?

stumped1234
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Thank you for your response. Your answer got me thinking. I tried deleting 1st one from flash drive and deleting all contacts from the Contacts folder and finally I got to flash drive and imported 2nd file. However this did not go well so I must have a "cockpit" error that i will have to address.

But thanks again for getting me on the correct track.