restore outlook addresses after windows update

[bmain]

I had to do a reinstall of Windows and all my programs were placed in a
folder called "old data" and now I can not access my addresses and old emails
in Outlook. It looks like the data is saved in the "old data" folder but I
am not sure how to get it back into Outlook.

 

[BillR [MVP]]

It should be stored in a file with a PST extension. ensure it is not set as
read-only, Open it with Outlook and copy data over.

 

[bmain]

I find no PST files in the folder that Outlook Express was saved in. I was
using Outlook before but all I can find is Outlook Express now. Are these
two different things and could I be looking in the wrong spot?

 

[BillR [MVP]]

Outlook Express and Outlook are totally different applications. If you used
Outlook and your data is accessible and still on the machine then it is in a
PST file. the only issue is that file might be hidden.

 

[bmain]

I do believe I was using Outlook before but now can't find any trace of it.
I did not load it seperate on the machine so it must have come with it but
with the restore I did it does not appear to have been put back in. I guess
I will have to start the process of rebuilding my address book.