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how do I import my contacts from a wab file on my desktop?

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my contacts have come from a windows xp computer and have been exported as a wab file. How can I now import these off my desktop?

my contacts have come from a windows xp computer and have been exported as a wab file. How can I now import these off my desktop?

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Looks like you'll need to use a Microsoft program: http://fileinfo.com/extension/wab

Hopefully whatever you find to open this file can export it to a CSV or maybe LDIF or VCF file, which Thunderbird can then import.

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Looks like you'll need to use a Microsoft program: http://fileinfo.com/extension/wab

Hopefully whatever you find to open this file can export it to a CSV or maybe LDIF or VCF file, which Thunderbird can then import.

When using Outlook Express' export to csv function non-regular chars as Japanese or Arabic get mangled or deleted, at 7xl is an online tool that does direct wab/LDIF conversion by file upload.