Fax Address Book

[Ken Kast]

Is there a way to get Windows Fax Services and OLE 6.0 to share the same
address book?

Ken Kast

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

They already do by default. Only you can tell us why yours isn't.
Once you install Outlook, the Outlook Address Book replaces the Windows
Address Book.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Ken Kast" > wrote in message
...
> Is there a way to get Windows Fax Services and OLE 6.0 to share the same
> address book?
>
> Ken Kast
>
>

[Ken Kast]

I'm not using Outlook, I'm using Outlook Express. Can fax share with
Express?

Ken
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" > wrote in message
...
> They already do by default. Only you can tell us why yours isn't.
> Once you install Outlook, the Outlook Address Book replaces the Windows
> Address Book.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "Ken Kast" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Is there a way to get Windows Fax Services and OLE 6.0 to share the same
> > address book?
> >
> > Ken Kast
> >
> >
>
>

[PA Bear]

WinXP Fax uses Outlook Express's (OE) address book (aka WAB) by default:

Faxing in WinXP
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/crawford/02october21.asp

"The Windows XP Fax service uses the Windows Address Book (WAB) as its
default address book for fax numbers. When you install Outlook [OL] 2000 or
Outlook 2002, the fax service switches to the Outlook Address Book (OAB) as
its source for fax addresses. So you don't need to maintain two address
books-just one will do."

Queries:

1. Is Outlook Express (OE) your default Mail Client at IE Tools>Internet
Options>Programs?

2. Is OL or MS Office also installed?

3. What contacts database does your WinXP Fax service attempt to use?
--
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HTH - Please Reply to This Thread

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

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Ken Kast wrote:
>>> Is there a way to get Windows Fax Services and OLE 6.0 to share the same
>>> address book?

[Ken Kast]

1. OE is my default mail client.
2. MS Office XP is installed.
3. When I open the address box in Fax, it's empty. I don't know where the
file is physically located.

Ken

"PA Bear" > wrote in message
...
> WinXP Fax uses Outlook Express's (OE) address book (aka WAB) by default:
>
> Faxing in WinXP
>
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/crawford/02october21.asp
>
> "The Windows XP Fax service uses the Windows Address Book (WAB) as its
> default address book for fax numbers. When you install Outlook [OL] 2000
or
> Outlook 2002, the fax service switches to the Outlook Address Book (OAB)
as
> its source for fax addresses. So you don't need to maintain two address
> books-just one will do."
>
> Queries:
>
> 1. Is Outlook Express (OE) your default Mail Client at IE Tools>Internet
> Options>Programs?
>
> 2. Is OL or MS Office also installed?
>
> 3. What contacts database does your WinXP Fax service attempt to use?
> --
> OE6-specific newsgroup:
>
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
>
> HTH - Please Reply to This Thread
>
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>
> AumHa Forums
> http://forum.mvps.org/
>
> Protect Your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect
>
> Ken Kast wrote:
> >>> Is there a way to get Windows Fax Services and OLE 6.0 to share the
same
> >>> address book?
>

[PA Bear]

1. Do the various dropdown choices in IE toolbar's Mail button open in OE?

2. Do you have this Registry key?...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER
\Software
\Microsoft
\WAB
\WAB4

....and is there a DWORD named UseOutlook? If so, is its value set to 1
(one) or 0 (zero)?
--
~PA Bear
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)

Ken Kast wrote:
> 1. OE is my default mail client.
> 2. MS Office XP is installed.
> 3. When I open the address box in Fax, it's empty. I don't know where the
> file is physically located.
>
> "PA Bear" > wrote in message
> ...
>> WinXP Fax uses Outlook Express's (OE) address book (aka WAB) by default:
>>
>> Faxing in WinXP
>>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/crawford/02october21.asp
>>
>> "The Windows XP Fax service uses the Windows Address Book (WAB) as its
>> default address book for fax numbers. When you install Outlook [OL] 2000
>> or Outlook 2002, the fax service switches to the Outlook Address Book
>> (OAB) as its source for fax addresses. So you don't need to maintain two
>> address books-just one will do."
>>
>> Queries:
>>
>> 1. Is Outlook Express (OE) your default Mail Client at IE Tools>Internet
>> Options>Programs?
>>
>> 2. Is OL or MS Office also installed?
>>
>> 3. What contacts database does your WinXP Fax service attempt to use?
>> --
>> OE6-specific newsgroup:
>>
>
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
>>
>> HTH - Please Reply to This Thread
>>
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>>
>> AumHa Forums
>> http://forum.mvps.org/
>>
>> Protect Your PC
>> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect
>>
>> Ken Kast wrote:
>>>>> Is there a way to get Windows Fax Services and OLE 6.0 to share the
>>>>> same address book?

[Ken Kast]

1. Yes
2. Yes and no. The keys under WAB4 are
LastFind=Address Book
WAB File Name=C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\Application
Data\Microsoft\Address Book\default.wab
"PA Bear" > wrote in message
...
> 1. Do the various dropdown choices in IE toolbar's Mail button open in OE?
>
> 2. Do you have this Registry key?...
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER
> \Software
> \Microsoft
> \WAB
> \WAB4
>
> ...and is there a DWORD named UseOutlook? If so, is its value set to 1
> (one) or 0 (zero)?
> --
> ~PA Bear
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)
>
> Ken Kast wrote:
> > 1. OE is my default mail client.
> > 2. MS Office XP is installed.
> > 3. When I open the address box in Fax, it's empty. I don't know where
the
> > file is physically located.
> >
> > "PA Bear" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> WinXP Fax uses Outlook Express's (OE) address book (aka WAB) by
default:
> >>
> >> Faxing in WinXP
> >>
> >
>
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/crawford/02october21.asp
> >>
> >> "The Windows XP Fax service uses the Windows Address Book (WAB) as its
> >> default address book for fax numbers. When you install Outlook [OL]
2000
> >> or Outlook 2002, the fax service switches to the Outlook Address Book
> >> (OAB) as its source for fax addresses. So you don't need to maintain
two
> >> address books-just one will do."
> >>
> >> Queries:
> >>
> >> 1. Is Outlook Express (OE) your default Mail Client at IE
Tools>Internet
> >> Options>Programs?
> >>
> >> 2. Is OL or MS Office also installed?
> >>
> >> 3. What contacts database does your WinXP Fax service attempt to use?
> >> --
> >> OE6-specific newsgroup:
> >>
> >
>
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
> >>
> >> HTH - Please Reply to This Thread
> >>
> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
> >>
> >> AumHa Forums
> >> http://forum.mvps.org/
> >>
> >> Protect Your PC
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect
> >>
> >> Ken Kast wrote:
> >>>>> Is there a way to get Windows Fax Services and OLE 6.0 to share the
> >>>>> same address book?
>

[PA Bear]

As
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/crawford/02october21.asp
points out, WinXP Fax service (now) wants to use OAB as its contacts
database. Unless a Fax MVP [Hello?] knows of a way to change this back to
WAB, you can share (Windows) Address Book contacts with OAB via a Registry
hack, which I suppose would make these contacts available for Fax.

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/wab.htm#share

http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oeshare.htm

Note that any/all changes (additions, deletions, edits) made while sharing
is enabled will /not/ be available (displayed) in (Windows)Address Book if
and when sharing is disabled. Your (Windows) Address Book Groups and
Folders may not appear correctly even when sharing is enabled. YMMV.
--
~PA Bear

Ken Kast wrote:
> 1. Yes
> 2. Yes and no. The keys under WAB4 are
> LastFind=Address Book
> WAB File Name=C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Address Book\default.wab
>
>> 1. Do the various dropdown choices in IE toolbar's Mail button open in
>> OE?
>>
>> 2. Do you have this Registry key?...
>>
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER
>> \Software
>> \Microsoft
>> \WAB
>> \WAB4
>>
>> ...and is there a DWORD named UseOutlook? If so, is its value set to 1
>> (one) or 0 (zero)?
>> --
>>> 1. OE is my default mail client.
>>> 2. MS Office XP is installed.
>>> 3. When I open the address box in Fax, it's empty. I don't know where
>>> the file is physically located.
>>>
>>>> WinXP Fax uses Outlook Express's (OE) address book (aka WAB) by
>>>> default:
>>>>
>>>> Faxing in WinXP
>>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/crawford/02october21.asp
>>>>
>>>> "The Windows XP Fax service uses the Windows Address Book (WAB) as its
>>>> default address book for fax numbers. When you install Outlook [OL]
>>>> 2000 or Outlook 2002, the fax service switches to the Outlook Address
>>>> Book (OAB) as its source for fax addresses. So you don't need to
>>>> maintain two address books-just one will do."
>>>>
>>>> Queries:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Is Outlook Express (OE) your default Mail Client at IE
>>>> Tools>Internet Options>Programs?
>>>>
>>>> 2. Is OL or MS Office also installed?
>>>>
>>>> 3. What contacts database does your WinXP Fax service attempt to use?
>>>> --
>>>>>>> Is there a way to get Windows Fax Services and OLE 6.0 to share the
>>>>>>> same address book?

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You had it exactly right. As I had already posted, once Outlook is installed
the fax service switches to using the Outlook Address Book. That option is
not configurable.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"PA Bear" > wrote in message
...
> As
>
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/crawford/02october21.asp
> points out, WinXP Fax service (now) wants to use OAB as its contacts
> database. Unless a Fax MVP [Hello?] knows of a way to change this back to
> WAB, you can share (Windows) Address Book contacts with OAB via a Registry
> hack, which I suppose would make these contacts available for Fax.
>
> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/wab.htm#share
>
> http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oeshare.htm
>
> Note that any/all changes (additions, deletions, edits) made while sharing
> is enabled will /not/ be available (displayed) in (Windows)Address Book if
> and when sharing is disabled. Your (Windows) Address Book Groups and
> Folders may not appear correctly even when sharing is enabled. YMMV.
> --
> ~PA Bear
>
> Ken Kast wrote:
> > 1. Yes
> > 2. Yes and no. The keys under WAB4 are
> > LastFind=Address Book
> > WAB File Name=C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\Application
> > Data\Microsoft\Address Book\default.wab
> >
> >> 1. Do the various dropdown choices in IE toolbar's Mail button open in
> >> OE?
> >>
> >> 2. Do you have this Registry key?...
> >>
> >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER
> >> \Software
> >> \Microsoft
> >> \WAB
> >> \WAB4
> >>
> >> ...and is there a DWORD named UseOutlook? If so, is its value set to 1
> >> (one) or 0 (zero)?
> >> --
> >>> 1. OE is my default mail client.
> >>> 2. MS Office XP is installed.
> >>> 3. When I open the address box in Fax, it's empty. I don't know where
> >>> the file is physically located.
> >>>
> >>>> WinXP Fax uses Outlook Express's (OE) address book (aka WAB) by
> >>>> default:
> >>>>
> >>>> Faxing in WinXP
> >>>>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/crawford/02october21.asp
> >>>>
> >>>> "The Windows XP Fax service uses the Windows Address Book (WAB) as
its
> >>>> default address book for fax numbers. When you install Outlook [OL]
> >>>> 2000 or Outlook 2002, the fax service switches to the Outlook Address
> >>>> Book (OAB) as its source for fax addresses. So you don't need to
> >>>> maintain two address books-just one will do."
> >>>>
> >>>> Queries:
> >>>>
> >>>> 1. Is Outlook Express (OE) your default Mail Client at IE
> >>>> Tools>Internet Options>Programs?
> >>>>
> >>>> 2. Is OL or MS Office also installed?
> >>>>
> >>>> 3. What contacts database does your WinXP Fax service attempt to use?
> >>>> --
> >>>>>>> Is there a way to get Windows Fax Services and OLE 6.0 to share
the
> >>>>>>> same address book?
>

[PA Bear]

Ta, Russ.
--
~PA Bear

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
> You had it exactly right. As I had already posted, once Outlook is
> installed the fax service switches to using the Outlook Address Book.
> That option is not configurable.