OLEXP: Command-Line Switches for Windows Address Book (Wab.exe)

This article describes the command-line switches for the Windows Address Book (Wab.exe).

Outlook Express includes the ability to run the Windows Address Book as a separate program. If you have multiple copies of the Windows Address Book, you can use command-line switches to gain access to address books that are not the default address.

The available switches are:

• No switches - Opens the default address book.
  
  Example: Click Start, click Run, and type wab
  
  
• /Open - Displays a dialog box to select an address book file
  
  Example: Click Start, click Run, and type wab /open
  
  
• /New - Displays a dialog box to specify a new address book file
  
  Example: Click Start, click Run, and type wab /new
  
  
• File name - Opens the specified address book file
  
  Example: If your Windows Address Book is named Test.wab and is located in the C:\Program Files\Outlook Express folder, click Start, click Run and type: c:\program files\outlook express\test.wab
  
  
• Folder name - Displays a dialog box to select an address book file from the specified folder
  
  Example: If your Windows Address Book is named Test.wab and is located in the C:\Program Files\Outlook Express folder, click Start, click Run, and type c:\program files\outlook express