Outlook Express - Address Contact List Disappeared

Regards

1,) There are 2 Tabs "Main.." & "Shared .."
Try to click both.

2.) The OL-Express's Address Book file is *.wab.
search for it in "Windows"

3.) Try this Tool:

http://www.oemailrecovery.com/address-book-recovery.html
Address Book Recovery
Address Book Recovery is a utility intended for restoration of the contact information from the Windows Address Book (WAB) files, where contacts from Outlook and Outlook Express are stored. The program works with the files of Windows Address Book data (WAB files) and with its help you can:
Restore accidentally deleted contacts from the Windows Address Book (WAB).
View the changes archive on the contact.
Restore the contacts from the Windows Address Book (WAB) if has been defected by a virus or the database has become unreadable because of technical faults.

Contact information stored in WAB is widely used by different programs, such as Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express.

The contacts restored with the help of the Address Book Recovery are easily exported/saved in the Business Card (vCard) format.

Note: Address Book Recovery can only read Windows Address Book files (*.wab files). The program doesn't perform any operations of recording/modification of the initial files.
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I have pushed the button for shared yesterday and now today my address book is gone and cannot open. where are these tabs so I can get to them and try to unclick and see if that fixes my problem or do you have any other ideas?

Sandi

Regards.

See the image below:

Have a fine day !

Click on "View", then "Layout", and finally, put a checkmark in front of "Contacts". Click "Apply" and "OK." Now your Contacts list will reappear in the lower left corner of the OE screen.

Excellent advice and short and simple!!! THANKS