PAB files: what are they and how do I open them?
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Microsoft Outlook Personal Address Book
Files with pab file extension can be typically found as older address book data files for Microsoft Outlook version 2003 and earlier. These files contains contacts and other related personal information data.
Further details:
The pab file extension is mainly associated with Personal Address Book files that used in various Microsoft e-mail applications, such as Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange Server application.
The pab file stores address book separately from e-mails. These files can be added to users e-mail profile, and other users can manually add additional address book information to them. Microsoft Outlook is also using the .oab Outlook Address book files.
PAB format was used in Microsoft Outlook up to version 2003 (Office 11), however, Office Outlook 2007/2010 and later can still import .pab file into Contacts through the Import and Export command on the File menu.
Path to pab file
Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
Windows XP, Windows Server 2003
\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
Open file with:
Microsoft Outlook
An e-mail management tool distributed with Microsoft Office suite
Microsoft Outlook for Mac
Mac version of the popular e-mail client and personal information manager from Microsoft
Microsoft Entourage
An e-mail client and personal information manager for Mac OS X from Office 2011