What is a .WAB file?
WAB is the Windows Address Book used by Outlook Express.
- Did you know
- WAB was where Windows kept your contacts in the Outlook Express era.
- Windows Address Book arrived with Internet Explorer 3 in 1996 and could read local contacts or query LDAP directory servers.
- Windows Vista retired the WAB in favour of Windows Contacts, which kept the ability to import old .wab files.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read more email, calendar and contact files: Outlook for Mac archives (.olm) and templates (.oft), S/MIME .p7m/.p7s, Mozilla Mork stores (.msf/.mab), Eudora/Outlook Express mailboxes (.mbx/.toc), phone backups (.vmg SMS, .vnt notes), XML/JSON iCalendar and vCard (.xcal/.jcal/.xcard/.jcard), LDIF (.ldi) and legacy address books (.pab/.wab/.abbu).
- Depth of analysis
- .WAB is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .WAB file
- Drag a .WAB file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.