PAB File Extension
Personal Address Book
Overview – What is PAB File
PAB aka Personal Address Book is the address book file associated with Microsoft email clients such as Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange Server application. It contains information for personal and organizational contacts.
The PAB file stores address book separately from the email data. It can be added to account user's email profile and the contacts can be added manually.
Application Category
Text File
Organization
Microsoft Corporation
Historical Context
Microsoft Corporation introduced PAB File to store the list of the contacts, used in MS Outlook 2003 and earlier versions. The PAB file is supported by Outlook 2016 for both Mac and Windows system.
Location of PAB File
The default location of PAB file depends of the version of OS installed in the user machine:
Windows Vista/7/8/8.1:
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\
Windows XP/Server 2003:
C:Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\
Applications Supported
How to open PAB file
PAB file act as address book for Microsoft Outlook and Exchange Server and It can be opened using these application.