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Old 03-31-2007   #2 (permalink)
Keith Miller MVP


 
 

Re: Hard to add new Contact after failed search for existing contact

If you're talking about the 'Search Results...' window, just use the
Backspace key to return to the Contacts window.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
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>A typical scenario for adding a new Contact is the following:
> 1. Clicking the Windows Contacts icon (with target
> "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Mail\wab.exe") to open Contacts
> 2. Typing the name into the Search box and finding it absent
> 3. Wanting a "New Contact" button to click to create a new contact.
>
> However, after searching there is no "New Contact" button, even though
> there was such a button when you had opened up Windows Contacts
> originally. A workaround is to click the Windows Contacts icon again to
> open a new Windows Contacts instance, but it would be better if there were
> a New Contact button after a search in Windows Contacts.
>
> This was more convenient in Windows XP.


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