Vista's Windows Contacts are used with the Windows Mail program.
(I thought I stated that in my previous reply.) :-)
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Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
"LAB Enterprises" <orders@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:2C163EA8-64E2-4605-9082-B391CAD30DA9@xxxxxx
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> Yes I'm on Vista (thought WLM was only on Vista?), so what are the Vista's contacts used for then if not for email? Seems a
> waste of space to me.
>
> Also, in WLM am I missing how to display a contact by company name instead of by persons name? I'm having to put the company
> name in "first name" and the persons name in Company name so the contact will show up by the company instead of by name. There
> must be an easier way. In outlook and OE I think you could always set a "display as". I'm not seeing that here.
>
> Lori
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#Y7pjJ0QIHA.4712@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Evidently you are running on a Vista computer.
>> WLM doesn't use Vista's Contacts (Windows Mail does).
>> I would not attempt to remove Windows Contacts since it is
>> part of the Vista OS. There is no automatic sync mechanism,
>> but you can export/import from Windows Contacts to WLM
>> Contacts, and vice versa.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
>>
>>
>> "LAB Enterprises" <orders@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:256E26B8-567D-49A3-B908-F2BA1005B3EE@xxxxxx Quote:
>>>I just noticed an icon in my start menu for "windows contacts". When I opened it, I was expecting to see all the mail contacts
>>>but it only has 6 in it (my live mail contacts has about 96 atm), so I'm confused. What is this extra contacts thing and what
>>>is it used for? Can I remove it or sync the 2??
>>>
>>> Lori
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