In order for Windows Mail to be able to use your contacts, they must be
in the folder C:\Users\{username}\Contacts\ .
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
"skibuz" <skibuz@xxxxxx> wrote in message news
9EA5C5D-3151-499F-978E-A1D05EA972A9@xxxxxx
Quote:
>
> I was reading another thread on What folder contains the Contacts in Vista
> Mail? The answer was:
> C:\users\{username}\contacts
>
> MY contacts file is in:
> C:\users\{username}\cookies\contacts
> Could that be contributing to my problem???
>
> Thank you!
>
> "skibuz" wrote:
> Quote:
>> My Contact list in my Vista Mail has disappeared. I would like to recover it
>> if possible. I have a 3 week old Acronis True Image Home 11.0 on an external
>> hard drive. The 'Contacts' folder in the back ups is empty. I have Microsoft
>> Office 2007 installed but use Vista Mail. My last Microsoft update was
>> 9/10/08. My Vista Mail worked just fine as of 2:00pm September 30 ~ then it
>> vanished. I have imported a very old Outlook Express Address Book from my
>> desktop, but it is 6 months old and very outdated. I also did a Windows back
>> up on the same date, but the 'Contacts' folder in that backup is empty as
>> well. I'm stumped!
>> Can anyone help? I see an outlook.pst file, but couldn't open it. There is
>> an address book in Outlook, but it is very outdated as well.
>> Thank you!