Disappearing contacts

so strange: i have been using live mail for three months now and somehow got
used to it (i still prefer the way outlook express does many things, but...).
in any case. until yesterday i had some 8000 contacts available when i
clicked on "contacts". suddenly - i don't have any clue what changed, i
"didn't do anything" - i only see 1250 contacts. where are the others? they
must be "somewhere on my computer"... anybody have any thoughts .

the only noticeable difference seems to be that on the right hand side where
my hotmail login is noted my picture has vanished, although i am still logged
in and see my picture when i go into "view windows live account info" (not
that i want to see myself, it is just the only other change besides my many
missing addresses).

help and ideas appreciated.
thanks

tomas

8,000 contacts??? That's obscene. LOL Sorry, please help me understand
why anyone would have 8,000 contacts. I'm just a home user and that boggles
my mind. Thanks
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©LarryEº

"saviola417" <saviola417@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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so strange: i have been using live mail for three months now and somehow got
used to it (i still prefer the way outlook express does many things,
but...).
in any case. until yesterday i had some 8000 contacts available when i
clicked on "contacts". suddenly - i don't have any clue what changed, i
"didn't do anything" - i only see 1250 contacts. where are the others? they
must be "somewhere on my computer"... anybody have any thoughts .

the only noticeable difference seems to be that on the right hand side where
my hotmail login is noted my picture has vanished, although i am still
logged
in and see my picture when i go into "view windows live account info" (not
that i want to see myself, it is just the only other change besides my many
missing addresses).

help and ideas appreciated.
thanks

tomas

Probably running a business or spammer...
But why business folks use the free toy email programs is beyond me..
I'd use Outlook.


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"©LarryEº" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Verify your picture and update if necessary in the Profile section of the
account settings
https://account.live.com/Profiles.aspx?mkt=en-us

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...winston
ms-mvp windows live mail


"saviola417" <saviola417@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Less than a month ago, you complained that your 8000 contacts were being
stored by Microsoft ["i honestly don't care at all to have my contacts
available in a hotmail account i was forced to open just to run WLM (and
don't use obviously). i want MY contacts on MY computer. they belong to ME,
not microsoft!"). You were told how to avoid this, and the folly of having
so large a contacts list was also pointed out to you. You clearly chose to
ignore the advice that was given then, and you now seem to be hoping that
Microsoft has a copy of what you think you've lost on your own computer.
I'm guessing here (and painting a 'worst case' scenario), but 8000 contacts
could require several MB of storage space. If this is included in your
Hotmail storage quota, then you've probably exceeded the limit and it could
be that Hotmail has started weeding out, although I should have thought
you'd get a warning if that was the case. Still, *if* Hotmail has discarded
some of your contacts, and *if* you are usually signed in with your Hotmail
Live ID, then the deletions would eventually synchronize with your local
store, meaning that these contacts would be deleted there, too.
As a rescue operation, stop signing in (Options > Connection > Stop signing
in). Then do a search of your computer for files (including hidden ones)
with extension .contact and .windowslivecontact. That should reveal a number
of folders containing contacts. Have a look at them to see which contains
the most files. How to recover them for use in Windows Live Mail depends on
where they are and what type.
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Noel

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