Vista - windows contacts versus live mail contacts?

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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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.

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Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]


"LAB Enterprises" <orders@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:256E26B8-567D-49A3-B908-F2BA1005B3EE@xxxxxx

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
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Hi, Lori.
That often confuses me, too! :>(

But: OE runs on WinXP, not on Vista. WM runs on Vista, not on WinXP. WLM
runs on both!

OE and WM are integral parts of WinXP and Vista. WLM is an installable
application. WLM can run side-by-side with OE or WM, as appropriate. In
fact, since OE/WM cannot (by mere mortals) be uninstalled, everybody running
WLM also has either OE or WM installed, too. Good old Microsoft! ;^}

WLM is part of Windows Live, which Microsoft would like us all to run on
everything, I think. So far, the only "Live" product I'm using is Windows
Live Mail.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"LAB Enterprises" <orders@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Not quite sure what you're trying to do. Where do you want a contact to
"show up"? If you want to sort your contacts by company, then that's quite
possible. E.g. open Contacts (Ctrl-Shift-C), select View > List view and
Show preview pane. You'll probably see three data columns. Right click on
each column in turn and choose what you want to appear in that column. Then
left click to sort by that column.

But you'll soon learn that it's much quicker and simpler just to start
typing a name (like a company name) in the To: field of a new email - the
more you type, the shorter the list of possible candidates. Select the
one(s) you want and away you go.
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Noel

"LAB Enterprises" <orders@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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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

Ah thanks. Didn't know about the list view - makes it somewhat easier though
now I have to
re-edit all my contacts and put the company name back in company field.

and yes, auto complete is faster - when the name is showing. but a lot of my
imported contacts didn't
import correctly so I'm ending up typing a lot of them in manually and
couldn't get it to sort by company
name in the regular tiled view.

Thanks again

Lori

"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a question somewhat related to this. I'm trying to help a friend but
do not se Windows Mail nor Vista. I'm still on XP.

Anyway, when they go to create a new Email they do not see a list of
Contacts within the Message area. They can find an Address Book, but that's a
second window.

Is there a readily-accessible Contacts List directly within the Message
window?

Or can they click on the "To:" icon to bring it up?
How do they pul an address from their Address Book into the To: entry line?

Thanks,

Guy Owen



"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

Contacts are stored in a separate folder, they are not/can not be shown on
the main page.
In a Create Mail window, clicking on To:/CC:/BCC: will open a box in which
all contacts are listed.


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"Guy Owen" <Guy Owen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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