contactcoll.cache?

I have a file ''contactcoll.cache" in my Contacts folder.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't there prior to installing WLM.
Any ideas where it comes from?
Can I delete it?

BChat

I don't know precisely what that file is, but I suspect it's a contacts
database set up by WLMail. I shouldn't delete it if I were you.
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Noel

"BChat" <BChat@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am wondering the connection between WLM and the C:\Users\"ME"\Contacts
folder.
I didn't think there was one.
I have the same file on the 2 drives where I installed WLM.

BChat
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"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I don't know precisely what that file is, but I suspect it's a contacts
database set up by WLMail. I shouldn't delete it if I were you.
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Noel

"BChat" <BChat@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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C:\Users\"ME"\Contacts is Vista's Windows Contacts.
It is used by Windows Mail but not by WLM.
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)

"BChat" <BChat@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uYvu2YvgIHA.320@xxxxxx

I knew it was for WinMail, wasn't sure how/if it related to Live Mail.
I deleted the folder, so far all seems fine.
Does anybody know where the Contacts for Live Mail are stored?

BChat


"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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C:\Users\"ME"\Contacts is Vista's Windows Contacts.
It is used by Windows Mail but not by WLM.
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)

"BChat" <BChat@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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If you read through this thread: http://tinyurl.com/38z3ov
you'll learn more about contacts than you ever wanted to know.
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Noel

"BChat" <BChat@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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If I make it through that thread I'll have no need for Contacts.
What I will need is a very small room with very soft walls ;-)
I'll give it a try - Thanks
BChat



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If you read through this thread: http://tinyurl.com/38z3ov
you'll learn more about contacts than you ever wanted to know.
--
Noel

"BChat" <BChat@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, Noel.

I went to that TinyURL, but could find no mention at all of "contactcoll".

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
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Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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RC,

That thread was more about ''contacts'' - a side bar to this original topic.

BChat

"R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, Noel.

I went to that TinyURL, but could find no mention at all of "contactcoll".

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 SP1)

"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, BChat.

I never heard of contactcoll.cache until now. When I searched my Message
Store for such a file, I got two copies. Here's the full copy'n'paste from
my Administrator:CommandPrompt session. Note that I've devoted all of
volume H: to "Mail Store" and put all of the WLM store into H:\WLM:

<paste>
Volume in drive H is Mail Store
Volume Serial Number is 6A1E-677F

Directory of h:\WLM\Contacts\RCWhite@xxxxxx\real

03/11/2008 07:05 AM 3,289,600 contactcoll.cache
1 File(s) 3,289,600 bytes

Directory of h:\WLM\Contacts\RCWhite@xxxxxx\shadow

03/11/2008 07:06 AM 3,281,408 contactcoll.cache
1 File(s) 3,281,408 bytes

Total Files Listed:
2 File(s) 6,571,008 bytes
0 Dir(s) 10,854,969,344 bytes free
</paste>

I know it wasn't necessary to paste ALL of that, but I wanted to show that
contactcoll.cache is a large (3+ MB) file and that there are TWO copies in
the WLM\Contacts\RCWhite@xxxxxx folders. I have a couple of other email
accounts in WLM, but only the one at MSN.com has this file. The date/time
for the two files are when I turned on my computer this morning and started
WLM. I also started Outlook 2007 at the same time, so there may be some
connection there.

Hmmm... After some quick testing...Closing and restarting Outlook and/or
WLM, then running the same Dir command, produced the same results: same two
files, same sizes, same date/time.

It's a mystery, but it hasn't bothered me up to now, so I don't plan to
worry about it anymore. ;<)

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 SP1)

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