Vista - Disappearing Contacts (???)

04-03-2009

OK...

I decided to stay w/ Live Mail as opposed to OE (what w/ all the
transparent, Vista style windows & separate account folders & what not).

so...how do I solve the problem of disappearing Contacts. every few days or
so...I open Live Mail...& all the contacts are gone. I then have to import
my original .csv file left over from when I used to use OE.

any way to solve this?

[anybody even ever heard of this?]

thanks very much,

mark4man

04-03-2009

"mark4man" <mw.forman@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#2790QKtJHA.1236@xxxxxx

Quote:

> OK...
>
> I decided to stay w/ Live Mail as opposed to OE (what w/ all the
> transparent, Vista style windows & separate account folders & what
> not).
>
> so...how do I solve the problem of disappearing Contacts. every
> few days or so...I open Live Mail...& all the contacts are gone.
> I then have to import my original .csv file left over from when I
> used to use OE.
>
> any way to solve this?
>
> [anybody even ever heard of this?]

There have been a couple of posters in this group - one of them
particularly vociferous - with the problem of disappearing contacts.
So far as I am aware, no explanation has been found. The first
question I would ask is - are you signed in to Windows Live when you
import your CSV file? You should see the Live ID at the top of the
Contacts window if you are.
If so, go to http://people.live.com and sign in with the same Live
ID, select Options > More options > Export contacts and save a new
CSV file. Then, back in WLMail, Stop signing in at [Tools >] Options

Quote:

> Connection, open the Contacts window and File > Import from this

new CSV file. They will now be your Default contacts, stored only
locally and available only when you're not signed in. See if they
stick.
If you're not signed in when you import your OE-produced CSV file,
try signing in and importing them again. Then use the Export
function at people.live.com to generate a new CSV file, and use that
to populate your WLMail contacts.
The object of this exercise is to try and weed out any oddity in the
OE-produced file by running it through the online mill. I hope
you'll post back with the results.
--
Noel

04-04-2009

Noel...

thanks much...I just now signed up w/ 'live.com'. how do I now link 'Live
Mail' w/ that account? (couldn't seem to find that info in the help files).

thanks again,

mark4man

"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#18GE8KtJHA.2148@xxxxxx

Quote:

> "mark4man" <mw.forman@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:#2790QKtJHA.1236@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> OK...
>>
>> I decided to stay w/ Live Mail as opposed to OE (what w/ all the
>> transparent, Vista style windows & separate account folders & what not).
>>
>> so...how do I solve the problem of disappearing Contacts. every few days
>> or so...I open Live Mail...& all the contacts are gone. I then have to
>> import my original .csv file left over from when I used to use OE.
>>
>> any way to solve this?
>>
>> [anybody even ever heard of this?]

>
> There have been a couple of posters in this group - one of them
> particularly vociferous - with the problem of disappearing contacts. So
> far as I am aware, no explanation has been found. The first question I
> would ask is - are you signed in to Windows Live when you import your CSV
> file? You should see the Live ID at the top of the Contacts window if you
> are.
> If so, go to http://people.live.com and sign in with the same Live ID,
> select Options > More options > Export contacts and save a new CSV file.
> Then, back in WLMail, Stop signing in at [Tools >] Options

Quote:

> > Connection, open the Contacts window and File > Import from this

> new CSV file. They will now be your Default contacts, stored only locally
> and available only when you're not signed in. See if they stick.
> If you're not signed in when you import your OE-produced CSV file, try
> signing in and importing them again. Then use the Export function at
> people.live.com to generate a new CSV file, and use that to populate your
> WLMail contacts.
> The object of this exercise is to try and weed out any oddity in the
> OE-produced file by running it through the online mill. I hope you'll post
> back with the results.
> --
> Noel

04-04-2009

I assume you have a button at the right-hand end of the toolbar
called 'Sign in'. Click that and put in your details.
--
Noel

"mark4man" <mw.forman@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OvHcQmStJHA.1492@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Noel...
>
> thanks much...I just now signed up w/ 'live.com'. how do I now
> link 'Live Mail' w/ that account? (couldn't seem to find that info
> in the help files).
>
> thanks again,
>
>
> mark4man
>
>
>
>
> "Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:#18GE8KtJHA.2148@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> "mark4man" <mw.forman@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:#2790QKtJHA.1236@xxxxxx

Quote:

>>> OK...
>>>
>>> I decided to stay w/ Live Mail as opposed to OE (what w/ all the
>>> transparent, Vista style windows & separate account folders &
>>> what not).
>>>
>>> so...how do I solve the problem of disappearing Contacts. every
>>> few days or so...I open Live Mail...& all the contacts are gone.
>>> I then have to import my original .csv file left over from when
>>> I used to use OE.
>>>
>>> any way to solve this?
>>>
>>> [anybody even ever heard of this?]

>>
>> There have been a couple of posters in this group - one of them
>> particularly vociferous - with the problem of disappearing
>> contacts. So far as I am aware, no explanation has been found.
>> The first question I would ask is - are you signed in to Windows
>> Live when you import your CSV file? You should see the Live ID at
>> the top of the Contacts window if you are.
>> If so, go to http://people.live.com and sign in with the same
>> Live ID, select Options > More options > Export contacts and save
>> a new CSV file. Then, back in WLMail, Stop signing in at [Tools

Quote:

>> >] Options
>> > Connection, open the Contacts window and File > Import from
>> > this

>> new CSV file. They will now be your Default contacts, stored only
>> locally and available only when you're not signed in. See if they
>> stick.
>> If you're not signed in when you import your OE-produced CSV
>> file, try signing in and importing them again. Then use the
>> Export function at people.live.com to generate a new CSV file,
>> and use that to populate your WLMail contacts.
>> The object of this exercise is to try and weed out any oddity in
>> the OE-produced file by running it through the online mill. I
>> hope you'll post back with the results.
>> --
>> Noel

>

04-03-2009	#1 (permalink)
mark4man n/a posts	Disappearing Contacts (???) OK... I decided to stay w/ Live Mail as opposed to OE (what w/ all the transparent, Vista style windows & separate account folders & what not). so...how do I solve the problem of disappearing Contacts. every few days or so...I open Live Mail...& all the contacts are gone. I then have to import my original .csv file left over from when I used to use OE. any way to solve this? [anybody even ever heard of this?] thanks very much, mark4man
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04-03-2009	#2 (permalink)
Ildhund n/a posts	Re: Disappearing Contacts (???) "mark4man" <mw.forman@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#2790QKtJHA.1236@xxxxxx Quote: > OK... > > I decided to stay w/ Live Mail as opposed to OE (what w/ all the > transparent, Vista style windows & separate account folders & what > not). > > so...how do I solve the problem of disappearing Contacts. every > few days or so...I open Live Mail...& all the contacts are gone. > I then have to import my original .csv file left over from when I > used to use OE. > > any way to solve this? > > [anybody even ever heard of this?] There have been a couple of posters in this group - one of them particularly vociferous - with the problem of disappearing contacts. So far as I am aware, no explanation has been found. The first question I would ask is - are you signed in to Windows Live when you import your CSV file? You should see the Live ID at the top of the Contacts window if you are. If so, go to http://people.live.com and sign in with the same Live ID, select Options > More options > Export contacts and save a new CSV file. Then, back in WLMail, Stop signing in at [Tools >] Options Quote: > Connection, open the Contacts window and File > Import from this new CSV file. They will now be your Default contacts, stored only locally and available only when you're not signed in. See if they stick. If you're not signed in when you import your OE-produced CSV file, try signing in and importing them again. Then use the Export function at people.live.com to generate a new CSV file, and use that to populate your WLMail contacts. The object of this exercise is to try and weed out any oddity in the OE-produced file by running it through the online mill. I hope you'll post back with the results. -- Noel
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04-04-2009	#3 (permalink)
mark4man n/a posts	Re: Disappearing Contacts (???) Noel... thanks much...I just now signed up w/ 'live.com'. how do I now link 'Live Mail' w/ that account? (couldn't seem to find that info in the help files). thanks again, mark4man "Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#18GE8KtJHA.2148@xxxxxx Quote: > "mark4man" <mw.forman@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:#2790QKtJHA.1236@xxxxxx Quote: >> OK... >> >> I decided to stay w/ Live Mail as opposed to OE (what w/ all the >> transparent, Vista style windows & separate account folders & what not). >> >> so...how do I solve the problem of disappearing Contacts. every few days >> or so...I open Live Mail...& all the contacts are gone. I then have to >> import my original .csv file left over from when I used to use OE. >> >> any way to solve this? >> >> [anybody even ever heard of this?] > > There have been a couple of posters in this group - one of them > particularly vociferous - with the problem of disappearing contacts. So > far as I am aware, no explanation has been found. The first question I > would ask is - are you signed in to Windows Live when you import your CSV > file? You should see the Live ID at the top of the Contacts window if you > are. > If so, go to http://people.live.com and sign in with the same Live ID, > select Options > More options > Export contacts and save a new CSV file. > Then, back in WLMail, Stop signing in at [Tools >] Options Quote: > > Connection, open the Contacts window and File > Import from this > new CSV file. They will now be your Default contacts, stored only locally > and available only when you're not signed in. See if they stick. > If you're not signed in when you import your OE-produced CSV file, try > signing in and importing them again. Then use the Export function at > people.live.com to generate a new CSV file, and use that to populate your > WLMail contacts. > The object of this exercise is to try and weed out any oddity in the > OE-produced file by running it through the online mill. I hope you'll post > back with the results. > -- > Noel
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04-04-2009	#4 (permalink)
Ildhund n/a posts	Re: Disappearing Contacts (???) I assume you have a button at the right-hand end of the toolbar called 'Sign in'. Click that and put in your details. -- Noel "mark4man" <mw.forman@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OvHcQmStJHA.1492@xxxxxx Quote: > Noel... > > thanks much...I just now signed up w/ 'live.com'. how do I now > link 'Live Mail' w/ that account? (couldn't seem to find that info > in the help files). > > thanks again, > > > mark4man > > > > > "Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:#18GE8KtJHA.2148@xxxxxx Quote: >> "mark4man" <mw.forman@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:#2790QKtJHA.1236@xxxxxx Quote: >>> OK... >>> >>> I decided to stay w/ Live Mail as opposed to OE (what w/ all the >>> transparent, Vista style windows & separate account folders & >>> what not). >>> >>> so...how do I solve the problem of disappearing Contacts. every >>> few days or so...I open Live Mail...& all the contacts are gone. >>> I then have to import my original .csv file left over from when >>> I used to use OE. >>> >>> any way to solve this? >>> >>> [anybody even ever heard of this?] >> >> There have been a couple of posters in this group - one of them >> particularly vociferous - with the problem of disappearing >> contacts. So far as I am aware, no explanation has been found. >> The first question I would ask is - are you signed in to Windows >> Live when you import your CSV file? You should see the Live ID at >> the top of the Contacts window if you are. >> If so, go to http://people.live.com and sign in with the same >> Live ID, select Options > More options > Export contacts and save >> a new CSV file. Then, back in WLMail, Stop signing in at [Tools Quote: >> >] Options >> > Connection, open the Contacts window and File > Import from >> > this >> new CSV file. They will now be your Default contacts, stored only >> locally and available only when you're not signed in. See if they >> stick. >> If you're not signed in when you import your OE-produced CSV >> file, try signing in and importing them again. Then use the >> Export function at people.live.com to generate a new CSV file, >> and use that to populate your WLMail contacts. >> The object of this exercise is to try and weed out any oddity in >> the OE-produced file by running it through the online mill. I >> hope you'll post back with the results. >> -- >> Noel >
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