Can't use Contacts in Contacts folder

After many hours reinstalling Vista Home Premium and my many applications,
I've run into a snag. Suddenly my Contacts don’t work. I can’t use them via
Outlook or even Windows Mail.

My Contacts folder disappeared. So I recreated it. When I try to add a new
Contact directly in the Contacts folder, the data window appears and
disappears quickly.

I can’t import those Contacts into Mail. I just get a blank dialog box.

I created a new account, logged out and in, and found a new Contacts folder
for that user. But I see the same problem there.

I also copied Contacts from my other Vista laptop into this one. I see the
contacts, but I can’t edit them.

Leads me to believe that the Vista application that manages Contacts is
kaput. I can’t find any reference to this problem in the KB or anywhere
else. Just references to creating Contact Groups.

Right now I’m DOA for sending out email from my Vista machine. I like email
and I want it back!

Thanks much for any help.

Outlook doesnt use the Mail Contacts

"BruceBr" <BruceBr@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0F8B7116-AAB9-4BAF-8110-88820F648DAC@xxxxxx

True enough. But apparently it looks for an Address Book and uses those
Contacts for email lookup. Before I reinstalled Vista, I exported my Outlook
contacts and imported them as Vista Contacts. Then I could look up those
email addresses in Outlook2000.

All I know is it was working this time too until today. Now Contacts
doesn't work even in the Contacts folder. And Outlook2000 won't send out an
email with a valid address since Contacts broke down.

BTW, I used a Restore point prior to the last email I sent out successfully.
Restore worked fine. But Contacts still doesn't work. Something broke in
Vista Contacts. Can't say what tho.

"DL" wrote:

You have Outlook 2000 installed on your Vista computer?
Outlook 2000 is not Vista compatible. It causes significant conflict with
Vista's contacts.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"BruceBr" <BruceBr@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:6B9DBBAE-90A9-4386-ACAE-7483034D0C6F@xxxxxx