Your Contacts have lost their specific folder type.
Open Windows Contacts. Right-click somewhere in that
empty white space to the far right. Select Customize This Folder,
click the little triangle, and from the dropdown list select Contacts,
then click OK.
--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
Microsoft MVP Program:
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
"Carmen" <Carmen@newsgroup> wrote in message news

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> Since switching from Outlook Express to Windows Mail, I have not been able to
> figure out how to create groups for mailing E-mails. I have accessed the
> Help and am not able to follow the instructions because I do not have the
> same menu listed for my tool bar as they describe. When I access my
> contacts, my top toolbar says File, Edit, View, Tools, Help and then
> underneath I have a second toolbar with these choices: Organize, Views, Burn.
> Groups is no where to be found. How do I create Groups??
>
> Thank you!
> Carmen