Vista - Contacts in Windows Mail

How do I add a new contact to my list. When opening 'Contacts' in Windows
Mail I do not have a 'New Contact' option. I have just installed Vista Home
Premium and have my original contact list ok. I can add contact from
incoming mail but don't always have mail to add from.

If you open the contacts from WinMail, then there is a toolbar under the
address bar at the top and there is a New Contact button there.

You can also right click in the list and choose New | Contact.

steve

"John Young" <youngjohn14@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:4EBD1CF3-6C8B-4CA5-BC5C-07028CE2728C@microsoft.com...
> How do I add a new contact to my list. When opening 'Contacts' in Windows
> Mail I do not have a 'New Contact' option. I have just installed Vista
> Home Premium and have my original contact list ok. I can add contact from
> incoming mail but don't always have mail to add from.

Steve. Thanks for your reply but I do not have a 'New Contact' button. In
fact I only have Organize,Views,Open, Print, E-mail, Share and Burn Any more
thoughts.
"John Young" <youngjohn14@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:4EBD1CF3-6C8B-4CA5-BC5C-07028CE2728C@microsoft.com...
> How do I add a new contact to my list. When opening 'Contacts' in Windows
> Mail I do not have a 'New Contact' option. I have just installed Vista
> Home Premium and have my original contact list ok. I can add contact from
> incoming mail but don't always have mail to add from.

when you open the CONTACTS from the TOOLS menu.
look in the left column for the folder CONTACTS.
right click on the folder and click on Properties and then on Customize.
select CONTACTS from the drop down list.
click APPLY, and OK out.
then the ADD NEW should show up.

mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com

"John Young" <youngjohn14@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:A4293974-E2C6-4CC9-84A5-491690551D57@microsoft.com...
Steve. Thanks for your reply but I do not have a 'New Contact' button. In
fact I only have Organize,Views,Open, Print, E-mail, Share and Burn Any more
thoughts.
"John Young" <youngjohn14@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:4EBD1CF3-6C8B-4CA5-BC5C-07028CE2728C@microsoft.com...
> How do I add a new contact to my list. When opening 'Contacts' in Windows
> Mail I do not have a 'New Contact' option. I have just installed Vista
> Home Premium and have my original contact list ok. I can add contact from
> incoming mail but don't always have mail to add from.

If you open up your contacts, you should have this menu bar that shows New Contact:



Check the address bar and see that you are in the correct location.

steve



"John Young" <youngjohn14@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:A4293974-E2C6-4CC9-84A5-491690551D57@microsoft.com...
> Steve. Thanks for your reply but I do not have a 'New Contact' button. In
> fact I only have Organize,Views,Open, Print, E-mail, Share and Burn Any more
> thoughts.
> "John Young" <youngjohn14@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:4EBD1CF3-6C8B-4CA5-BC5C-07028CE2728C@microsoft.com...
>> How do I add a new contact to my list. When opening 'Contacts' in Windows
>> Mail I do not have a 'New Contact' option. I have just installed Vista
>> Home Premium and have my original contact list ok. I can add contact from
>> incoming mail but don't always have mail to add from.
>

"John Young" <youngjohn14@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:A4293974-E2C6-4CC9-84A5-491690551D57@microsoft.com...
> Steve. Thanks for your reply but I do not have a 'New Contact' button. In
> fact I only have Organize,Views,Open, Print, E-mail, Share and Burn Any
> more thoughts.
> "John Young" <youngjohn14@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:4EBD1CF3-6C8B-4CA5-BC5C-07028CE2728C@microsoft.com...
>> How do I add a new contact to my list. When opening 'Contacts' in
>> Windows Mail I do not have a 'New Contact' option. I have just installed
>> Vista Home Premium and have my original contact list ok. I can add
>> contact from incoming mail but don't always have mail to add from.
>

Your contacts are being opened in some other program.
Click Start.
In the Search box type
*.contact
and press <Enter>.
Right click on a contact and select Open with.
Select Windows Contacts

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.

Oh THANK YOU! I had the same problem and had tried everything else I could
find - nothing worked including the other suggestions. I never would have
tripped over this solution!

"mikeyhsd" wrote:

> when you open the CONTACTS from the TOOLS menu.
> look in the left column for the folder CONTACTS.
> right click on the folder and click on Properties and then on Customize.
> select CONTACTS from the drop down list.
> click APPLY, and OK out.
> then the ADD NEW should show up.
>
> mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com
>
> "John Young" <youngjohn14@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:A4293974-E2C6-4CC9-84A5-491690551D57@microsoft.com...
> Steve. Thanks for your reply but I do not have a 'New Contact' button. In
> fact I only have Organize,Views,Open, Print, E-mail, Share and Burn Any more
> thoughts.
> "John Young" <youngjohn14@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:4EBD1CF3-6C8B-4CA5-BC5C-07028CE2728C@microsoft.com...
> > How do I add a new contact to my list. When opening 'Contacts' in Windows
> > Mail I do not have a 'New Contact' option. I have just installed Vista
> > Home Premium and have my original contact list ok. I can add contact from
> > incoming mail but don't always have mail to add from