contacts

a friend transferred my contacts from my old computer to my new one with
vista. I know the contacts are ther because when I type in the first letter
the email address appears. However when I open the contacts folder there is
nothing there so I cannot edit the list. i have searched but cannot find a
list of contacts. Can anyone help

"patgar" <> wrote in message
news:172821AF-CAA3-4EE6-A44E-...
>a friend transferred my contacts from my old computer to my new one with
> vista. I know the contacts are ther because when I type in the first
> letter
> the email address appears. However when I open the contacts folder there
> is
> nothing there so I cannot edit the list. i have searched but cannot find a
> list of contacts. Can anyone help

What you see when you type in the first letter is not from the contacts
list, but from the last 29 addresses you sent messages to.

To see the contacts list, start a message, then in the new message box,
click Tools and then Select Recipients.

Alternatively, in the main Windows Mail window, click on the first
symbol to the triangle to the right of Send/Receive.

Windows Mail only remembers recipients you have recently sent
mail to. Strangely, it does not use Contacts for that. The newer
Windows Live Mail program works much better in that regard.

Apparently your friend did not transfer the contacts properly.
Can you ask him the location and format of what he transferred?

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]


"patgar" <> wrote in message news:172821AF-CAA3-4EE6-A44E-...
>a friend transferred my contacts from my old computer to my new one with
> vista. I know the contacts are ther because when I type in the first letter
> the email address appears. However when I open the contacts folder there is
> nothing there so I cannot edit the list. i have searched but cannot find a
> list of contacts. Can anyone help