where address book / contact list located

user · External Since: Jun 22, 2009 Posts: 2

OS - vista 32
outlook 2007

i make / add my contact list directly in the contact folder C:\Users\Contacts
however each time i run Outlook 2007 and click on the address book icon to
select a person from the list, the list i created in C\Users\Contacts does
not seem to be showing in outlook.

i deleted all the list / names from C\Users\Contacts and then i import /
export the list from my *.CSV file and the list does not show in the
C\Users\Contacts - it does show in the Outlook (clicked address book icon)
but then it is showing duplicate names.

any solution or is outlook having a virus?

Vince Averello · External Since: Jan 15, 2009 Posts: 70

Outlook doesn't use the Vista contact list.

"257220" <257220.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> OS - vista 32
> outlook 2007
>
> i make / add my contact list directly in the contact folder
> C:\Users\Contacts
> however each time i run Outlook 2007 and click on the address book icon to
> select a person from the list, the list i created in C\Users\Contacts does
> not seem to be showing in outlook.
>
> i deleted all the list / names from C\Users\Contacts and then i import /
> export the list from my *.CSV file and the list does not show in the
> C\Users\Contacts - it does show in the Outlook (clicked address book icon)
> but then it is showing duplicate names.
>
> any solution or is outlook having a virus?

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlo · External Since: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 8425

Outlook is behaving as designed. As Vince said, Outlook does not and cannot
use the Vista Contact utility. Never has.
So when you imported your CSV file into Outlook that's where they will
appear, not in Vista. Why they appear twice only you could know. Outlook
didn't do that. You did.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"257220" <257220 DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6793A997-A4B2-459F-82E4-22DF56E2AF56@microsoft.com...
> OS - vista 32
> outlook 2007
>
> i make / add my contact list directly in the contact folder
> C:\Users\Contacts
> however each time i run Outlook 2007 and click on the address book icon to
> select a person from the list, the list i created in C\Users\Contacts does
> not seem to be showing in outlook.
>
> i deleted all the list / names from C\Users\Contacts and then i import /
> export the list from my *.CSV file and the list does not show in the
> C\Users\Contacts - it does show in the Outlook (clicked address book icon)
> but then it is showing duplicate names.
>
> any solution or is outlook having a virus?