Contacts icon in Windows Mail

14 years ago

In Windows Mail, I've been unable to display the 'contacts' icon. I've been to View - Layout - customise toolbar, the 'contacts' icon has been added, but it doesn't appear.

What am I not doing, or doing wrong?

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
14 years ago
I use windows mail hotmail version if that is what you are talking about and I have no contacts icon I have on the left side a list and in that list it says contact list that is the only place I have contacts at all.
shboom
14 years ago
DaisyDuck see if this helps. When you open up the Windows Mail right click in a blank space on the dark blue toolbar. From there click on customize... in the box on the left will be all of the available icons. Click on one and then click Add to move them into the current toolbar buttons box.

Bob
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My issues mainly have to do with adding contacts in the contacts section of Window Mail and composing emails using saved email addresses. 1) In OE, when I'm composing an email to someone, I can just type the first two letters of the receipient's name or email address, and the full address would pop up in the "TO" area. In Windows Mail, I can do this if I compose emails to the same people all the time, but if I don't compose an email to the same person for a week or so, it no longer pops up. I have to search for their address - it doesn't pop up when entering the first 2 letters. This is a pain in the a** especially when I have hundreds of business contacts and can be very time consuming when sending the same email to numerous people. 2) I have folders for all my "types" of subcontractors. I can't drag and drop entries from one category to another. In other words, if I want to move one of them to a different category, I can't. I have to retype all the info in the contacts section. This is a huge problem. In Express, I could drag and drop easily. 3) Another problem is that continually, when I enter a new contact and all their info, then hit "ok" to accept it and add to the list of other contacts, it doesn't show up. I've had to enter the same info 2 or 3 times before it finally appears where it should. This is a huge problem because I keep long notes on all my subcontractors for reference. This was not an issue with Express. These are tbe 3 main issues I can think of right now.
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Daisyduckworth
Original Author
14 years ago
Ravencajun, in Vista's Windows Mail, there is no visible list on the left-hand side, as there is in WinXP's Outlook Express.

Shboom, that's another way of doing what I've already tried. It doesn't work. Should, but doesn't.
urlee
14 years ago
I also have Windows Live Hotmail version and do have an icon of an open book.

WinXpPro.
mikie_gw
14 years ago
'Windows Live' (Hotmail) is not 'Windows Mail'

My Vista, Windows Mail ... the list of folders on the left margin is turned on and off by one of the blue bar icons 'folder list'.
Inbox
Outbox
Sent Items
Deleted Items
etc...

That same bar has an icon for 'Contacts' that opens a seperate window.

both the folder list, and the Contacts icons are added by right clicking the bar and selecting customize...
urlee
14 years ago
My Windows Live Hotmail shows up different from when I open Windows Live Mail in XP but the mail is the same as what is in both except I do not have access to other accounts in Hotmail like in Windows Live Mail.
When I signed up for the latter, it automatically took my same name and password as I used for Hotmail.

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