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Vista's Contacts not working
Hi,
I tried using a tweak to move my "user files" folder's to "my documents" folder left from the XP OS which was on another partition on my hard drive, it didn't work well so I reversed everything. Now every time I click on "contacts", the "my documents" folder opens up which now shows as a shortcut in my Vista's "user files". My Contacts folder (which is empty) is still in the "user files" folder. However, I cannot open Contacts by a shortcut or within the Windows mail. I checked the Contacts shortcut in the Start Menu and it points to ""%Program Files%\Windows Mail\wab.exe", so it seems that wab.exe is messed up. Is there a registry tweak or a similar trick to correct this? Thanks, Bijan |
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Vista's Contacts not working
Hello Bijan, Using OPTION THREE in the tutorial below, you can restore the default location of the "Contacts" folder to hopefully fix this for you. 'Personal User Folder - Restore Missing Folder' (http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/14...ng-folder.html) Hope this helps, Shawn Bijan;1236961 Wrote: Hi, I tried using a tweak to move my "user files" folder's to "my documents" folder left from the XP OS which was on another partition on my hard drive, it didn't work well so I reversed everything. Now every time I click on "contacts", the "my documents" folder opens up which now shows as a shortcut in my Vista's "user files". My Contacts folder (which is empty) is still in the "user files" folder. However, I cannot open Contacts by a shortcut or within the Windows mail. I checked the Contacts shortcut in the Start Menu and it points to ""%Program Files%\Windows Mail\wab.exe", so it seems that wab.exe is messed up. Is there a registry tweak or a similar trick to correct this? Thanks, Bijan -- Brink '*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience 2009*' (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511) *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* '*Windows 7 Forums*' (http://www.sevenforums.com/) - '*Windows Vista Forums*' (http://www.vistax64.com/) *Please post feedback to help others.* |
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Vista's Contacts not working
No need to mess with the registry.
Navigate to C:\Users\username\ and right-click on the Contacts folder, then Properties, Location. Fix the displayed location. -- Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail) Microsoft MVP Program: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com "Bijan" wrote in message ... Hi, I tried using a tweak to move my "user files" folder's to "my documents" folder left from the XP OS which was on another partition on my hard drive, it didn't work well so I reversed everything. Now every time I click on "contacts", the "my documents" folder opens up which now shows as a shortcut in my Vista's "user files". My Contacts folder (which is empty) is still in the "user files" folder. However, I cannot open Contacts by a shortcut or within the Windows mail. I checked the Contacts shortcut in the Start Menu and it points to ""%Program Files%\Windows Mail\wab.exe", so it seems that wab.exe is messed up. Is there a registry tweak or a similar trick to correct this? Thanks, Bijan |
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Vista's Contacts not working
Thanks Gary,
On the Location tab for contacts there wasn't a Location tab, because for some reason "My Documents" folder had become my Contacts folder! so I did what you said on the Location tab of My Documents folder (which was pointing to the actual location of the folder on another partition). This corrected the location and copied the folder into the User's Files, but still My Documents folder had the contacts' info and my Contacts folder was just a regular folder! So I took a chance and deleted the My Documents folder in the User's file (the original on the other partition was intact). At first both My Documents folder and Contacts folder disappeared and nothing happened when I clicked the Contacts shortcut; however, after a reboot, Contacts was back and everything works fine ;-) What a weird annoyance! Thanks for your help, Bijan "Gary VanderMolen [MVP]" wrote in message ... No need to mess with the registry. Navigate to C:\Users\username\ and right-click on the Contacts folder, then Properties, Location. Fix the displayed location. -- Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail) Microsoft MVP Program: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com "Bijan" wrote in message ... Hi, I tried using a tweak to move my "user files" folder's to "my documents" folder left from the XP OS which was on another partition on my hard drive, it didn't work well so I reversed everything. Now every time I click on "contacts", the "my documents" folder opens up which now shows as a shortcut in my Vista's "user files". My Contacts folder (which is empty) is still in the "user files" folder. However, I cannot open Contacts by a shortcut or within the Windows mail. I checked the Contacts shortcut in the Start Menu and it points to ""%Program Files%\Windows Mail\wab.exe", so it seems that wab.exe is messed up. Is there a registry tweak or a similar trick to correct this? Thanks, Bijan |
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Vista's Contacts not working
Glad to hear it worked out in the end. Thanks for reporting back.
-- Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail) Microsoft MVP Program: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com "Bijan" wrote in message ... Thanks Gary, On the Location tab for contacts there wasn't a Location tab, because for some reason "My Documents" folder had become my Contacts folder! so I did what you said on the Location tab of My Documents folder (which was pointing to the actual location of the folder on another partition). This corrected the location and copied the folder into the User's Files, but still My Documents folder had the contacts' info and my Contacts folder was just a regular folder! So I took a chance and deleted the My Documents folder in the User's file (the original on the other partition was intact). At first both My Documents folder and Contacts folder disappeared and nothing happened when I clicked the Contacts shortcut; however, after a reboot, Contacts was back and everything works fine ;-) What a weird annoyance! Thanks for your help, Bijan "Gary VanderMolen [MVP]" wrote in message ... No need to mess with the registry. Navigate to C:\Users\username\ and right-click on the Contacts folder, then Properties, Location. Fix the displayed location. -- Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail) Microsoft MVP Program: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com "Bijan" wrote in message ... Hi, I tried using a tweak to move my "user files" folder's to "my documents" folder left from the XP OS which was on another partition on my hard drive, it didn't work well so I reversed everything. Now every time I click on "contacts", the "my documents" folder opens up which now shows as a shortcut in my Vista's "user files". My Contacts folder (which is empty) is still in the "user files" folder. However, I cannot open Contacts by a shortcut or within the Windows mail. I checked the Contacts shortcut in the Start Menu and it points to ""%Program Files%\Windows Mail\wab.exe", so it seems that wab.exe is messed up. Is there a registry tweak or a similar trick to correct this? Thanks, Bijan |