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wab address book won't show up in fax
OK, WOW, I think I got it! When I actually opened the Outlook program, (duh)
I was able to follow your instructions. I also imported all my addresses into it from Windows Mail, and voila! I am in business! Thank you very very much for responding, I am a happy faxer now!!! Amanda -- Amanda B "Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote: With Outlook 2007 installed, your address book is set to Outlook's Contacts folder. Add your addresses here. If Contacts doesn't show up as an address book, go to the All Folder view, right click the Contacts folder, select "Properties", and add a checkmark to the "Show this folder as an e-mail address book" checkbox. If this checkbox is dimmed and uncheckable, you need to add the Outlook Address Book service. To add this, if needed, go to 'Tools|Account settings', click the "Address Books" tab, click 'New|Additional Address Books|Next' and add the Outlook Address Book service. Hal -- Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!" KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4 Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com "Amanda" wrote in message ... Thanks for your response too! OK, Windows Contacts is the default program for WAB. And in choosing defaults for Windows Contacts, I just selected all. Still no address book opens up in Fax & Scan.There is a drop down box in Contacts in fax & Scan, but in the dropdown box it only says Outlook, and it tells me there are no addresses in Outlook. It does not show any other address book to search in. I do HAVE Outlook on my computer, it is Otlook 2007, but I can't see how to make an address book in that program. Coincidentally, (or maybe not) DEP often closes fax & scan while I am using it..... Any other thoughts? -- Amanda B "Cal Bear '66" wrote: Also, in the same place (Default Programs) open Set Associations and scroll down to .wab and make sure Windows Contacts is the default, if it is not use the Change program... button to change the default to Windows Contacts "Amanda" wrote in message ... Thank you so much for responding. OK, but where (how) do I set something as the default Contacts manager? I am using Windows mail, so I have an address book in the windows contact folder....how do I get fax & scan to find that? -- Amanda B "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Fax and Scan will use whatever you set as your default Contacts Manager for your OS. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Amanda" wrote in message ... I have two computers each running Vista Ultimate, but windows fax & scan works differently on each. On one computer, fax & scan opens up the wab (windows address book) and lets me choose a fax number in there, or create a new contact. On the other computer, the address book will not come up at all. I checked to be sure my wab is there in the proper folder (it is in the same floder as it is on the other computer) so what could be happening? I have to manually type in the phone number for each fax I send. -- Amanda B |
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wab address book won't show up in fax
In Vista Business, I have installed Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Outlook
2007. Each has its own contacts. In Windows Fax & Scan, only the Outloook contacts show up. Is there a way to have WFS use (most preferred) Contacts from Windows Mail or (less preferred) contacts from Windows Live Mail? How? Thanks -- K2 "Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote: With Outlook 2007 installed, your address book is set to Outlook's Contacts folder. Add your addresses here. If Contacts doesn't show up as an address book, go to the All Folder view, right click the Contacts folder, select "Properties", and add a checkmark to the "Show this folder as an e-mail address book" checkbox. If this checkbox is dimmed and uncheckable, you need to add the Outlook Address Book service. To add this, if needed, go to 'Tools|Account settings', click the "Address Books" tab, click 'New|Additional Address Books|Next' and add the Outlook Address Book service. Hal -- Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!" KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4 Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com "Amanda" wrote in message ... Thanks for your response too! OK, Windows Contacts is the default program for WAB. And in choosing defaults for Windows Contacts, I just selected all. Still no address book opens up in Fax & Scan.There is a drop down box in Contacts in fax & Scan, but in the dropdown box it only says Outlook, and it tells me there are no addresses in Outlook. It does not show any other address book to search in. I do HAVE Outlook on my computer, it is Otlook 2007, but I can't see how to make an address book in that program. Coincidentally, (or maybe not) DEP often closes fax & scan while I am using it..... Any other thoughts? -- Amanda B "Cal Bear '66" wrote: Also, in the same place (Default Programs) open Set Associations and scroll down to .wab and make sure Windows Contacts is the default, if it is not use the Change program... button to change the default to Windows Contacts "Amanda" wrote in message ... Thank you so much for responding. OK, but where (how) do I set something as the default Contacts manager? I am using Windows mail, so I have an address book in the windows contact folder....how do I get fax & scan to find that? -- Amanda B "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Fax and Scan will use whatever you set as your default Contacts Manager for your OS. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Amanda" wrote in message ... I have two computers each running Vista Ultimate, but windows fax & scan works differently on each. On one computer, fax & scan opens up the wab (windows address book) and lets me choose a fax number in there, or create a new contact. On the other computer, the address book will not come up at all. I checked to be sure my wab is there in the proper folder (it is in the same floder as it is on the other computer) so what could be happening? I have to manually type in the phone number for each fax I send. -- Amanda B |
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wab address book won't show up in fax
Set Windows Mail as your default Contacts manager.
-- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "kookaburra2" wrote in message ... In Vista Business, I have installed Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Outlook 2007. Each has its own contacts. In Windows Fax & Scan, only the Outloook contacts show up. Is there a way to have WFS use (most preferred) Contacts from Windows Mail or (less preferred) contacts from Windows Live Mail? How? Thanks -- K2 "Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote: With Outlook 2007 installed, your address book is set to Outlook's Contacts folder. Add your addresses here. If Contacts doesn't show up as an address book, go to the All Folder view, right click the Contacts folder, select "Properties", and add a checkmark to the "Show this folder as an e-mail address book" checkbox. If this checkbox is dimmed and uncheckable, you need to add the Outlook Address Book service. To add this, if needed, go to 'Tools|Account settings', click the "Address Books" tab, click 'New|Additional Address Books|Next' and add the Outlook Address Book service. Hal -- Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!" KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4 Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com "Amanda" wrote in message ... Thanks for your response too! OK, Windows Contacts is the default program for WAB. And in choosing defaults for Windows Contacts, I just selected all. Still no address book opens up in Fax & Scan.There is a drop down box in Contacts in fax & Scan, but in the dropdown box it only says Outlook, and it tells me there are no addresses in Outlook. It does not show any other address book to search in. I do HAVE Outlook on my computer, it is Otlook 2007, but I can't see how to make an address book in that program. Coincidentally, (or maybe not) DEP often closes fax & scan while I am using it..... Any other thoughts? -- Amanda B "Cal Bear '66" wrote: Also, in the same place (Default Programs) open Set Associations and scroll down to .wab and make sure Windows Contacts is the default, if it is not use the Change program... button to change the default to Windows Contacts "Amanda" wrote in message ... Thank you so much for responding. OK, but where (how) do I set something as the default Contacts manager? I am using Windows mail, so I have an address book in the windows contact folder....how do I get fax & scan to find that? -- Amanda B "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Fax and Scan will use whatever you set as your default Contacts Manager for your OS. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Amanda" wrote in message ... I have two computers each running Vista Ultimate, but windows fax & scan works differently on each. On one computer, fax & scan opens up the wab (windows address book) and lets me choose a fax number in there, or create a new contact. On the other computer, the address book will not come up at all. I checked to be sure my wab is there in the proper folder (it is in the same floder as it is on the other computer) so what could be happening? I have to manually type in the phone number for each fax I send. -- Amanda B |
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wab address book won't show up in fax
I have looked everywhere in my system & on the web, but can't see how.
Please, I need the steps to setting Windows Mail as my default Contacts manager spelled out. -- K2 "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Set Windows Mail as your default Contacts manager. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "kookaburra2" wrote in message ... In Vista Business, I have installed Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Outlook 2007. Each has its own contacts. In Windows Fax & Scan, only the Outloook contacts show up. Is there a way to have WFS use (most preferred) Contacts from Windows Mail or (less preferred) contacts from Windows Live Mail? How? Thanks -- K2 "Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote: With Outlook 2007 installed, your address book is set to Outlook's Contacts folder. Add your addresses here. If Contacts doesn't show up as an address book, go to the All Folder view, right click the Contacts folder, select "Properties", and add a checkmark to the "Show this folder as an e-mail address book" checkbox. If this checkbox is dimmed and uncheckable, you need to add the Outlook Address Book service. To add this, if needed, go to 'Tools|Account settings', click the "Address Books" tab, click 'New|Additional Address Books|Next' and add the Outlook Address Book service. Hal -- Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!" KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4 Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com "Amanda" wrote in message ... Thanks for your response too! OK, Windows Contacts is the default program for WAB. And in choosing defaults for Windows Contacts, I just selected all. Still no address book opens up in Fax & Scan.There is a drop down box in Contacts in fax & Scan, but in the dropdown box it only says Outlook, and it tells me there are no addresses in Outlook. It does not show any other address book to search in. I do HAVE Outlook on my computer, it is Otlook 2007, but I can't see how to make an address book in that program. Coincidentally, (or maybe not) DEP often closes fax & scan while I am using it..... Any other thoughts? -- Amanda B "Cal Bear '66" wrote: Also, in the same place (Default Programs) open Set Associations and scroll down to .wab and make sure Windows Contacts is the default, if it is not use the Change program... button to change the default to Windows Contacts "Amanda" wrote in message ... Thank you so much for responding. OK, but where (how) do I set something as the default Contacts manager? I am using Windows mail, so I have an address book in the windows contact folder....how do I get fax & scan to find that? -- Amanda B "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Fax and Scan will use whatever you set as your default Contacts Manager for your OS. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Amanda" wrote in message ... I have two computers each running Vista Ultimate, but windows fax & scan works differently on each. On one computer, fax & scan opens up the wab (windows address book) and lets me choose a fax number in there, or create a new contact. On the other computer, the address book will not come up at all. I checked to be sure my wab is there in the proper folder (it is in the same floder as it is on the other computer) so what could be happening? I have to manually type in the phone number for each fax I send. -- Amanda B |
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wab address book won't show up in fax
Control Panel Default programs
Give Windows Mail and Windows Contacts all their defaults. Give Outlook none. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "kookaburra2" wrote in message ... I have looked everywhere in my system & on the web, but can't see how. Please, I need the steps to setting Windows Mail as my default Contacts manager spelled out. -- K2 "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Set Windows Mail as your default Contacts manager. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "kookaburra2" wrote in message ... In Vista Business, I have installed Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Outlook 2007. Each has its own contacts. In Windows Fax & Scan, only the Outloook contacts show up. Is there a way to have WFS use (most preferred) Contacts from Windows Mail or (less preferred) contacts from Windows Live Mail? How? Thanks -- K2 "Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote: With Outlook 2007 installed, your address book is set to Outlook's Contacts folder. Add your addresses here. If Contacts doesn't show up as an address book, go to the All Folder view, right click the Contacts folder, select "Properties", and add a checkmark to the "Show this folder as an address book" checkbox. If this checkbox is dimmed and uncheckable, you need to add the Outlook Address Book service. To add this, if needed, go to 'Tools|Account settings', click the "Address Books" tab, click 'New|Additional Address Books|Next' and add the Outlook Address Book service. Hal -- Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!" KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4 Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com "Amanda" wrote in message ... Thanks for your response too! OK, Windows Contacts is the default program for WAB. And in choosing defaults for Windows Contacts, I just selected all. Still no address book opens up in Fax & Scan.There is a drop down box in Contacts in fax & Scan, but in the dropdown box it only says Outlook, and it tells me there are no addresses in Outlook. It does not show any other address book to search in. I do HAVE Outlook on my computer, it is Otlook 2007, but I can't see how to make an address book in that program. Coincidentally, (or maybe not) DEP often closes fax & scan while I am using it..... Any other thoughts? -- Amanda B "Cal Bear '66" wrote: Also, in the same place (Default Programs) open Set Associations and scroll down to .wab and make sure Windows Contacts is the default, if it is not use the Change program... button to change the default to Windows Contacts "Amanda" wrote in message ... Thank you so much for responding. OK, but where (how) do I set something as the default Contacts manager? I am using Windows mail, so I have an address book in the windows contact folder....how do I get fax & scan to find that? -- Amanda B "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Fax and Scan will use whatever you set as your default Contacts Manager for your OS. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Amanda" wrote in message ... I have two computers each running Vista Ultimate, but windows fax & scan works differently on each. On one computer, fax & scan opens up the wab (windows address book) and lets me choose a fax number in there, or create a new contact. On the other computer, the address book will not come up at all. I checked to be sure my wab is there in the proper folder (it is in the same floder as it is on the other computer) so what could be happening? I have to manually type in the phone number for each fax I send. -- Amanda B |
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wab address book won't show up in fax
Thanks for that, but it still doesn't work for me. Rebooting hasn't helped.
In WFS, the address book has just one item in the drop down box ("Contacts"), the contents are only Outlook items: Outlook Adress Book Accounts Business Contacts Contacts My defaults are set: WINDOWS CONTACTS - checked (all) ---------------------------------- ..contact ..group ..p7c ..vcf LDAP WINDOWS CONTACTS - not checked none WINDOWS MAIL - checked (all) ---------------------------------- ..eml MAILTO E-mail link WINDOWS MAIL - not checked none WINDOWS LIVE MAIL - checked ---------------------------------- none WINDOWS LIVE MAIL - not checked (all) ..eml ..vcf MAILTO E-mail link OUTLOOK 2007 - checked ---------------------------------- ..hol ..ibc ..ics ..msg ..vcs OUTLOOKFEED OUTLOOKFEEDS STSSYNC WEBCAL WEBCALS OUTLOOK 207 - not checked ..vcf MAILTO E-Mail link What should I do next? Thanks. -- K2 "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Control Panel Default programs Give Windows Mail and Windows Contacts all their defaults. Give Outlook none. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "kookaburra2" wrote in message ... I have looked everywhere in my system & on the web, but can't see how. Please, I need the steps to setting Windows Mail as my default Contacts manager spelled out. -- K2 "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Set Windows Mail as your default Contacts manager. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "kookaburra2" wrote in message ... In Vista Business, I have installed Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Outlook 2007. Each has its own contacts. In Windows Fax & Scan, only the Outloook contacts show up. Is there a way to have WFS use (most preferred) Contacts from Windows Mail or (less preferred) contacts from Windows Live Mail? How? Thanks -- K2 |
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wab address book won't show up in fax
I give up. You still have Outlook set as your default.
-- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "kookaburra2" wrote in message ... Thanks for that, but it still doesn't work for me. Rebooting hasn't helped. In WFS, the address book has just one item in the drop down box ("Contacts"), the contents are only Outlook items: Outlook Adress Book Accounts Business Contacts Contacts My defaults are set: WINDOWS CONTACTS - checked (all) ---------------------------------- .contact .group .p7c .vcf LDAP WINDOWS CONTACTS - not checked none WINDOWS MAIL - checked (all) ---------------------------------- .eml MAILTO E-mail link WINDOWS MAIL - not checked none WINDOWS LIVE MAIL - checked ---------------------------------- none WINDOWS LIVE MAIL - not checked (all) .eml .vcf MAILTO E-mail link OUTLOOK 2007 - checked ---------------------------------- .hol .ibc .ics .msg .vcs OUTLOOKFEED OUTLOOKFEEDS STSSYNC WEBCAL WEBCALS OUTLOOK 207 - not checked .vcf MAILTO E-Mail link What should I do next? Thanks. -- K2 "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Control Panel Default programs Give Windows Mail and Windows Contacts all their defaults. Give Outlook none. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "kookaburra2" wrote in message ... I have looked everywhere in my system & on the web, but can't see how. Please, I need the steps to setting Windows Mail as my default Contacts manager spelled out. -- K2 "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Set Windows Mail as your default Contacts manager. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "kookaburra2" wrote in message ... In Vista Business, I have installed Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Outlook 2007. Each has its own contacts. In Windows Fax & Scan, only the Outloook contacts show up. Is there a way to have WFS use (most preferred) Contacts from Windows Mail or (less preferred) contacts from Windows Live Mail? How? Thanks -- K2 |
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wab address book won't show up in fax
Weird. As per my post in another (similar) recent thread I have the exact opposite problem. The only options to show up in WFS are Windows Contacts, Active Directory (don't know what it is & does not appear to be active), and VeriSign ... . I want nothing to do with any of them. I want to use Outlook (2007) Contacts, as I have all my Contacts data from many years back stored there, but I cannot get it to show in WFS. I have given OL2007 all its defaults under "Control Panel Default programs" & confirmed that it is the default for all listed file types for OL. One thing I note though, is that *none of the OL extensions relate to Contacts*. The only extensions shown for OL are .hol, .ibc, .ics, .msg, .vcf, .vcs & six protocols. As per Hal Hostetler's post below, I checked the OL2007 Contacts folder Properties. The "Show this folder as an e-mail address book" checkbox is *greyed out*, *but IS TICKED*, so I assume that is OK? Also Outlook Address Book already shows up under the 'Tools|Account settings|Address Books" tab & I cannot add it again. Alas still no chop . Under "Control Panel Default programs", Windows Contacts is default for 3 extensions - .contact, .group, and .p7c. But as far as I can see, OL cannot be made the default for these extensions ???? I am also assuming that OL cannot be made the default program for .wab? kookaburra2;624621 Wrote: In Vista Business, I have installed Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Outlook 2007. Each has its own contacts. In Windows Fax & Scan, only the Outloook contacts show up. Is there a way to have WFS use (most preferred) Contacts from Windows Mail or (less preferred) contacts from Windows Live Mail? How? Thanks -- K2 "Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote: With Outlook 2007 installed, your address book is set to Outlook's Contacts folder. Add your addresses here. If Contacts doesn't show up as an address book, go to the All Folder view, right click the Contacts folder, select "Properties", and add a checkmark to the "Show this folder as an e-mail address book" checkbox. If this checkbox is dimmed and uncheckable, you need to add the Outlook Address Book service. To add this, if needed, go to 'Tools|Account settings', click the "Address Books" tab, click 'New|Additional Address Books|Next' and add the Outlook Address Book service. -- DS_NZ |
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wab address book won't show up in fax
Well first of all there is no WAB in Vista, so I'm not sure why anyone is
trying to access one. What is _supposed_ to happen, and what has worked for both Hal and me, is that WFS will use whatever is set as the default Contact manager at the OS level. For most people that would be either Windows Contacts or Outlook. I would not expect WFS to use Windows Live Mail or Windows Live Hotmail Contacts. The next thing I'd do in your case is verify that the Outlook Address Book Service is actually working in Outlook and displaying the correct Contacts Folder. Is your Outlook installation set to prompt for a profile? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "DS_NZ" wrote in message news Weird. As per my post in another (similar) recent thread I have the exact opposite problem. The only options to show up in WFS are Windows Contacts, Active Directory (don't know what it is & does not appear to be active), and VeriSign ... . I want nothing to do with any of them. I want to use Outlook (2007) Contacts, as I have all my Contacts data from many years back stored there, but I cannot get it to show in WFS. I have given OL2007 all its defaults under "Control Panel Default programs" & confirmed that it is the default for all listed file types for OL. One thing I note though, is that *none of the OL extensions relate to Contacts*. The only extensions shown for OL are .hol, .ibc, .ics, .msg, vcf, .vcs & six protocols. As per Hal Hostetler's post below, I checked the OL2007 Contacts folder Properties. The "Show this folder as an e-mail address book" checkbox is *greyed out*, *but IS TICKED*, so I assume that is OK? Also Outlook Address Book already shows up under the 'Tools|Account settings|Address Books" tab & I cannot add it again. Alas still no chop . Under "Control Panel Default programs", Windows Contacts is default for 3 extensions - .contact, .group, and .p7c. But as far as I can see, OL cannot be made the default for these extensions ???? I am also assuming that OL cannot be made the default program for .wab? kookaburra2;624621 Wrote: In Vista Business, I have installed Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Outlook 2007. Each has its own contacts. In Windows Fax & Scan, only the Outloook contacts show up. Is there a way to have WFS use (most preferred) Contacts from Windows Mail or (less preferred) contacts from Windows Live Mail? How? Thanks -- K2 "Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote: With Outlook 2007 installed, your address book is set to Outlook's Contacts folder. Add your addresses here. If Contacts doesn't show up as an address book, go to the All Folder view, right click the Contacts folder, select "Properties", and add a checkmark to the "Show this folder as an e-mail address book" checkbox. If this checkbox is dimmed and uncheckable, you need to add the Outlook Address Book service. To add this, if needed, go to 'Tools|Account settings', click the "Address Books" tab, click 'New|Additional Address Books|Next' and add the Outlook Address Book service. -- DS_NZ |
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wab address book won't show up in fax
Hmm. I was not looking to use .wab, but thought it may be causing problems. On my system (Vista Bus x64), .wab does show up under "Control Panel\Default Programs\Set Associations" with Windows Contacts nominated as the default program. I'm still not certain about setting the "default Contact manager at the OS level", since in "Control Panel\Default Programs\Set Default Programs" there is nothing about Contacts or Contact Manager listed for Outlook. I would include a screenshot but do not have a web site & it seems the only way is to link to an image on a web site. I do not understand the "Is your Outlook installation set to prompt for a profile?". AFAIK it doesn't prompt me for anything. It just opens up in Inbox under Personal Folders. One possibly complicating factor in my case is that I have OL linked to 3 .pst files (2 listed as "Personal Folders", both of which have contact folders - & 2 calendars etc). One is my old XP Outlook personal folder (~ 1GB in size, so I want to keep it separate), but that appears to cause no problems at all in normal Outlook use. 'Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook Wrote: ;626120']Well first of all there is no WAB in Vista, so I'm not sure why anyone is trying to access one. What is _supposed_ to happen, and what has worked for both Hal and me, is that WFS will use whatever is set as the default Contact manager at the OS level. For most people that would be either Windows Contacts or Outlook. I would not expect WFS to use Windows Live Mail or Windows Live Hotmail Contacts. The next thing I'd do in your case is verify that the Outlook Address Book Service is actually working in Outlook and displaying the correct Contacts Folder. Is your Outlook installation set to prompt for a profile? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "DS_NZ" wrote in message news Weird. As per my post in another (similar) recent thread I have the exact opposite problem. The only options to show up in WFS are Windows Contacts, Active Directory (don't know what it is & does not appear to be active), and VeriSign ... . I want nothing to do with any of them. I want to use Outlook (2007) Contacts, as I have all my Contacts data from many years back stored there, but I cannot get it to show in WFS. I have given OL2007 all its defaults under "Control Panel Default programs" & confirmed that it is the default for all listed file types for OL. One thing I note though, is that *none of the OL extensions relate to Contacts*. The only extensions shown for OL are .hol, .ibc, .ics, .msg, vcf, .vcs & six protocols. As per Hal Hostetler's post below, I checked the OL2007 Contacts folder Properties. The "Show this folder as an e-mail address book" checkbox is *greyed out*, *but IS TICKED*, so I assume that is OK? Also Outlook Address Book already shows up under the 'Tools|Account settings|Address Books" tab & I cannot add it again. Alas still no chop . Under "Control Panel Default programs", Windows Contacts is default for 3 extensions - .contact, .group, and .p7c. But as far as I can see, OL cannot be made the default for these extensions ???? I am also assuming that OL cannot be made the default program for .wab? kookaburra2;624621 Wrote: -- DS_NZ -- DS_NZ |