windows contacts and outlook contacts

Recently, my system crashed and I had to restore everything. After lots of
editing and removing of duplicates, my Outlook 2007 contacts are now just the
way I want them. However, I notice that my Windows contacts folder is not
synched with it -- there are duplicate records and the creation dates are old.

How do I get my Windows contacts folder to synch with what is correct and up
to date from my Outlook contacts?

Gordon
Mon May 05 01:35:16 PDT 2008

"Julie M" <Julie M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:91034D8C-A1AC-4D68-BEA9-A132F03CC549@microsoft.com...
> Recently, my system crashed and I had to restore everything. After lots
> of
> editing and removing of duplicates, my Outlook 2007 contacts are now just
> the
> way I want them. However, I notice that my Windows contacts folder is not
> synched with it -- there are duplicate records and the creation dates are
> old.
>
> How do I get my Windows contacts folder to synch with what is correct and
> up
> to date from my Outlook contacts?


Why would you bother, seeing as you have Outlook?

Russ
Mon May 05 02:52:40 PDT 2008

Your operating system's address book has nothing to do with Outlook and
never has.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Julie M" <Julie M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:91034D8C-A1AC-4D68-BEA9-A132F03CC549@microsoft.com...
> Recently, my system crashed and I had to restore everything. After lots
> of
> editing and removing of duplicates, my Outlook 2007 contacts are now just
> the
> way I want them. However, I notice that my Windows contacts folder is not
> synched with it -- there are duplicate records and the creation dates are
> old.
>
> How do I get my Windows contacts folder to synch with what is correct and
> up
> to date from my Outlook contacts?

Brian
Mon May 05 04:44:10 PDT 2008

Julie M <Julie M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Recently, my system crashed and I had to restore everything. After
> lots of editing and removing of duplicates, my Outlook 2007 contacts
> are now just the way I want them. However, I notice that my Windows
> contacts folder is not synched with it -- there are duplicate records
> and the creation dates are old.
>
> How do I get my Windows contacts folder to synch with what is correct
> and up to date from my Outlook contacts?

Outlook has never synchronized with the Windows Contacts.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

JulieM
Mon May 05 07:35:01 PDT 2008

Thanks to all of you who responded so quickly.

So all 3 comments make it sound like the Windows Contacts isn't something I
really need. Can anyone explain why it exists and what purpose it serves?
Because it sounds like I could do fine just deleting the whole thing. -J

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Julie M <Julie M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Recently, my system crashed and I had to restore everything. After
> > lots of editing and removing of duplicates, my Outlook 2007 contacts
> > are now just the way I want them. However, I notice that my Windows
> > contacts folder is not synched with it -- there are duplicate records
> > and the creation dates are old.
> >
> > How do I get my Windows contacts folder to synch with what is correct
> > and up to date from my Outlook contacts?
>
> Outlook has never synchronized with the Windows Contacts.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>

Gordon
Mon May 05 08:04:50 PDT 2008

"Julie M" <JulieM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4F029CE8-601C-4145-A07B-37BDF2857F92@microsoft.com...
> Thanks to all of you who responded so quickly.
>
> So all 3 comments make it sound like the Windows Contacts isn't something
> I
> really need. Can anyone explain why it exists and what purpose it serves?
> Because it sounds like I could do fine just deleting the whole thing. -J
>

It's there for people who don't use a PIM - just like Windows Addressbook
was there in Windows XP. You can't "delete" it AFAIK, you just have to
ignore it.

Brian
Mon May 05 10:15:33 PDT 2008

Julie M <JulieM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> So all 3 comments make it sound like the Windows Contacts isn't
> something I really need. Can anyone explain why it exists and what
> purpose it serves? Because it sounds like I could do fine just
> deleting the whole thing. -J

You can't delete the Windows Contacts. It's part of Vista. It exists for
use by Windows Mail, the mail/news client that is part of Vista. It's
available for those people who do not need a Personal Information Manager
like Outlook. If you don't need the integration Outlook provides, Windows
Mail should be sufficient.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]