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Microsoft has used multiple different, often incompatible, methods to store contact information which can create some measure of confusion. This note describes the Contact type items in use with Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail.
Windows Address Book (WAB)
| ◆ | The Windows Addresss Book (WAB) is used with Outlook Express on all versions of Windows prior to Windows Vista. |
| ◆ | In Express Assist 10 - the WAB is selected for backup as shown below: |
| ◆ | The WAB may be transferred to "Windows Contacts" on Windows Vista or a Windows 7 machine as described in this KB Note. |
| ◆ | The WAB may be transferred to new machine running Windows Live Mail (into Windows Live Contacts) as described in this KB Note. |
Windows Contacts
| ◆ | "Windows Contacts" is used on Windows Vista and Windows 7. |
| ◆ | "Windows Contacts" is a folder - named "Contacts" - that is accessible from Windows Explorer. |
| ◆ | The "Windows Contacts" folder exists regardless of the email client program being used. |
| ◆ | The "Contacts" in "Windows Mail" is a reference to the user level "Contacts" folder. Hence - modifying a "Contact" in "Windows Mail" also modifies the contact item in the "Contacts" folder. |
| ◆ | The "Windows Contacts" are not used by "Windows Live Mail" |
| ◆ | In Express Assist 10 and Win Mail Backup 2 - the "Windows Contacts" are selected for backup as shown below: |
| ◆ | The "Windows Contacts" may be transferred to "Windows Live Mail" as described in this KB Note. |
Windows Live Contacts
| ◆ | The "Windows Live Contacts" (WLC) are only used by "Windows Live Mail" (WLM). |
| ◆ | As of version 14 of WLM - the WLC are stored in a database type file. |
| ◆ | Note - if WLM is used in conjunction with a HotMail account, the WLC are also synchronized with the "Live" server. |
| ◆ | In Express Assist 10 and Win Mail Backup 2 - the "Windows Live Contacts" are selected for backup as shown below: |
| ◆ | Note - Windows Live Mail 2011 (part of Live Essentials 2011) - i.e. version 15 of WLM - uses a new data base for the "Contacts". The new [version 15] data base is not compatible with prior versions of WLM. |
| ◆ | Express Assist 10 (from version 10.0.8) and Win Mail Backup 2 (from version 2.0.8) automatically save the correct version of the data base depending on the version of WLM in use. |