Moving Windows mail Contacts Folder


  1. rbaurhyte
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    Windows Vista
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    Moving Windows mail Contacts Folder


    How can I point Windows Mail to the new location of my Contacts file?...Thanks...Bob
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  3. Brink
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    Hello Rbaurhyte, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    Unfortunately, when you move the location of the C:\Users\(user-name)\Contacts folder, it causes the contact to no longer work in Windows Mail in Vista. It appears to do the same in Windows 7 as well. The only way I know of is to restore the default location of the Contacts folder.

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  4. logicearth
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    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
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    Or simple use a junction or symbolic link. Make the original folder point to the new location.
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