I have started setting up a new PC and installed Outlook 2010. I opened a
..pst file that I had saved from my last PC. All the emails were there in the
inbox etc, but the address book and contacts (not sure of the difference)
were empty.

Can I get them back?

"Eurofeeds" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have started setting up a new PC and installed Outlook 2010. I opened a
> .pst file that I had saved from my last PC. All the emails were there in
> the inbox etc, but the address book and contacts (not sure of the
> difference) were empty.
>
> Can I get them back?

Firstly the Addressbook is purely a view of your contacts folder - it's not
a separate entity.
Secondly, the pst file DOES contain Contacts so when you click on the
Contacts link in the navigation pane , do you see TWO "contacts" items in
the folder pane?

When I click on contacts I get pane to the right that says 'There are no
items to show in this view, double click here to create a new contact'



"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Eurofeeds" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:c261e$4c23d230$50e5af86$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I have started setting up a new PC and installed Outlook 2010. I opened a
>> .pst file that I had saved from my last PC. All the emails were there in
>> the inbox etc, but the address book and contacts (not sure of the
>> difference) were empty.
>>
>> Can I get them back?
>
> Firstly the Addressbook is purely a view of your contacts folder - it's
> not a separate entity.
> Secondly, the pst file DOES contain Contacts so when you click on the
> Contacts link in the navigation pane , do you see TWO "contacts" items in
> the folder pane?

"Eurofeeds" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When I click on contacts I get pane to the right that says 'There are no
> items to show in this view, double click here to create a new contact'
>

But in the L/Hand pane where you click on "Contacts" are there not TWO
"contacts"? (One might say "Contacts" and the other might say "My Contacts"
for example...)

On 6/27/2010 2:40 AM, Gordon wrote:
>
> "Eurofeeds" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> When I click on contacts I get pane to the right that says 'There
>> are no items to show in this view, double click here to create a new
>> contact'
>>
>
> But in the L/Hand pane where you click on "Contacts" are there not TWO
> "contacts"? (One might say "Contacts" and the other might say "My
> Contacts" for example...)
This is an ongoing problem I have been having with OL 2007 for 18 months
now. I've tried every fix suggested here several times and nothing
works. I saw a comment from one of the MVP's that this is a bug in the
program.

Now it shows up in 2010 and I'm actively looking for an alternative mail
reader ... other than online.

In the left hand pane there:

Inbox
Drafts
Sent Items
Delteted Items
Junk mail
Outbox
RSS Feeds
Sear Folders


and at the bottom:
Mail
Calendar
Contacts (empty)
Tasks



"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Eurofeeds" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> When I click on contacts I get pane to the right that says 'There are no
>> items to show in this view, double click here to create a new contact'
>>
>
> But in the L/Hand pane where you click on "Contacts" are there not TWO
> "contacts"? (One might say "Contacts" and the other might say "My
> Contacts" for example...)

"Jethro Pull" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 6/27/2010 2:40 AM, Gordon wrote:
>>
>> "Eurofeeds" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:ef95f$4c266509$50e5af86$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> When I click on contacts I get pane to the right that says 'There are
>>> no items to show in this view, double click here to create a new
>>> contact'
>>>
>>
>> But in the L/Hand pane where you click on "Contacts" are there not TWO
>> "contacts"? (One might say "Contacts" and the other might say "My
>> Contacts" for example...)
> This is an ongoing problem I have been having with OL 2007 for 18 months
> now. I've tried every fix suggested here several times and nothing works.
> I saw a comment from one of the MVP's that this is a bug in the program.
>
> Now it shows up in 2010 and I'm actively looking for an alternative mail
> reader ... other than online.


I recall having this before, and found the posts about it. It suggested
control 6 to get a view of the contacts folder back, and that worked in the
past, but this time although it produced a contacts folder, it was empty.

"Eurofeeds" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> and at the bottom:
> Mail
> Calendar
> Contacts (empty)
> Tasks
>

So click on Contacts to open the Contacts Window. NOW do you see two
"Contacts" buttons on the L/H pane?
here's an image of what you should be seeing:
http://cid-e60ce3038809e993.photos.l...s/Contacts.JPG
(Except it won't say Contacts in Hotmail, it'll say Contacts 2 or My
Contacts or some other name)

Just so you know and I bet that I am not the only one - I am following
all of this also and saving the usenet posts to a folder on my
personal computer - so Thanks to all that are dirving this

Hal


On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:39:49 +0100, "Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

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>"Eurofeeds" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>
>> and at the bottom:
>> Mail
>> Calendar
>> Contacts (empty)
>> Tasks
>>
>
>So click on Contacts to open the Contacts Window. NOW do you see two
>"Contacts" buttons on the L/H pane?
>here's an image of what you should be seeing:
>http://cid-e60ce3038809e993.photos.l...s/Contacts.JPG
>(Except it won't say Contacts in Hotmail, it'll say Contacts 2 or My
>Contacts or some other name)