Windows Contacts window is missing menu tabs

I updated my system from XP Pro to Vista a while ago. I began to use iTunes
and wanted to integrate with some locally-supported addressbook. In so
doing, I found that the Windows Contact window doesn't have a "New Contact"
tab.

The only way I can create a new Contact is by right-click->new->contact
which is very cumbersome.

Seems like it's a bug in the upgrade process - the patches are all current.
I'm not sure how to fix it, or if I can use another program to manage those
contacts.

Your Contacts folder has apparently switched from it's proper default
template.
Open Contacts
Right-click on a blank area of the right pane, and select "Customize this
folder"
in the pull-down box, select "Contacts"
ok



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"Forrest" <Forrest@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C13D29EB-3A9A-40E6-B717-9E97F0B7EC0A@microsoft.com...
> I updated my system from XP Pro to Vista a while ago. I began to use
> iTunes
> and wanted to integrate with some locally-supported addressbook. In so
> doing, I found that the Windows Contact window doesn't have a "New
> Contact"
> tab.
>
> The only way I can create a new Contact is by right-click->new->contact
> which is very cumbersome.
>
> Seems like it's a bug in the upgrade process - the patches are all
> current.
> I'm not sure how to fix it, or if I can use another program to manage
> those
> contacts.

With Contacts open, right-click in an open area of that screen, select
Customize This Folder, then change the template type to Contacts.
You should only have to do this once.

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Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]


"Forrest" <Forrest@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C13D29EB-3A9A-40E6-B717-9E97F0B7EC0A@microsoft.com...
>I updated my system from XP Pro to Vista a while ago. I began to use iTunes
> and wanted to integrate with some locally-supported addressbook. In so
> doing, I found that the Windows Contact window doesn't have a "New Contact"
> tab.
>
> The only way I can create a new Contact is by right-click->new->contact
> which is very cumbersome.
>
> Seems like it's a bug in the upgrade process - the patches are all current.
> I'm not sure how to fix it, or if I can use another program to manage those
> contacts.