Lost "Add Contact" Button in (Vista) Windows Contacts

Had a button and lost it. I cannot simply click on "Add Contact" to make an
entry in Windows Contacts. The button is gone.

I can add a contact from Windows Mail, but if I want to make a totally new
entry in Windows Contacts, I simply cannot do it. The facility button is
gone. I have explored all possibilities available to me without success.
And although there seemed to be a potentially worthwhile thread in this
newsgroup, it petered out.

I have even resorted to System Restore without any success.

Again, simply stated: How do I recover the "Add Contact" button in Windows
Contacts (Vista).

Thank you in advance for help, encouragement, sympathy or solution.

Here is my standard reply, which I have posted at least 4 times today.......

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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"André R." <AndrR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6D30FBB9-2E61-4FB5-9B4B-833DA2D68660@microsoft.com...
> Had a button and lost it. I cannot simply click on "Add Contact" to make
> an
> entry in Windows Contacts. The button is gone.
>
> I can add a contact from Windows Mail, but if I want to make a totally new
> entry in Windows Contacts, I simply cannot do it. The facility button is
> gone. I have explored all possibilities available to me without success.
> And although there seemed to be a potentially worthwhile thread in this
> newsgroup, it petered out.
>
> I have even resorted to System Restore without any success.
>
> Again, simply stated: How do I recover the "Add Contact" button in
> Windows
> Contacts (Vista).
>
> Thank you in advance for help, encouragement, sympathy or solution.

Well, that was just too easy, Dave. Duh and double Duh for me. And huge
thanks
to you.

André




"Dave" wrote:

> Here is my standard reply, which I have posted at least 4 times today.......
>
> 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
>
>
> --
> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>
> "André R." <AndrR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6D30FBB9-2E61-4FB5-9B4B-833DA2D68660@microsoft.com...
> > Had a button and lost it. I cannot simply click on "Add Contact" to make
> > an
> > entry in Windows Contacts. The button is gone.
> >
> > I can add a contact from Windows Mail, but if I want to make a totally new
> > entry in Windows Contacts, I simply cannot do it. The facility button is
> > gone. I have explored all possibilities available to me without success.
> > And although there seemed to be a potentially worthwhile thread in this
> > newsgroup, it petered out.
> >
> > I have even resorted to System Restore without any success.
> >
> > Again, simply stated: How do I recover the "Add Contact" button in
> > Windows
> > Contacts (Vista).
> >
> > Thank you in advance for help, encouragement, sympathy or solution.
>
>