Losing contacts while changing from Outlook Express to Outlook

[Guest]

I quess you could say I'm new at this. I am tired of having so many email
address that I decided to just use Outlook as my everyday email and contact
management. While finally changing from outlook express after several tries,
I managed to achieve that goal. In the meantime after spending 3 hours on the
computer all the contacts that I did have enetered into several different
categories were no onger there after I clicked on the contact tab. I was so
disgusted and aggravated that I restore my computer back to a week ao to get
all the settings back and hopefully my contacts, which did work. My question
now is, how do I keep from losing all those contacts whle changing from
outlook express to outlook? Thanks for any help.
Lorraine

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Depends. Try describing more clearly how you lost them. It wasn't Outlook
that did it. It was the user. "Spending 3 hours on the computer" doesn't
tell us anything.

 

[Guest]

This is the post I was referring to Mr. Valentine. Lorraine

Depends. Try describing more clearly how you lost them. It wasn't Outlook
that did it. It was the user. "Spending 3 hours on the computer" doesn't
tell us anything.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I quess you could say I'm new at this. I am tired of having so many email
address that I decided to just use Outlook as my everyday email and
contact
management. While finally changing from outlook express after several
tries,
I managed to achieve that goal. In the meantime after spending 3 hours on
the
computer all the contacts that I did have enetered into several different
categories were no onger there after I clicked on the contact tab. I was
so
disgusted and aggravated that I restore my computer back to a week ao to
get
all the settings back and hopefully my contacts, which did work. My
question
now is, how do I keep from losing all those contacts whle changing from
outlook express to outlook? Thanks for any help.
Lorraine

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Please state exactly how you imported these Contacts.
What do you mean by "categories?"
OE has nothing to do with Outlook. Whether it even uses categories is not
something we would know.
We do know that you can only import Contacts that reside in OE's Main
Contact Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

This is the post I was referring to Mr. Valentine. Lorraine

Depends. Try describing more clearly how you lost them. It wasn't Outlook
that did it. It was the user. "Spending 3 hours on the computer" doesn't
tell us anything.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I quess you could say I'm new at this. I am tired of having so many
email
address that I decided to just use Outlook as my everyday email and
contact
management. While finally changing from outlook express after several
tries,
I managed to achieve that goal. In the meantime after spending 3 hours
on
the
computer all the contacts that I did have enetered into several
different
categories were no onger there after I clicked on the contact tab. I
was
so
disgusted and aggravated that I restore my computer back to a week ao
to
get
all the settings back and hopefully my contacts, which did work. My
question
now is, how do I keep from losing all those contacts whle changing from
outlook express to outlook? Thanks for any help.
Lorraine

 

[Guest]

Hi Russ I will try and explain my situation again. I love using Outlook and
the fact that it can do SOOOO much for me in my business, The only thing I
have never been able to do is email from Outlook which is what I was wanting
to start doing. I am tired of having so many email address's everywhere, that
I decided to use just 1.

After finally figuring out how to add an email address to Outlook and make
it my default one, somehow or other I ended up not having all my previous
contacts in the contact tab.

I had either imported or exported not sure which one, from Express to
outlook my address book. Upon doing that after I had clicked on the contact
folder, I did not have any of the contacts from before. My question is, I
think, do I need to have ALL my contacts in an address book to be able to
email them from Outlook? What I meant by categories, was I have made
indivdual categories for my business. Does this help you any if not I will
try and explain more.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

First of all, Outlook does not use address books. All Contact data is stored
in Contact Folders. The "address book" in Outlook is simply a view of the
electronic addresses that reside in your Contacts Folder.

Normally all you would need to do is import your Contacts from OE to
Outlook. These Contacts must reside in OE's Main Identity's Main Contacts
Folders. Contacts in any subfolders cannot be imported.
Just use File > Import and Export > Import Internet Mail and Addresses >
Outlook Express.
All your Contacts will be imported into your main Contacts Folder in Outlook
and will be available for you to select as recipients as you send messages
from Outlook. They will also appear in the address book view of Outlook as
long as you have designated your Contacts Folder as an email address book in
its properties.