Windows 7 - Contacts default program stuck on Outlook

[Godsman]

Have upgraded to Windows 7 a couple of weeks ago, forced by a motherboard
failure. I have installed Office 2000 and am running Outlook relatively well
(except for the way Contacts work!) in Compatability mode for XP service Pack
3. However, discovered that Outlook now will not reference my Contacts, and
insists on presenting the Windows Live Mail contacts instead (WHY???). In
the course of fiddling around, I changed the default program in the User -
Contacts folder to Outlook. Now it refuses to change back to Windows
Contact, even though that is the only program listed when I click on the Open
button. So if I double click on any entry in my Contacts folder it wants to
open Outlook, and all that does is give me a new email with the contact
attached to it.

I can open the contact with Windows live, but I have to select the coontact,
then click on Open, then click on Windows Live - so it's a bit tedious.

BTW anyone know how I can persuade Outlook to use it's own Contacts list?
Outlook has enormously better facilities for managing Contacts than the
Windows Live Mail.

Thanks

Chris

 

[Roady [MVP]]

A couple of points;
-Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2002/XP are not fully compatible with Windows
Vista and Windows 7 and those issues will not be addressed since Outlook
2000 and Outlook 2002/XP are out of support.
-When installing/configuring Outlook 2000, make sure you select it to run in
Corporate/Workgroup (CW) mode. Do not use Internet Mail Only (IMO).
-Do not use the compatibility settings; it will break it even more.
-Hard to say what's wrong with your contacts without further details. You
can create contacts in the Contacts folder directly in Outlook. It does not
old any link with the Contacts folder of Windows Vista or Windows 7.
-If your contacts in the Contacts folder of Windows 7 are stored as
vcf-files, you can associate that extension to open with Outlook via;
Start-> Default Programs-> Associate a file type or protocol with a program

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]]

Have upgraded to Windows 7 a couple of weeks ago, forced by a motherboard
failure.

A motherboard failure doesn't force you to use a different operating system.