cannot choose recipients for email

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deborah

how come i cannot choose recipients when sending emails. it has happened
before and i uninstalled an update (can't remember the update #). however,
that update is not installed and now i cannot choose recipients, nor can i
add a new contact to my contacts folder. please help me.
 
deborah said:
how come i cannot choose recipients when sending emails. it has happened
before and i uninstalled an update (can't remember the update #).
however,
that update is not installed and now i cannot choose recipients, nor can i
add a new contact to my contacts folder. please help me.
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If you installed the Vista SP1 update, that package includes many of the
earlier updates.

Before you give up and try to uninstall it, try this: Start Windows Mail.
Click on Tools, then Windows Contacts. Right click in the empty space
under the right end of the toolbar, then click on Customize This Folder,
then the triangle, then Contacts, then Apply, then OK, then close the
contacts window.
 
thanks robert. while waiting for your help, i looked once again at installed
updates and lo and behold found the KB933928 update way back on 9/7/07. my
computer was in repair shop last week and evidently they went back to a
previous version of updates and reinstalled. anyway, i uninstalled it again
and now my email and contacts were fine again. problem solved. do you like
thunderbird email. i've thought about switching to that to avoid all these
quirks with winmail.
thanks again for all your help. appreciate the quick response.
deb
 
You're welcome.

I haven't tried Thunderbird, but I've seen it recommended for people who
need spelling checks in languages not supported in Windows Mail or
Windows Live Mail.
 
I switched to Thunderbird for the same 'contact' reason and all
idiosyncrasies disappeared. There are things I liked better in Windows
Mail and there are things I like better in Thunderbird. All in all
Thunderbird is the better choice for me. It has been problem free.
 
thanks gary, since my winmail is working ok for now, i will wait about
changing emails. but i do have another question. i have peachtree
accounting software installed on my laptop (vista home premium). and when i
close out of peachtree, a box pops up that says "there are updates
(peachtree) ready to be installed on your computer, please have the
administrator sign in and install them. I AM the administrator. no one else
 
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