deleting contacts from recipient list.

[Alicat]

Can someone tell me how to delete contacts from the recipient list.This is
the list that comes up when creating new mail,when you click on "to"in the
new email.When I remove alll details after clicking on properties "unknown"is
left behind.I now have a huge list of "unknowns" in my recipient list.
Thanks.

 

[Keith Miller \(MVP\)]

Open your Contacts folder (in your UserName folder) and delete them from
there.

 

[Jon]

I don't know about the OP, but there's adifference between contacts and
recipients in the "To" field of Windows Mail - mine contains some wrongly
typed or old email addresses that have no contact saved for them - how can I
delete them please?

thanks

Open your Contacts folder (in your UserName folder) and delete them from
there.

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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

Can someone tell me how to delete contacts from the recipient list.This is
the list that comes up when creating new mail,when you click on "to"in the
new email.When I remove alll details after clicking on properties
"unknown"is
left behind.I now have a huge list of "unknowns" in my recipient list.
Thanks.

 

[Dave]

The auto-complete in Windows Mail just doesn't work correctly.
It keeps a separate list of the last 29 addresses you've typed in, including
bad ones.
This list is kept in the registry (in binary).
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Recently Used Addresses

This is one of the features that works properly in the newer Windows Live
Mail.


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Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

I don't know about the OP, but there's adifference between contacts and
recipients in the "To" field of Windows Mail - mine contains some wrongly
typed or old email addresses that have no contact saved for them - how can
I
delete them please?

thanks

Open your Contacts folder (in your UserName folder) and delete them from
there.

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

Can someone tell me how to delete contacts from the recipient list.This
is
the list that comes up when creating new mail,when you click on "to"in
the
new email.When I remove alll details after clicking on properties
"unknown"is
left behind.I now have a huge list of "unknowns" in my recipient list.
Thanks.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

If you are comfortable with editing the registry, you can delete the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Recently Used Addresses