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Been running Window 2000. In Outlook Express there was a way to have the adress book contact list appear under the folders on the left side of screen by going to View/Layout/Windows Properties and clicking on the contact box.
When upgrading to Vista Ultimate the contacts box is not appearing and I cannot get the address book to appear under the folders listings.
I realize that everyone has a personal preference to create mail but I find that having to click on the address book icon, and then picking on the person on the list is rather cumbersome. I also know that by creating mail one can type the first letters of the persons e-mail address and it will automatically appear in the send to window...if you can remember what the email address was.

When I used to use OE in my old WIN98 program, I had a list of my contacts down the left-hand side of the screen when I was on my OE Inbox...any idea how I can do that (or IF I can do that) in Windows Mail?

I organized my contacts into folders like (friends), (relatives), etc with up to 50 or more names per folder.
I wanted to address an email to all the recipients in a folder. I clicked on (Tools) and (windows contacts) and selected the (friends) folder. I highlight the recipients in this folder and then
clicked on the (email) button on the toolbar.

If I highlight less than 24 recipients, all is well. I can compose my email and send it with no problem.
However, if I highlight more than 23 recipients and then click on the (email) button, nothing happens.
I can't compose the email and I can't send it.

I'm trying to move my email messages and contacts from my old Windows XP computer (Outlook Express 6) to my new Windows Vista Home Premium computer (Windows Mail)

Sometimes when sending email to multiple people I like to look at a list of my all my contacts and select the ones I wish to email. I am new to vista. I start composing a new email and I open my contacts. I can't figure out how to choose a contact and add it to my mail's TO: field. I have tried double clicking the contact but that brings up the "edit contact" menu. I have tried dragging and dropping but that did not work.

Any suggestions or tips?

Thank you