Contacts in Windows 11

[Abby Normal]

I've used Windows Contacts since the beginning of time, but Windows 11 doesn't have a Contacts shortcut. So I found my contacts (*.contact). I had made of copy of them to my Documents folder for safekeeping.

Then I opened a contact to determine the program name that opened them, and it was wab.exe. (Windows Address Book). So I created a shortcut to wab.exe on my desktop, and copied all of my contacts to username\Contacts folder and now I have access to all my contacts.

If you search online, the advice is to use the Mail or Calendar app, but I don't use either of those.

[mcbreck]

Did you get into Windows Contacts because you used Outlook? I got into google Contacts because of Gmail and then it exploded with my first Android phone about 15 years ago.  I stopped using Outlook about 1997ish and was still using my physical phone book at that point.

[Abby Normal]

Never used Outlook. Just needed an electronic Rolodex.

[Abby Normal]

38 minutes ago, Abby Normal said:

Never used Outlook. Just needed an electronic Rolodex.

I also used the fax numbers to send, but not receive, faxes over my modem.