Contacts missing

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Right when I linked my email address to Outlook it removed all of my old
contacts and only added the ones with the new email address. How can I get
the old contacts back?
Thanks!
 
kyle_b_ said:
Right when I linked my email address to Outlook it removed all of my old
contacts and only added the ones with the new email address. How can I get
the old contacts back?
Thanks!
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What do you mean by "linked" your email address to Outlook?
Outlook contacts are independent of any email address.
 
Meaning, I have a hotmail address and another work one. I put these addresses
on to Outlook so that I could check them at the same time. When I did that,
my original outlook addresses were replaced by my addresses in my other
accounts. Is there a way to go to my original addresses?
Thanks.
 
kyle_b_ said:
Meaning, I have a hotmail address and another work one. I put these
addresses
on to Outlook so that I could check them at the same time. When I did
that,
my original outlook addresses were replaced by my addresses in my other
accounts. Is there a way to go to my original addresses?
Thanks.
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Adding any email address to Outlook does NOT remove or over-write Contacts
that are in your Outlook CONTACTS folder.
If you are using the Outlook Connector to access your Hotmail, and you have
a paid-for Hotmail account, then the Contacts that appear in the list of
folders for your HOTMAIL account will indeed be the contacts on your Hotmail
account.
Your Outlook Contacts folder will still be there with your Contacts in it,
unless you have removed them, or the other account you have set up does not
use the Outlook Contacts folder.
 
Sorry, I'm confusing... Thank you very much for helping me though.

I clicked on the contacts tab and there were two lists; one for my work
address and another for my personal address. There weren't, however, any of
the original contacts listed. Would there be a location that I could look for
the original contacts that were on Outlook before I added my email accounts
to it?

I normally would have shrugged this off, but since the addresses are for my
wedding I suppose I need to put some effort into finding them! Thanks again
for your help!
 
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