How do I remove Double Contacts in Live 8.5 DJAmpz 12/30/2008 8:27:20 PM Hi I recently re-installed Live 8.5 and now my contacts have doubled. IE i have 2 of everyone on my list. It also doubled my "folders". The contacts are not necessarly in the same folder as before, and not in the correct ones. Meaning if I have a "Friends" folder, there are two of them, One folder will have say 10/75 and the other will have 45/100 online. Some folders have double contacts on it. Also, some of the contacts have different personal notes or names, meaning ill have the same person on the list twice, but I can only tell what "contact" is the newest by that if it is posted and my memory. Also, if someone is online and i open there "offline" contact, it jumps to the online contact. My one account has 500+ people. I dont want to have to go individually through and re-sort it all after 8 years. Help? I have tried to view my contact list under "user > Contacts" but it shows nothing there.

Re: How do I remove Double Contacts in Live 8.5 "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies[ at ]jonathankay.com> 12/30/2008 9:19:48 PM Greetings, Before doing anything, you might consider removing the "Windows Live Contacts" folder for your client. To do so, shut Messenger down and then head over the following folder; On XP you can find this folder at: \Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft On Vista, you'll find it at: \Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft Where username is your Windows username. Additionally, some of these folders will be hidden by default, to see them simply press the Alt key on the keyboard in any Windows Explorer window to bring up the toolbar, click Tools, then Folder Options, then the View tab, and then choose 'Show hidden files and folders'. After click OK, they should appear with the other folders. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation -- "DJAmpz" <DJAmpz[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3B3CF41F-69E7-4FAA-B7F6-51D12BC0A6EE[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi > > I recently re-installed Live 8.5 and now my contacts have doubled. IE i have > 2 of everyone on my list. It also doubled my "folders". The contacts are > not necessarly in the same folder as before, and not in the correct ones. > > Meaning if I have a "Friends" folder, there are two of them, One folder will > have say 10/75 and the other will have 45/100 online. Some folders have > double contacts on it. > > Also, some of the contacts have different personal notes or names, meaning > ill have the same person on the list twice, but I can only tell what > "contact" is the newest by that if it is posted and my memory. > > Also, if someone is online and i open there "offline" contact, it jumps to > the online contact. > > My one account has 500+ people. I dont want to have to go individually > through and re-sort it all after 8 years. > > Help? > > I have tried to view my contact list under "user > Contacts" but it shows > nothing there.

Re: How do I remove Double Contacts in Live 8.5 DJAmpz 12/30/2008 11:58:02 PM Hi Jonathan I tried that, and it works :) Thank you. BUT, ive lost my folders. I have 2 accounts, and ive done that for one of them, the other account has 500 + people in 12 folders. ID like not to have to re-sort them all. Going to be a mess. Ideas? Barry "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Greetings, > > Before doing anything, you might consider removing the "Windows Live Contacts" folder for > your client. To do so, shut Messenger down and then head over the following folder; > > On XP you can find this folder at: > \Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft > > On Vista, you'll find it at: > \Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft > > Where username is your Windows username. Additionally, some of these folders will be hidden > by default, to see them simply press the > Alt key on the keyboard in any Windows Explorer window to bring up the toolbar, click Tools, > then Folder Options, then the View tab, and then choose 'Show hidden files and folders'. > After click OK, they should appear with the other folders. > > -- > Jonathan Kay > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger > MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger > MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com > Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com > (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation > -- > > > "DJAmpz" <DJAmpz[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:3B3CF41F-69E7-4FAA-B7F6-51D12BC0A6EE[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Hi > > > > I recently re-installed Live 8.5 and now my contacts have doubled. IE i have > > 2 of everyone on my list. It also doubled my "folders". The contacts are > > not necessarly in the same folder as before, and not in the correct ones. > > > > Meaning if I have a "Friends" folder, there are two of them, One folder will > > have say 10/75 and the other will have 45/100 online. Some folders have > > double contacts on it. > > > > Also, some of the contacts have different personal notes or names, meaning > > ill have the same person on the list twice, but I can only tell what > > "contact" is the newest by that if it is posted and my memory. > > > > Also, if someone is online and i open there "offline" contact, it jumps to > > the online contact. > > > > My one account has 500+ people. I dont want to have to go individually > > through and re-sort it all after 8 years. > > > > Help? > > > > I have tried to view my contact list under "user > Contacts" but it shows > > nothing there. > > >