broken contacts folder

I have a Vista SP2 machine in which the user deleted the contacts folder,
after this, windows mail broke completely.

how do i regenerate this special folder?, i don't care about restoring the
contacts themselves.

Hello Guillermo

If your lucky the folder may still be in the Recycle Bin, and you ca
just restore it

If not then restarting the computer a couple of time should restore th
folder for you by default. If not, then you can use the tutotial belo
to restore it

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/14...ing-folder.htm

Hope this helps
Shaw

Guillermo Lovato;1191334 Wrote:
> I have a Vista SP2 machine in which the user deleted the contact
> folder
> after this, windows mail broke completely
>
> how do i regenerate this special folder?, i don't care about restorin
> th
> contacts themselves

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Shawn,
no, it's not on recyle, the folder isn't restored after restarts and the
tutorial didn't work. The folder is not "moved" or in other location, it
just vanished and it doesn't recreate or work at all :S

any other ideas?

"Brink" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hello Guillermo,
>
> If your lucky the folder may still be in the Recycle Bin, and you can
> just restore it.
>
> If not then restarting the computer a couple of time should restore the
> folder for you by default. If not, then you can use the tutotial below
> to restore it.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/14...ng-folder.html
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
> Guillermo Lovato;1191334 Wrote:
>> I have a Vista SP2 machine in which the user deleted the contacts
>> folder,
>> after this, windows mail broke completely.
>>
>> how do i regenerate this special folder?, i don't care about restoring
>> the
>> contacts themselves.
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> '*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience*'
> (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511)
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> them.*
> '*Windows 7 Forums*'
> '*Windows Vista Forums*'
>
> *Please post feedback to help others.*

What happens when you type "shell:Contacts" (no quotes) in the Start
Menu search box line, or in the RUN window, and press Enter? It's
suppose to open the default Contacts folder if available.

Also try opening a elevated (run as admministrator) command prompt, and
typing "attrib +r -h %USERPROFILE%\Contacts" (no quotes) to unhide the
folder in case it was hidden by mistake as well.



Guillermo Lovato;1191515 Wrote:
> Shawn,
> no, it's not on recyle, the folder isn't restored after restarts and
> the
> tutorial didn't work. The folder is not "moved" or in other location,
> it
> just vanished and it doesn't recreate or work at all :S
>
> any other ideas?
>
> "Brink" <> wrote in message
> news:...> > >
> > >
> > > Hello Guillermo,
> > >
> > > If your lucky the folder may still be in the Recycle Bin, and you can
> > > just restore it.
> > >
> > > If not then restarting the computer a couple of time should restore
> > the
> > > folder for you by default. If not, then you can use the tutotial
> > below
> > > to restore it.
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/14...ng-folder.html
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > > Shawn
> > >
> > > Guillermo Lovato;1191334 Wrote:> > > > >
> > > >> I have a Vista SP2 machine in which the user deleted the contacts
> > > >> folder,
> > > >> after this, windows mail broke completely.
> > > >>
> > > >> how do i regenerate this special folder?, i don't care about
> > > restoring
> > > >> the
> > > >> contacts themselves.> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Brink
> > >
> > > '*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience*'
> > >
> > (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511)
> > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> > > them.*
> > > '*Windows 7 Forums*' ('Windows 7 Forums'
> > )
> > > '*Windows Vista Forums*'
> > >
> > > *Please post feedback to help others.* > >


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