Contacts Access

How does one just open the contacts, without having to load Live Mail first?
Thx.


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If you sign-in with a Live ID: http://contacts.live.com.
If you don't sign-in, I'm not aware of a way to open contacts without
opening Windows Live Mail.
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Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message news:...
> How does one just open the contacts, without having to load Live Mail first?
> Thx.
>
>
> --
> Stephen Goodman
> http://www.vimeo.com/spgoodman
> http://www.myspace.com/spgoodman
>
>

To access the Live ID contacts stored in WL Mail or WL Messenger's common database, both programs have to be opened(one or the
other)
To access the default contacts(no Live ID in use to signon to Windows Live), WL Mail needs to be opened.

Contacts for any Live ID can be accessed via the net, per Gary's suggestion(repsonse in this same thread)

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...winston
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"Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message news:...
> How does one just open the contacts, without having to load Live Mail first? Thx.
>
>
> --
> Stephen Goodman
> http://www.vimeo.com/spgoodman
> http://www.myspace.com/spgoodman
>
>

I didn't want to use The Cloud for my address book, per se. Sometimes one
just wants to load the Address Book and call someone on the phone. Where
can one obtain this functionality now, then?

"Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <> wrote in message
news:uTtF6Z#...
> If you sign-in with a Live ID: http://contacts.live.com.
> If you don't sign-in, I'm not aware of a way to open contacts without
> opening Windows Live Mail.
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>
>
> "Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> How does one just open the contacts, without having to load Live Mail
>> first?
>> Thx.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Stephen Goodman
>> http://www.vimeo.com/spgoodman
>> http://www.myspace.com/spgoodman
>>
>>

Sigh, that's a bit more limited a capability than folks want. Perhaps
someone will write an app to use contacts...

"Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I already answered that question.
> It can't be done without opening Windows Live Mail.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>
>
> "Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I didn't want to use The Cloud for my address book, per se. Sometimes one
>> just wants to load the Address Book and call someone on the phone. Where
>> can one obtain this functionality now, then?
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <> wrote in message
>> news:uTtF6Z#...
>>> If you sign-in with a Live ID: http://contacts.live.com.
>>> If you don't sign-in, I'm not aware of a way to open contacts without
>>> opening Windows Live Mail.
>>> --
>>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>>>
>>>
>>> "Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> How does one just open the contacts, without having to load Live Mail
>>>> first?
>>>> Thx.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Stephen Goodman
>>>> http://www.vimeo.com/spgoodman
>>>> http://www.myspace.com/spgoodman
>>>>
>>>>

The WLM API, afiak, has not been made available..

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...winston
ms-mvp mail

"Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message news:...
> Sigh, that's a bit more limited a capability than folks want. Perhaps
> someone will write an app to use contacts...
>
> "Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I already answered that question.
>> It can't be done without opening Windows Live Mail.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>>
>>
>> "Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>I didn't want to use The Cloud for my address book, per se. Sometimes one
>>> just wants to load the Address Book and call someone on the phone. Where
>>> can one obtain this functionality now, then?
>>>
>>> "Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <> wrote in message
>>> news:uTtF6Z#...
>>>> If you sign-in with a Live ID: http://contacts.live.com.
>>>> If you don't sign-in, I'm not aware of a way to open contacts without
>>>> opening Windows Live Mail.
>>>> --
>>>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> How does one just open the contacts, without having to load Live Mail
>>>>> first?
>>>>> Thx.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Stephen Goodman
>>>>> http://www.vimeo.com/spgoodman
>>>>> http://www.myspace.com/spgoodman
>>>>>
>>>>>

You might consider an alternative address book such as Handy Address Book,
from:
http://www.beiley.com/habook/index.html
I have used it for five years. It installs easily, dials out to make phone
calls via a standard modem and prints out the list in whole or by category,
prints labels singly or for categories making it ideal for mailing lists and
generally works in a cooperative way. It is updated constructively from time
to time without getting spoilt by bloat and is reasonably priced. It has a
number of import options though I have not used them.
DougS

"Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I didn't want to use The Cloud for my address book, per se. Sometimes one
> just wants to load the Address Book and call someone on the phone. Where
> can one obtain this functionality now, then?
>
> "Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <> wrote in message
> news:uTtF6Z#...
>> If you sign-in with a Live ID: http://contacts.live.com.
>> If you don't sign-in, I'm not aware of a way to open contacts without
>> opening Windows Live Mail.
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>>
>>
>> "Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> How does one just open the contacts, without having to load Live Mail
>>> first?
>>> Thx.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stephen Goodman
>>> http://www.vimeo.com/spgoodman
>>> http://www.myspace.com/spgoodman
>>>
>>>

So it shares the contacts then? Or does this mean you have to maintain
parallel files?

"DougS" <> wrote in message
news:hegrt2$k3a$...
> You might consider an alternative address book such as Handy Address Book,
> from:
> http://www.beiley.com/habook/index.html
> I have used it for five years. It installs easily, dials out to make phone
> calls via a standard modem and prints out the list in whole or by
> category, prints labels singly or for categories making it ideal for
> mailing lists and generally works in a cooperative way. It is updated
> constructively from time to time without getting spoilt by bloat and is
> reasonably priced. It has a number of import options though I have not
> used them.
> DougS
>
> "Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I didn't want to use The Cloud for my address book, per se. Sometimes
>> one just wants to load the Address Book and call someone on the phone.
>> Where can one obtain this functionality now, then?
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <> wrote in message
>> news:uTtF6Z#...
>>> If you sign-in with a Live ID: http://contacts.live.com.
>>> If you don't sign-in, I'm not aware of a way to open contacts without
>>> opening Windows Live Mail.
>>> --
>>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>>>
>>>
>>> "Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> How does one just open the contacts, without having to load Live Mail
>>>> first?
>>>> Thx.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Stephen Goodman
>>>> http://www.vimeo.com/spgoodman
>>>> http://www.myspace.com/spgoodman
>>>>
>>>>

Having to maintain and manually sync two separate address books
is not my cup of tea. :-)

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"DougS" <> wrote in message news:hegrt2$k3a$...
> You might consider an alternative address book such as Handy Address Book,
> from:
> http://www.beiley.com/habook/index.html
> I have used it for five years. It installs easily, dials out to make phone
> calls via a standard modem and prints out the list in whole or by category,
> prints labels singly or for categories making it ideal for mailing lists and
> generally works in a cooperative way. It is updated constructively from time
> to time without getting spoilt by bloat and is reasonably priced. It has a
> number of import options though I have not used them.
> DougS
>
> "Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I didn't want to use The Cloud for my address book, per se. Sometimes one
>> just wants to load the Address Book and call someone on the phone. Where
>> can one obtain this functionality now, then?
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <> wrote in message
>> news:uTtF6Z#...
>>> If you sign-in with a Live ID: http://contacts.live.com.
>>> If you don't sign-in, I'm not aware of a way to open contacts without
>>> opening Windows Live Mail.
>>> --
>>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>>>
>>>
>>> "Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> How does one just open the contacts, without having to load Live Mail
>>>> first?
>>>> Thx.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Stephen Goodman
>>>> http://www.vimeo.com/spgoodman
>>>> http://www.myspace.com/spgoodman
>>>>
>>>>

So when was the decision made to turn the address book into a
single-point-access entity only available inside LM?

"Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> Having to maintain and manually sync two separate address books
> is not my cup of tea. :-)
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>
>
> "DougS" <> wrote in message
> news:hegrt2$k3a$...
>> You might consider an alternative address book such as Handy Address
>> Book,
>> from:
>> http://www.beiley.com/habook/index.html
>> I have used it for five years. It installs easily, dials out to make
>> phone
>> calls via a standard modem and prints out the list in whole or by
>> category,
>> prints labels singly or for categories making it ideal for mailing lists
>> and
>> generally works in a cooperative way. It is updated constructively from
>> time
>> to time without getting spoilt by bloat and is reasonably priced. It has
>> a
>> number of import options though I have not used them.
>> DougS
>>
>> "Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> I didn't want to use The Cloud for my address book, per se. Sometimes
>>> one
>>> just wants to load the Address Book and call someone on the phone.
>>> Where
>>> can one obtain this functionality now, then?
>>>
>>> "Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <> wrote in message
>>> news:uTtF6Z#...
>>>> If you sign-in with a Live ID: http://contacts.live.com.
>>>> If you don't sign-in, I'm not aware of a way to open contacts without
>>>> opening Windows Live Mail.
>>>> --
>>>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Stephen Goodman" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> How does one just open the contacts, without having to load Live Mail
>>>>> first?
>>>>> Thx.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Stephen Goodman
>>>>> http://www.vimeo.com/spgoodman
>>>>> http://www.myspace.com/spgoodman
>>>>>
>>>>>