Is Windows Contacts used any more?


  1. Frank15
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    Is Windows Contacts used any more?


    What's the use of the contacts folder C:\Users\myName\Contacts?. I guess this folder keeps the contacts for the People and Mail apps. Apparently Windows 11 still features it.

    Does this app has any other use? Isn't it mostly useless?
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  3. f23948
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    What is the Windows Contacts Folder and Why Do You Need it?
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  4. Helmut
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    Contacts is a legacy folder, presumably still there for backwards compatibility.

    Nothing to do with the Mail and People Apps which I use several times daily with 6 Email Accounts.
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  6. Frank15
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    f23948 said:
    What is the Windows Contacts Folder and Why Do You Need it?
    Nice article, Thank you.
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  7. Paul Black
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    Hello @Frank15,

    As Helmut has mentioned, Contacts is a Legacy folder, and I believe it also incorporated into Win 11. It makes sense to have cross platform backwards compatibility.

    I hope this helps
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  8. Berton
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    Also, Contacts can be used to Import saved files such as Exported from older Outlook Express and the Windows Address Book.
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