Windows 10: How do I tag people in Photos Legacy WITHOUT creating a contact for them in my contact list?

I have thousands of old family photos -- my grandmother was a devoted photographer in the 1930s and 1940s -- and most of the people in them are dead. I don't want to create hundreds of 'contacts' for deceased people, yet I would like to be able to organize the photos and to search for all photos of a particular person! I'm at the point where the app recognizes the face in the photos, asks me to 'add a name', I type in the name, it tells me that person is 'not found' in my contact list, and the only apparent option I am given is to 'add a contact'. How do I tag each person without creating a

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Contact names in contact list

I have a list of contacts in my outlook.live account that are listed in numerical order by office number, e.g. “101 Larry” “Smith” is the first and last name for Larry Smith in office 101. This method has always resulted in a perfectly numerically ordered contact list, until recently. Now, when I add Larry to my contact list, Outlook only shows Larry’s email address, no name, no office number.

Any help / suggestions would be so greatly appreciated. I’ve tried using customer support before, not looking forward to that ordeal again.

 

Adding photos to Win10 outlook contact list....

Hi John,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I understand your inconvenience. We will assist you to resolve this issue.

A quick question before proceeding:

What do you mean by ‘Adding photos to Win10 outlook contact list’?

I suggest you to follow the below steps to add photos to the contact list.

1. Go to people app.

2. Right click on contacts

3. Click edit to add photos to the contacts on People app.

Hope the above information helps. Reply if you need more assistance and I'll be happy to help you.

Thank you.

 

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