Windows 10: I have lost access to my Contacts/People in Windows Mail

I have Windows 10. This morning when I opened Mail Contacts to find an email address, a pop up box asked something like 'Click if I wanted to give people access to my Contacts' I clicked 'no' as I assumed this was giving a permission to third parties etc. The pop up also said something about being able to change back in Settings. I then tried to open Contacts/People and nothing happened - the People page appears for a couple of seconds then disappears- it appears I've denied myself access to my own contacts! I've tried various settings but can't find anything related to Contacts access settin

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I lost my contacts

Hi John,

Regarding your issue with contact list that is lost in Windows live mail, we suggest to check this thread:

Contacts list disappeared from Windows Live Mail. Look for MikeSTL and ¡Firedog answers. It contains troubleshooting steps pertaining to the issue.

We look forward to your response.

 

Deleting contacts from Windows 10


When you say Windows Mail Live are you referring to Mail app or Windows Live Mail?

I suggest you to try the steps provided below and check if it helps.

• Open Windows Live Mail.
• Press Ctrl + 3 using your keyboard. Right-click on the contact to delete it if it is a single contact.
• Highlight all contacts by pressing Ctrl + A.
• Click Delete located on the Ribbon bar.
• Click OK when you see the message These contacts will also be deleted from Hotmail, Messenger, and other Windows Live services.

After following the steps above, all your contacts that you have manually added to your account will be deleted however, contacts coming from third-party sites such as Facebook will not be deleted unless you remove Facebook from your account.

For Mail app:

Open People app then delete the contact.

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Contact Lists in Windows 10 Mail and People?

I've been searching the knowledge base and there hasn't been much since 2017-2018 on this subject. Is it still impossible to create a contact list in Windows Mail and the People App?

I was able to create a list on the web when logged into Live and accessing my contacts, however, it doesn't show up in people or work in Mail. I tried the trick where someone suggested creating a new contact and adding multiple email addresses on the email line separated with semi-colon, but it doesn't work either. After I save and close the people app the contact I created is empty and the email addresses are gone.

I find it a little ridiculous that after 10 years of this operating system there isn't a way to create a contact list in Windows 10 so that I can use it with Windows mail and not forced to go to the web site to access my lists. What would be the logical reason to not include this. I have outlook, but I'm happy with Mail and don't particularly want to change.

Please tell me I'm missing something and there's a better way?

Thanks,

Charles