Windows 10: Transfer Windows Live Mail Contacts

I still use WLM and am a bit peeved about loss of support. Anyways I have just moved from an old to a new PC. The usual nightmare. (I bought Laplink but it didn't work - mainly because I have a SSd c Drive which seems to confuse the. In the end I had to pay Laplink more to do the transfer (I have to say this service was good), But I am still missing my contacts on the new PC and there doesn't seem to be any way to transfer them. I thought it was just a matter of signing on to WLM in the new PC but I have done this and it says there are no contacts in the account. When I sign on, using the same id (my email) and password as on the old PC the name which come up at the sign in box on WLM is my email address whereas in the old PC it was my name. However when I go into the account from the WLM sign-in drop down it has my name (and fetching photo) there as before. Can anyone shed any light on how to get my contacts back?


I have tried submitting this on Widows Essential but the submit greys out


David Quinn

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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.

 

Live Mail - delete contacts


Windows Live Mail syncs with People contacts, but only if you are logged in on Windows Live Mail. Changes made while not logged in appear to never be synced. The 'People' contacts are stored on Microsoft servers, for use by the People app, people.live.com, and syncing with Windows Live Mail (when logged into it). Syncing seems to fail as often as not, so fully back up all contacts lists before culling.

 

Contacts in Windows 10 mail In


In Windows 7 I had a long list of contacts in Windows Mail but when I opened Windows Live Mail in Windows 10 there is no contacts list or draft folders.Is there any way I can add these to my mail account?.