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Contact search in WLM? by Mike on 10-12-2007 at 12:36 PM

Hey.

I remember that older versions of MSN had a feature that allowed you to search for contacts when adding a contact.

Anyone knows if that's still in WLM?

Thanks

RE: Contact search in WLM? by YourNeibour on 10-12-2007 at 01:08 PM

yes there is a search box in the main window.

RE: Contact search in WLM? by Mike on 10-12-2007 at 01:16 PM

quote:
Originally posted by YourNeibour
yes there is a search box in the main window.

Thanks, but I'm not talking about that. I remember that you could enter the first/last name and it would show a list of matching contacts.

RE: Contact search in WLM? by vaccination on 10-12-2007 at 02:05 PM

Yup. It's just above all your contacts. and it has the text "Find a contact" in it

RE: Contact search in WLM? by Mike on 10-12-2007 at 02:23 PM

quote:
Originally posted by vaccination
Yup. It's just above all your contacts. and it has the text "Find a contact" in it

But that is for contacts that already are in your contact list.

I think I didn't make myself clear: I want to search for contacts that I don't have in my list by entering their fist/last name, location, etc.
Afaik, old MSN versions supported that.

RE: Contact search in WLM? by YourNeibour on 10-12-2007 at 03:44 PM

You mean like in yahoo where you can search there database?

RE: Contact search in WLM? by Felu on 10-12-2007 at 03:56 PM

Don't really remember such a feature. Even if it was there at a time, doesn't exist anymore.

RE: Contact search in WLM? by Mike on 10-12-2007 at 04:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by YourNeibour
You mean like in yahoo where you can search there database?

Probably, but, I haven't ever used Yahoo, so I'm not sure...

quote:
Originally posted by Felu
Don't really remember such a feature. Even if it was there at a time, doesn't exist anymore.

There used to be a feature like that...

And I just remembered about Windows Messenger: If you are still using Windows XP, open Windows Messenger (Start -> Run -> msmsgs) and sign in. Then click "Add a contact" and then "Search for a contact". That is what I mean.
However, for some reason it doesn't work... (it says something like "For an unknown reason, your search failed. Please try again later.")

I might contact Microsoft about it... *-)

RE: Contact search in WLM? by vaccination on 10-12-2007 at 05:05 PM

they probably disabled it because of privacy issues

RE: Contact search in WLM? by Mike on 10-12-2007 at 05:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by vaccination
they probably disabled it because of privacy issues

Maybe...

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Somebody help me find a link to contact for support! :-/

The one on the help menu in WLM says at the top that they won't respond to my email.
They stopped providing support now?

RE: Contact search in WLM? by RebelSean on 10-15-2007 at 06:36 AM

I'm not sure why you'd want to contact the support team Mike, I think what you're looking for is a place to leave feedback. In that case use the following:

https://feedback.live.com/eform.aspx?productkey=w...%20Messenger%208.5

And that feature has been removed for at least two major versions of Messenger . It was removed way back when MSN Chat and Groups were removed.