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RE: Unable to load contact list
This problem was reported when WLM was first released. I'll try to find the folder that you have to delete so that you re-download your contact list.  I will update this post when I find it.

EDIT: I remember reading this somewhere on this forum but couldn't find it anywhere :S at least google helped me eventually
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Originally posted on forum.msgshit.com by Christiano
If your contact list is empty or incomplete after you upgrade to Windows Live Messenger, the cached contact list may not have updated correctly. To update your contact list, follow these steps:
a. Sign out of Messenger.
b. Click "Start," click "Run," type the following command, and then click "OK":
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\
c. A new Microsoft Windows Explorer window opens. In the window, click your Messenger ID.
d. Double-click the Contacts folder.
e. Delete the two folders that are in the Contacts folder.
f. Sign in to Messenger again.


note: b. can also be done by going through the likes of windows explorer
X:\Documents and Settings\%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\

"X:\" is the drive which windows is on and "%USERPROFILE%" is your username for your computer.

I hope this fixes your problem :)

EDIT 2: please see my next post further down for what to do different to this in WLM

This post was edited on 07-18-2006 at 03:18 AM by markee.
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Unable to load contact list - by shimmersilver on 07-17-2006 at 12:37 PM
RE: Unable to load contact list - by Felu on 07-17-2006 at 12:41 PM
RE: Unable to load contact list - by markee on 07-17-2006 at 12:46 PM
RE: RE: Unable to load contact list - by Unreal209 on 07-17-2006 at 06:40 PM
RE: Unable to load contact list - by Ezra on 07-17-2006 at 01:02 PM
RE: Unable to load contact list - by Hussain36 on 07-17-2006 at 01:28 PM
RE: Unable to load contact list - by karlaneilox on 07-17-2006 at 04:55 PM
RE: Unable to load contact list - by Eljay on 07-17-2006 at 04:58 PM
RE: Unable to load contact list - by shimmersilver on 07-18-2006 at 01:18 AM
RE: Unable to load contact list - by SandraK on 07-18-2006 at 01:29 AM
RE: Unable to load contact list - by darkchild2 on 07-18-2006 at 02:04 AM
RE: Unable to load contact list - by markee on 07-18-2006 at 03:17 AM
RE: RE: Unable to load contact list - by TouchIt on 07-18-2006 at 12:32 PM
RE: RE: RE: Unable to load contact list - by staalelor on 07-18-2006 at 12:36 PM
RE: RE: Unable to load contact list - by Unreal209 on 07-18-2006 at 03:32 PM
RE: Unable to load contact list - by welshboy222 on 07-18-2006 at 06:25 AM
RE: Unable to load contact list - by linx05 on 07-18-2006 at 08:34 AM
RE: RE: Unable to load contact list - by PatrickKL on 07-18-2006 at 02:36 PM
RE: Unable to load contact list - by cragget on 07-19-2006 at 02:00 AM
RE: Unable to load contact list - by CookieRevised on 07-19-2006 at 02:23 AM


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