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O.P. All contacts been put in 'Other contacts' group
:dodgy: Hmm..

The reason for posting this thread was because I fell for this prank (:dodgy:) where you put something in your psm and it disconnects you from Messenger, therefore you can never sign in again. To fix it, you have to delete the C:\Documents and Settings\CHRIS\local settings\application data\microsoft\windows live contacts\[MY EMAIL] folder.

So I deleted the folder and I can sign in, but theres one problem: Since I deleted the folder (which I still have saved on my desktop), all my contacts have been moved from their group to 'Other Contacts'.

I thought I could fix this by going into the folder I deleted and just deleting the psm, then replace with the old folder, but I can't see anything in the folder (which is why I posted the thread before). I also can't see anything in any of the folders in \windows live contacts\, but I know there is files and folders in there. screenshot.

Soo.. how do I get my contacts back to their oginal group?? I didn't think my contacts + their groups were saved on my pc (:s) Weird? I would replace the new folder with the old folder (which I'm guessing has which contacts goes in which group) but I can't sign in because of the prank (:dodgy:). Don't really want to sort each 200+ contacts one-by-one into their group (:sad:). I've also tried going on web messenger, but the contacts are still in 'other contacts' group.

Thanks,
Chris

P.S. If you don't understand what I'm talking about, I'll explain in a different way, just let me know.

This post was edited on 05-05-2007 at 08:48 PM by Chris4.
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All contacts been put in 'Other contacts' group - by Chris4 on 05-05-2007 at 08:48 PM
RE: All contacts been put in 'Other contacts' group - by CookieRevised on 05-05-2007 at 08:56 PM
RE: All contacts been put in 'Other contacts' group - by Chris4 on 05-05-2007 at 09:08 PM
RE: All contacts been put in 'Other contacts' group - by CookieRevised on 05-05-2007 at 09:13 PM
RE: All contacts been put in 'Other contacts' group - by Chris4 on 05-05-2007 at 09:46 PM
RE: All contacts been put in 'Other contacts' group - by Sunshine on 05-05-2007 at 10:45 PM
RE: All contacts been put in 'Other contacts' group - by CookieRevised on 05-05-2007 at 11:11 PM
RE: RE: All contacts been put in 'Other contacts' group - by Chris4 on 05-05-2007 at 11:14 PM
RE: All contacts been put in 'Other contacts' group - by CookieRevised on 05-05-2007 at 11:24 PM
RE: All contacts been put in 'Other contacts' group - by Chris4 on 05-08-2007 at 09:22 PM
RE: All contacts been put in 'Other contacts' group - by CookieRevised on 05-09-2007 at 01:45 AM
RE: RE: All contacts been put in 'Other contacts' group - by Chris4 on 05-14-2007 at 11:32 PM
RE: All contacts been put in 'Other contacts' group - by Chris4 on 05-16-2007 at 02:45 PM


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