Open Windows Contacts

You can use contacts to store information about people and organizations and to quickly send them e‑mail. You can also combine multiple contacts to create contact groups, which are a convenient way to send e‑mail to many people at once.

To open Windows Contacts folder using Start menu or shortcut on your desktop

Click Start button, and then select Windows Contacts. Alternatively you can click the Windows Contacts shortcut on your desktop.

To open Windows Сontacts from Windows Mail application

Open Windows Mail. Click the Tools menu, and then click Windows Contacts.

Notes

You can also open Windows Contacts from some other applications, such as Windows Calendar or Windows Fax and Scan.

To open Address Book (Windows Contacts) using WM Restore Tool Manager

Select Address Book (Windows Contacts) command from the WM Restore Tool tray icon menu.

To open Windows Contacts using WM Restore Tool Control Panel

Click Windows Contacts in the Main tab of the Ribbon.

Or you can select Windows Contacts command from the File menu.

Notes

Windows Contacts replaces the Windows Address Book found in earlier versions of Windows. Windows Contacts functions as the address book for Windows Mail. You can also use Windows Contacts by itself, to track information about people and organizations.
Here's another way to open Windows Contacts: Switch to Search pane, type Windows Contacts, and then, in the list of results, click Windows Contacts.