Did Outlook Express trash my old contacts list?

[Rolland Everitt]

I recently tried to access Usenet from within Outlook for the first time.
This caused Outlook Express (which I didn't even know was installed) to
start. A wizard pops up and tells me that it has detected other e-mail
settings, and do I want to import. I said NO, assuming that I would be
returning to Outlook to do e-mail.

I never saw Outlook again, and cannot find it. Express 6 is now my default
mail program. I managed to get Express to import my messages from
somewhere, but I could not get it to import my mail server settings; I had
to recreate those.

The worst part is, I cannot get Express to import my Outlook contacts list.
Anybody have a clue as to where my old contacts list might be?

 

[Brian Tillman]

I recently tried to access Usenet from within Outlook for the first
time. This caused Outlook Express (which I didn't even know was
installed) to start. A wizard pops up and tells me that it has
detected other e-mail settings, and do I want to import. I said NO,
assuming that I would be returning to Outlook to do e-mail.

This was correct.

I never saw Outlook again, and cannot find it.

Start>All Programs>Microsoft Office>Outlook

Express 6 is now my
default mail program. I managed to get Express to import my messages
from somewhere, but I could not get it to import my mail server
settings; I had to recreate those.

The worst part is, I cannot get Express to import my Outlook contacts
list. Anybody have a clue as to where my old contacts list might be?

They're where they always were in Outlook. To get Outlook back as your
default mail program, start IE and click Tools>Internet Options>Programs and
in the "E-mail" drop-down, select Microsoft Office Outlook.