
If you are using Outlook 2013 or later, you’ll have to export the Contacts folder to a csv-file first and import that in Outlook. This one is indeed not that obvious at first, but luckily the importing process of the Windows Contacts folder is compatible with the Windows Mail import feature that Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 have. How do I get these contacts from the Contacts folder of Windows into the Contacts folder of Outlook?

Now I'm on Windows 7 (and soon on Windows 8) and I want to use Outlook. When using Windows Vista, I used Windows Mail and the contacts that I created were stored in that Contacts folder.

In Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8, there is a Contacts folder in your user directory.
