I am still only able to import a single address at a time, not the entire group. I have followed the directions, to no avail.

I have been trying to import .vcf files. But, for some reason, I am unable to select them all at once and can only select one at a time to import, and I have about a thousand of them. Doing it one at a time works, but it might take me a month. I have tried to export them from Windows Mail (Outlook Express) but I can't send them to Thunderbird, I could only send them to a folder I created. I am no computer geek, but this is getting really frustrating. Can you help?

friendlyphil said

I have tried to export them from Windows Mail (Outlook Express)

Just a drive by comment.

Mail,Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail and Outlook Express are four different free mail programs developed over the years by Microsoft. They share nothing and trying to treat them all as the same thing will cause issues. Not the least of which will be other folk offering inappropriate advice.

I'm afraid that one does not work either. I can't understand why I cannot select all the contacts at once to import them. I can do that to export them from Windows Mail, but not to import them into Thunderbird.

No, I did not install the add-on file. Windows did not know what to do with it, and Thunderbird did not know it existed. After downloading, I tried to open it, but Windows said no program was associated with it. In Thunderbird, under tools and add-ons, it was not listed, nor was there any way to find it.

Thanks for your patience. I was able to import the addresses as .csv files into Thunderbird. But in the Thunderbird address book, they appear only as an icon with no list of name and address until you click on the icon. And there are a thousand icons. How can I get that list to appear with the name of the contact when I open the address book?