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How can you Export Contacts from Thunderbirds Address Book and Import to the Windows 8 Contacts folder? Is this Possible?

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My customer is wanting to have the address book in Thunderbird to be listed in the Windows contacts (Windows 8) so that there is a backup as such in case the Mozilla Thunderbird address book mucks up for some reason or another. We have them in the Thunderbird address book but not in the Windows Contacts...all file types when importing into Windows Contacts doesnt work (e.g. LDIF, CSV and Tab Delimited). When selecting the info to import and hitting finish, nothing happens, just goes back to choosing the type of file to import etc. as if you never completed that step in the first place...Maybe this is more of an issue with Microsoft as opposed to Thunderbird, but just wondering of any suggestions or if someone was able to do this? Much Appreciated, Ez

My customer is wanting to have the address book in Thunderbird to be listed in the Windows contacts (Windows 8) so that there is a backup as such in case the Mozilla Thunderbird address book mucks up for some reason or another. We have them in the Thunderbird address book but not in the Windows Contacts...all file types when importing into Windows Contacts doesnt work (e.g. LDIF, CSV and Tab Delimited). When selecting the info to import and hitting finish, nothing happens, just goes back to choosing the type of file to import etc. as if you never completed that step in the first place...Maybe this is more of an issue with Microsoft as opposed to Thunderbird, but just wondering of any suggestions or if someone was able to do this? Much Appreciated, Ez

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Hey sfhowes, already tried that man, first thing i tried...it is as if its a bug in the contacts program etc...as when you hit finish after selecting what file and the types of columns you want to import (i.e primary email address, First name, Last name etc) it just does nothing, where its supposed to then import the files...There is no problem exporting from Thunderbird, only importing to the Windows Contacts there is an issue...hope this clears up any confusion on the question. Cheers, Ez