thank you Bruce. I went back and re-read the previous posting referring to
the number of contacts in my address book and low and behold, I had over 999.
After deleting several my contacts list popped up again.
what a weird thing that is.
Anyway, thanks so much. I appreciate the help.

Kathy

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

What have you read in the past?

Assuming the Contacts Pane is there, View | Layout | Contacts, If you have
more than 999 entries in your Address Book, including shares addresses, the
Contacts Pane will appear empty.

Trim the list. (Nobody has that many friends). wink
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Kathy M" Kathy wrote in message
...
I am not sure what happened to my contacts list but it seems to have
disappeared from the window on the left sidebar of my outlook express.
My address book is functional but I cannot figure out how to take the
contact info from there and put it in the other location.
I have read what others have written in the past about this and still
cannot
figure it out.
Can someone help me please?