Is there any way I can retrieve my Outlook 2010 contacts file without going into Outlook?  My Windows 7 will only boot to safe mode and doesn't let me have access to my Outlook.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

Hi,

How do you store your contacts?

• If you only save the contacts in a local .pst file, the only way I can provide is to view them when Outlook is open.
• If you setup an Exchange Account, or an Exchange ActiveSync Account in Outlook, these contacts should also be available on the OWA/Webmail, you don't have to open your Outlook desktop.

Regards,

Melon Chen
TechNet Community Support

Melon is right.

You can try to either export your contacts to MSG or VCF files by using the free Export Contacts to vCard or Export Contacts to MSG Files utility. These utilities provide standalone launcher app that doesn't require to star

Thank you all for responding.  Alexey Kuznetsov, I was excited to try your suggestion and copied the needed program files to a thumb drive.  After several attempts to start my laptop containing the Outlook contact file I need, I finally got it to boot up in safe mode.  Unfortunately the launcher app will not install for me so I was unable to use the ContactstoMSG app.  I really need all the contact info my file contains so I won't be giving up on getting to it somehow.

Thanks again,

Jackie

If you have backup of your PST file, you can retreive your contacts from it. Just access your PST files from another system.

Good Luck :) ... If you are still facing this problem, feel free to comment. We will reply you ASAP with other solution.

• Proposed as answer by Melon Chen CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Thursday, February 19, 2015 1:19 PM

If you have backup of your PST file, you can retreive your contacts from it. Just access your PST files from another system.

Good Luck :) ... If you are still facing this problem, feel free to comment. We will reply you ASAP with other solution.

• Proposed as answer by Melon Chen CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Thursday, February 19, 2015 1:19 PM
• Marked as answer by Melon Chen CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Monday, March 09, 2015 1:51 AM

Hi

Setup your mail account on your phone and make sure it syncs your contacts and not just mail and calenders.

Are you using exchange or POP3/IMAP?

So setup your email account on your mobile device, Iphone or Android device and sync your contacts associated with the account.

Let me know if it works.

If you have backup of your PST file, you can retreive your contacts from it. Just access your PST files from another system.

Good Luck :) ... If you are still facing this problem, feel free to comment. We will reply you ASAP with other solution.

or setup your outlook account on your mobile device and make sure to sync your contacts associated with the account.

The OS (Win7) on the laptop containing my Outlook files is corrupt and will only boot in safe mode.  It will not log me on with my original profile and I cannot see (locate) my Outlook files.  The laptop will not boot with network access.  If I am missing something in your response, please explain.  Thanks for your response.

Hi

Are you using POP3/IMAP?

Do you have a mobile device that support email? if so, which device do you have?

Setup your email account on your device. Do you need instructions?

Let me know.

Please see my reply to Anil FIP.  Thanks.

Which one? That you cannot access your machine without safe mode?

Can you setup your mail account on your mobile device or not?

I do have email set up on my phone.  But it does not have all my contacts information either.  To an earlier questions, I am using POP3 to obtain my mail.

Hi,

Basically you were using a POP3 account in Outlook, so the contacts were stored in the .pst file.

Since you mentioned you can access to the computer in Safe Mode, check if the .pst file in these possible paths below:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

C:\Users\username\Documents\Outlook Files

Once you find the .pst file, you can move it to other computers to open it from Outlook.

Regards,

Melon Chen
TechNet Community Su

Thank you all for replying.  I was finally able to restore my PC and have retrieved my contacts.  Thanks again.

hii,

If you want to get your outlook contacts without opening outlook see this article it will help you :

https://tipsforoutlook.wordpress.com/2015/05/19/how-to-export-outlook-contact-to-single-vcf-file/