Comments on: Backup All Outlook Contacts to VCard in 3 Easy Steps

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:28:07 +0000

I end up with .msg files following all the options described. I have OL2010 (it is a company computer that works with exchange server). Any ideas how to do end up with vcf files?

By: Tanveer

Tanveer — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:38:53 +0000

If someone want to convert contacts backup in vcf format lotus notes client can export contact in vcf format.

By: carl

carl — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:51:09 +0000

Joe, Mike – I’m not sure why Peter is recommending dragging the contacts right out of the Outlook view. I was having the exact same issue as you, which is why I came up with the method of forwarding the contacts, then dragging the VCF files out of the forwarded message. I would recommend trying the original guidance above to see if that works any better.

For the DOS command to join all of the files into one, see the very first comment above from MihaM.

-Carl

By: kingsley

kingsley — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:24:00 +0000

thank you

By: kingsley

kingsley — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:11:53 +0000

Thank you;very much

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:25:45 +0000

The same thing happens to me. It’s all in .msg. how do i convert them to .vcf? please help.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:22:04 +0000

this last post did not work for me (OL2007) copying them to folder became .msg files. Had 538 contacts was freezing up and failing to “send as full contact Internet vcard” had to clear my temp folders and then select 100 at a time, that worked well, copied to folder. Ran DOS command on them to one .vcf file, then plugged phone into PC copied to root of (Galaxy S II w?2.3.4), unplugged phone from PC, went to “my files” on phone, folder I added, clicked on vcf file and it pulled them all in including notes!!!!!! You all rock here !!!!!! Thank YOU!!!

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:47:11 +0000

On OL2007 – If you want to transfer all your contacts to an Android based phone. Pl follow these simple steps.
1. Make a new folder call it anything you want on the desktop. ( example New folder)
2. In outlook go to contacts and select all your contacts by pressing Ctrl A ( this will higlight all of your contacts )
3. Simply drag the higlighted area into your “new folder”
This wil NOT move your original contacts from your Outlook2007
All your contacts are now stored in the “new folder” in a Vcard/vcf format.
Copy this folder on to your Micro SD card in your phone.
On your android device select appropriate selection to read all your Vcard/Vcf files.

By: carl

carl — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:36:10 +0000

Good to hear… thanks for the comment!
-Carl

By: carl

carl — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:35:43 +0000

Bhavesh –

I don’t know of an easy way to transfer contacts from OneNote to Outlook. I think you have to create each one manually in Outlook. I would recommend creating them in Outlook in the first place (or in some other service). OneNote is able to copy text from a business card scan, which is nice, but I would paste that text into an Outlook contact.

-Carl

By: carl

carl — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:28:54 +0000

Hi Alex –

I just tested this again using contacts with notes. It works just fine in OL2010. I seem to remember this working in OL2003 as well, but I no longer have an installation available to test. Which Outlook version are you using? Are there other fields besides the notes field that are an issue for you?

-Carl

By: Optimus

Optimus — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:07:06 +0000

I just wanna say a BIG Thanks to you
Importing my contacts from my old cellphone to my new android one was a nightmare for me.
Thank you Thank you Thank you

By: bhavesh

bhavesh — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:28:14 +0000

hi..
i have one my contact backup file in onenote2007 and i want to copy this my contacts in outlook 2007 in contact bussiness card thane wht should i do????????????

By: Micah

Micah — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:49:19 +0000

Sweet, that copy command was just what I needed.

Thanks!!

Micah

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:26:51 +0000

The described way has a problem. Not all Fields are exported, e.g. the notes field. So this is more for sharing purposes, than for backuping.

By: Walter

Walter — Sun, 29 May 2011 16:48:33 +0000

This was very helpful. Thanks for sharing this.

By: carl

carl — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 05:35:36 +0000

Good to know, thanks Louie!

-Carl

By: carl

carl — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 05:32:26 +0000

Chris -

It works a little differently in OL2007 / OL2010 since the File > Save Attachments command will likely be grayed out. Here are the steps (tested in OL2010):

STEP 1: Select the contacts you want to export
STEP 2: Right click on one of the selected contacts and select “Forward” from the context menu.
STEP 3: When the message window opens, just select all of the attachments and drag them to your desktop (or to a folder on your hard drive).

This just gets the contacts onto your hard drive as vCards for backup or use in other applications. If you are just looking to transfer contacts to your phone, you can probably buy software from your provider to synchronize data with Outlook and skip the vCard export. I have also had very good luck in the past using SyncCell for this purpose.

Hope that helps!

-Carl

By: Chris Gore

Chris Gore — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:38:25 +0000

In Outlook 2007 it doesn’t work. I can’t access the ‘Save as’ option. When I select all I can only press send message. I’ve saved them in a group as vcards but don’t know how to transfer to my moto milestone. Thanks for help

By: Louie

Louie — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:33:49 +0000

In Outlook 2007, this method will allow you to export the vCards with multiple email addresses.

By: VIPUL

VIPUL — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:27:02 +0000

really good n greate information. Thanks

By: Manoj Thomas

Manoj Thomas — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:41:52 +0000

The easiest way to do this is to download Mozilla Thundebird (http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/) and install it on your Vista OS. you don’t need to set up any account. once you have installed it. open up the address book and then select all the address’s and choose export. Select the LDIF format. Once this is done, copy this on a USB file and move the .LDIF file to your Mac. Now open up ‘Address Book’ within Mac and choose ‘import’ and navigate to the .ldif file and BAAMMM!! you are done. you should have all of your contacts in your Mac address book.
Now if you have an iPhone and MobileMe, enable syncing and make sure you have your address book option checked. doing this will add all of your contacts to your iPhone as well.

By: carl

carl — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:12:15 +0000

Jan – Thanks for the report, glad to hear it works on OL2007!

-Carl

By: Jan

Jan — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:28:21 +0000

Works with Outlook 2007 too.

By: carl

carl — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:53:37 +0000

Miha – Thanks for the great suggestion! I’ll have to try this out.

-Carl

By: MihaM

MihaM — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:07:20 +0000

If you have a phone that can’t be syncronised with your outlook contacts or you just don’t want to bother with the installation, you can send this email to the phone and click on the atachment. The phone will ask you if you want to add this contact to the address book. Since there are many VCF files it’s probably better to join them into single VCF file before sending. Just follow the 3 steps above and then open DOS window in that directory and type this command:
copy *.vcf contacts.vcf
Copy command will join every VCF file into a single file called contacts.vcf.
When I tried this on some sony Ericsson phones, the phone filled the whole address book with one click.