import contacts csv file into windows 8 people app

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Hi Ian,

Welcome to the Microsoft Community forums where you can find answers to all your Windows related queries.

We can’t import contacts directly to the People app from a CSV file. However, if you visit http://people.live.com/ you can import the contacts through manage option. You can refer these steps:

a) Visit http://people.live.com/ and login with the same Microsoft ID that you have synced with the People app

b) Click on “Manage” on the top and click on “Add people”

c) Click on “import from a file”

d) Browse and import the CSV file from your computer

Note: It might take some time for the contacts to be updated in the People app in your computer.

Hope this helps. If you have any other queries related to Windows, please get back to us and we’d be happy to help.

I have done the above but only some of the fields from the CSV file got imported--none of he email addresses.  How can I force it to import the email addresses column?

I have found a way  around my problem, the contacts which I needed to import were from Windows Live Mail but the email addresses would not import, only the names even though the addresses were present in the CSV file. I also have a Gmail account which I do not use much, so I imported the CSV file from Windows live mail into my Gmail account- it worked fine!! I then exported the names and email addresses from my Gmail account into a CSV file. I imported this into Outlook and the emails addresses appeared as well as the names. Problem solved for me.Hope this helps someone else too. Strange how the CSV file did not work between two Microsoft programmes yet worked fine between Gmail and Microsoft!!!

may be helpful to some users but not to me as I do not have a Windows phone!