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Displays mix of number and contact names. Used to display Names only. It's free, so I guess I get what I pay for?
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Hi Bill,
I am Sumit here to assist you with this question.
Let us see if re-enabling permissions for Contacts help.
On your Phone, Open Link to Windows permissions.
Turn off contact permissions.
Open the app on your PC once.
Turn on the permissions from your Phone.
Open the app again on your PC.
Keep us posted.
This seems to be a new thing and the above steps did not resolve it for me. I have come to rely on this. No names forces me to keep staring at my phone.
I had to switch to Messages by Google. Works fantastically.
I'm doing the same thing. Thanks for the tip. Something went wrong with the MS Phone Link and it seems they are not acknowledging or fixing the issue.
This issue began for me in mid-December 2022 and is getting worse. First it was only my wife's name which was no longer shown. Now there are about 12 contacts whose names no longer show.
I have tried Sumit's suggestion and have unlinked, uninstalled, and resinstalled and re-linked and still the same numbers do not link.
Google messaging is looking better and better . . . why continue to waste time and frustration on this . . . ?
