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In Windows 7 there is a very simple contact application, Windows Contacts, and I was trying to populate it with contacts from Gmail.

I exported all of them as a single vCard (.vcf) file from Google and used the import function in Windows Contacts. There are two problems though.

  • Windows Contacts asks for a confirmation for every single file to import. When there are hundreds of them, this is extremely annoying.

  • Gmail vCard file is in UTF-8 format, which is suitable for non-English charsets, anyway, Windows Contacts is unable to read these characters properly (e.g. Cyrillic).

Do you know how is it possible to avoid confirmation and import Unicode characters properly?

P.S. I have tried also to save and import contacts in CSV, but this is a real no-go, since Windows Contacts asks to remap every Google contact field into its equivalent.

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Contact Confirmation

Windows Address book, Single vCard (vcf) prompting for confirmation of every contact.

Workaround: Give it a second vCard with one or more unique contacts, it won't ask for confirmation of every contact in the files.

I verified by entering 8 contacts into iCloud and exported a 6 to one single vCard and 2 to another vCard.

Caveat: Provided there are no duplicates, it shouldn't prompt to confirm.

HowTo

  1. Cleanup Duplicates
  2. Export single vCard File with multiple contacts
  3. Export another single vCard file with 1 or more unique contacts
  4. Place VCF's in a directory on your desktop.
  5. Open windows 7 Windows address book. [Windows Start] + RUN. type W A B enter
  6. Click the Import button from the ribbon.
  7. Select vCard (VCF File)
  8. Click the Import button
  9. browse to the vcf directory on your desktop from step 4
  10. Hold Shift and click once on each VCF.
  11. Click the Open button.
  12. After progress bar finishes, click the Close button on the Import Dialog.

Done.

What now.

With your bulk contacts in the Windows Address Book, you can now export them into a more accessible format. - CSV

no comment on UTF-8 or Cyrillic characters

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