Where to look for MS Outlook contact list

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Back2December

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Topic starter 02/06/2011 4:13 am [#7734]

Hi! I would like to ask which folder will I be able to find contacts of MS Outlook? I found some email in the 'Contact' folder under the user account folder, but I wonder if there's other places? Like in registry?

Thank you!! I just started studying computer forensic so I am having such a hard time find all these things!!!

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BitHead

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02/06/2011 4:42 am

Are you asking where in the PST or OST file the Contact folder resides? Or is the file where that folder resides the answer?

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Topic starter 02/06/2011 7:08 am

Actually what I want to know is that are the email that are found under Contacts in the user folder are the ones used in MS Outlook?

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02/06/2011 8:27 am

MS Outlook uses a PST or OST file to store all information.

I am guessing you are seeing Windows Mail in Vista.

This can be cross-referenced by reading the Value "{56784854-C6CB-462B-8169-88E350ACB882}" under the "User Shell Folders" key (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserShell Folders).

{56784854-C6CB-462B-8169-88E350ACB882} is the folder ID for Contacts.

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