You mean your default delivery location was set to your archive folder? Why?
Post your Outlook version.
Post how you "fixed" it.
List the number of Outlook Data Files and Contact folders you have in your
current profile.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
>I had to fix the email account because we were having trouble sending and
> receiving email. I changed the delivery of the new email location from
> archive to personal and now I cannot find the contact list. Did this have
> anything to do with that. Can you help me restore my contact list?