Cardfile[]
1985–1990[]
Used in Windows 1.x and 2.x.
1990–1992[]
Used in Windows 3.0.
1992–1995[]
Used in Windows 3.1.
Address Book[]
With the release of Windows 95, Cardfile was renamed to Address Book.
1995–2001[]
Used in Windows 95, 98, and ME.
2001–2006[]
Used in Windows XP.
Contacts[]
With the release of Windows Vista, the Address Book was renamed to Contacts. Now, instead of being a program, it was a folder in the File Explorer, still with the same purpose.
2003 (unused)[]
This folder would be firstly introduced in Windows Longhorn Build 4008.
Used in Windows Longhorn, from Build 4008 to Build 4050.
2003–2004 (unused)[]
Used in Windows Longhorn, From Build 4050 to Build 4093.
The entire Contacts Folder would be scrapped with the Longhorn Development Reset in 2004.
2005 (unused)[]
With the release of Windows Vista Beta Build 5219, Contacts Folders would be reintroduced, and it would completely replace the Addressbook program. It used a Windows 95 Icon until Build 5270.
2005–2006 (unused)[]
Used in Windows Vista Beta Builds 5270-5487.
2006 (unused)[]
Used since Windows Vista Beta Build 5487 until Build 5920 (Released on 8 November 2006).
2007–2009[]
Used in Windows Vista.
2007-2008 (unused)[]
Used in Windows 7 Beta Build 6519.
2009–2015[]
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Used in Windows 7, 8 and 8.1.
In Windows 8, the People app was introduced. It has a similar purpose as the Contacts folder.
2015 (unused)[]
Used in Windows 10 Technichal Preview, Build 9926.
2015–2021[]
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Used in Windows 10.
2021–present[]
Used in Windows 11.
