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I lost my side contact pane. The write pane has no view menu and f9 does nothing. Help.

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When I try to reply or forward a message, there is no address and no send button in the write pane. Cannot create a new message.

When I try to reply or forward a message, there is no address and no send button in the write pane. Cannot create a new message.

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For the menu, open the Write window, press the <alt> key, then View|Toolbars and tick the checkboxes. One of these is for the Contacts Sidebar. Is it already ticked? Does unticking/ticking it help?

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For the menu, open the Write window, press the <alt> key, then View|Toolbars and tick the checkboxes. One of these is for the Contacts Sidebar. Is it already ticked? Does unticking/ticking it help?