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.
