On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:13:02 +0100, Phileas
<Phileas.3v2ed2@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote:

>
>Thanks for the suggestion. Yet, why would this be a problem with
>mozilla? To me, it seems that this is a problem with Windows Contacts
>which cannot correstly import extended characters, or?
>I did check the export file from Thunderbird: all the accents are in
>place, properly. The "squares" only appear later during the Windows
>Contacts import process. Has anyone succeeded in importing correctly
>contacts with extended characters in Windows Contacts?
>Alternatively, would you know of a way to transform contacts in a CSV
>file into a VCARD file?


I agree that it's a windows issue.

If you have an XP machine available, you might want to try to import
to the Outlook Express (WAB) format first. If that works, export it
out to another format and try importing that in Vista Mail/Contacts.