Missing Contacts in Outlook 2013

I have an "incomplete" list of contacts on my Windows 8.1 laptop when compared to my Windows 7 desktop. The Outlook calendar is synced. I can correct information on a contact with my Win7 Outlook and it will be corrected on the Win8.1 laptop. But
there are a few contacts missing from the Win8 list. I have tried resaving the contact on the Win7 file but that did not change the problem. According to list totals, I have 132 contacts on the desktop and 120 on the laptop. The contact is not flagged
as private. Any suggestions?

#1 - How many contact items are contained in the folder when checked via your web interface?
#2 - If you create a new contact on the Win7 machine - does it sync correctly on the Win8 machine?
Presuming this is in reference to an Outlook.com account configured as EAS on both systems - you can delete the .OST file on your Win8 machine. Outlook will be recreate the OST file the next time it starts, the purpose of which is to exclude the possibility
that the OST file associated with the Outlook.com account has become corrupted.
This also presumes that you didn't create Contact Groups on your Win7 machine which are local to that machine only and don't sync across to other devices.
Karl Timmermans [Outlook MVP] "Outlook Contact Import/Export/Data Mgmt" http://www.contactgenie.com

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