Recovering contacts from encrypted back up

I stupidly managed to lose my iPhone; luckily I have it insured and a back up on my PC so it’s not too big a deal.
Until I get my replacement iPhone through is there a way I can view the encrypted back I have on my PC so I can get all my contacts from it?

Contacts should be available on your computer with or without an iPhone or any cell phone which can be lost or stolen, fail due to a hardware problem, or be damaged beyond repair or for access due to accidental damage.
When you get your iPhone replacement, the iPhone is designed to sync contacts with a supported address book application on your computer. With Windoze this can be with Outlook 2003, 2007, or 2010 along with syncing calendar events and notes, or with the address book application used by Outlook Express with XP and used by Windows Mail with Vista and Windows 7 called Windows Contacts for syncing contacts only.
After transferring your encrypted iPhone backup to your iPhone replacement, before the first sync with a supported address book application on your computer that is empty - doesn't include any contacts, enter one contact in the address book app on your computer. This will provide a merge prompt with the first sync for this data which you want to select. Syncing contacts with a supported address book application on your computer is selected under the Info tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes.

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