Navigation Pane Contacts button does NOTHING!

I've seen tons of posts with totally bewildered (contacts and calendar
issues) "MVP's" only making matters MUCH worse. Some MVP's need to
actually try some things and always keep in mind "Occam's Razor."
You're trying way too dang too hard, people!

The real answer to fixing the Contacts button if you click it and it
gives you an empty view, is to go to the "Go" menu and then select
"Folder List" and then click on "Contacts" in the list. Now,
right-click on the Contacts "folder" in the list and choose "Add to My
Contacts" and then when you click the button at the bottom of the Nav
Pane, it will actually open your contacts.