Unable to view contacts in Windows Live Mail address book after setting up a new account

I have Windows 7 and have been using Windows Live mail for sometime.  The main email account was with roadrunner.  Then Microsoft Live Mail began asking for a user name and password and the one I thought was correct would not go through.  I then set up a new account within Live Mail but contacts were not there. I then set up another account similar to the first one.  Did this over ride the original one?  I  highlighted the original acct, right clicked and chose (set up as default) but the contacts still are not there.   I checked C://programs files/live mail/contacts and they appear to be there (lots of files with .ll  extensions.

I read some posts that said the contacts SYNC when you set up a new account.  This did not happen.  HELP !!