Where have my Contacts gone?

[Luci Sideshow]

Good morning/evening/whatever!  When I open my "Communication" box I only see "Nearby Chat" unless somebody IMs me.  I used to have a "Contacts" tab, which showed all my Friends on or offline with the online ones emboldened.  I could then IM straight from the Communications window, as well as easily seeing who was on line.  NOW - I only have the basic Nearby Chat tab unless a friend or Group IMs me when they appear in the Comms window on the normal tab.  If I want to IM a friend, or one of my groups, I have to open the "People" Window and go from there, which works but is irritating when I had everything in one place before. As a byproduct of this problem of course, I can no longer easily switch groups from the Communications window where there used to be a group entry in Contacts.  I uninstalled Firestorm and did a clean re-install and this appeared tro sort the problem, but when I restored my settings the problem returned.  The issue is not present when I run Firestorm on my second PC.  So somewhere I have either changed inadvertently or lost something from my preferences!  Anybody got any ideas?  ps sorry about writing War and Peace!

[Buttacwup Float]

Sounds like a problem best answered by the Firestorm support group in SL. Though perhaps another FS user will be along here to help. You may want to start with the Group.

[Luci Sideshow]

Thanks Seana - I go the answer from the group.  In case anybody else has the same problem, this is the reference to look at: http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/fs_contacts_torn_off