WindowsMail in VISTA

Hi. Am new to forums so bear with me. Just switched from XP to Vista. In WindowsMail (Vista) I am finding that the way "contacts" come up when trying to email is very different (and, in my opinion, inferior to) Outlook Express. For example, when I create new email and click the "To:" box, ALL names in my main contacts folder and every other folder appear - many of them are duplicated. Then it takes forever to scroll down through all those names to click the several I want to email to. Also - no longer can I click the folder I want and select names from the folder - one has to send to all names in the folder! Is there something I can do to correct this?

 

Can you provide some screenshots of what is causing your dismay? I am having trouble picturing it.