Yup. You can do so using a switch in the shortcut to Outlook. For example:
"drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Outlook.exe" /select
outlook:contacts
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"Greg" wrote in message
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Is it possible to create a desktop shortcut to my Outlook Contacts? I
would like to access the Contacts without opening Outlook first - if
that's possible?


As Contacts are inside the pst file and the only application that will
open a pst file is Outlook, that's not possible AFAIK. You can get Outlook
to start up in the Contacts folder though I think...