I'm aware of forwarded messages being layered (this one in particular is from
yahoo). I had tried saving the file to the desktop earlier and opening with
OE (which I have to "browse" for), but nothing happens period.

I've also unchecked the option to "hide extensions of known file types" and
restarted the computer, but nothing changed. Any other thoughts?

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

Open Windows Explorer and click Tools | Folder Options | View and uncheck
the option to Hide extensions of known file types and restart the computer

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com


"Dixon" wrote in message
...
Thank you very much for the response. That makes sense for the issue with
the address book, I'll try cleaning some out.

On the .eml issue, there is no extension even listed. Should I create a
new
one?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

1: The Contacts Pane may appear empty if the number of contacts in the
Address Book exceeds 999.

2: OLEXP: Unable to Open EML File Attachments in Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312355
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Dixon" wrote in message
...
2 issues:

Address Book--For some reason, I can no longer view my contacts. It's
not
that I don't have it checked on the "view" list. They still auto-fill
when
I'm composing a message, and I can view them when I select it from the
"tools" menu, but they don't appear in the lower right corner. Just an
empty
box that says "they're no contacts to view". I've looked through every
setting I can think of and can't seem to find anything I might have
switched.

Fowarded Messages--I can view any and all attachment just fine, except
for
a
forwarded message. The .eml file type is no longer recognized, and I
can't
assign OE to open it (even by selecting it from the list). I did
install
Mozilla Thunderbird on a friend's recommendation as a better email
program,
but subsequently removed it after I realized I wasn't too fond of it.
When I
went back to OE, that's when I noticed the problem (FYI the address
book
problem above was prior to installing that software). I've tried to
fix
the
registry but it was to no avail, and I tried reinstalling IE 7
completely
but
that didn't work either.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.