"Dixon" wrote in message

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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.


Try re-registering OE. Close all OE windows and verify that msimn.exe
is no longer an active process in Task Manager's Processes tab.
Then Run... (e.g. press Win-R) and enter:

msimn.exe /reg

Note: there is no feedback from the command.


If you want to check on your FileType associations for this problem
open a cmd window and enter:

assoc .eml

and then

ftype | find /i "mail"


FWIW when I do that I get:

example
F:\assoc .eml
..eml=Microsoft Internet Mail Message

F:\ftype | find /i "mail"
mailto="%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /mailurl:%1
Microsoft Internet Mail Message="%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /eml:%1

/example

My guess is that uninstalling Thunderbird left the association empty.
E.g. its uninstall didn't restore the previous association which is why
re-registering OE is now necessary.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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