Ziggie wrote:

I've never had a problem opening email.

I got an email from a friend with an attachment with the " .eml " file
ext. (and assume a file with the .eml ext is just another email) he
forwarded to me but I can't open it, it just does nothing when
right-clicked to Open. In the exploror folder file association, the .eml
file is selected to open .eml with MS internet mail message and so
wondered what's going on?

Any ideas??

See: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312355
"OLEXP: Unable to Open EML File Attachments in Outlook Express".

Fix: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc...file_assoc.zip
EML File Association Fix (Restores defaults for EML files).
- From http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm :
The files listed here are all ZIP files, which contain a REG (Registry)
file. Download the ZIP and open it. Extract the REG file to your hard disk
and double click it. Answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be
viewed in Notepad. Each of the REG files contains the default settings for
the file extension indicated. For the ZIP file fix, the download is a REG
file, since ZIP's aren't working anyway!

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Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
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