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??

--
"Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the
Internet and they won''''''''t bother you for months."

It sounds like you've been bitten by the bug in MS KB 911567, which is fixed
if you do all the things (including a small registry edit) as indicated in
this article:

A saved .eml file does not open in Compose mode in Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q918766

If you are not comfortable working with the registry, there is a registry
file that can fix the problem for you at this site:
http://www.insideoe.com/
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.



"Ziggie" wrote in message
...
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??

--
"Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use
the
Internet and they won''''''''t bother you for months."

I'm running win2000 but applied all allowed patches to no avail.

More ideas please !!!

--
"Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the
Internet and they won''''''''t bother you for months."



"Jim Pickering" wrote:

It sounds like you've been bitten by the bug in MS KB 911567, which is fixed
if you do all the things (including a small registry edit) as indicated in
this article:

A saved .eml file does not open in Compose mode in Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q918766

If you are not comfortable working with the registry, there is a registry
file that can fix the problem for you at this site:
http://www.insideoe.com/
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.



"Ziggie" wrote in message
...
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??

--
"Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use
the
Internet and they won''''''''t bother you for months."

So you have installed the patch in KB918766? If so, have you performed the
registry edit outlined in the article I linked for that? Did you even read
the info about it at:
http://www.insideoe.com ?
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.


"Ziggie" wrote in message
...
I'm running win2000 but applied all allowed patches to no avail.

More ideas please !!!

--
"Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use
the
Internet and they won''''''''t bother you for months."



"Jim Pickering" wrote:

It sounds like you've been bitten by the bug in MS KB 911567, which is
fixed
if you do all the things (including a small registry edit) as indicated
in
this article:

A saved .eml file does not open in Compose mode in Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q918766

If you are not comfortable working with the registry, there is a registry
file that can fix the problem for you at this site:
http://www.insideoe.com/
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.



"Ziggie" wrote in message
...
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??

--
"Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to
use
the
Internet and they won''''''''t bother you for months."

"Jim Pickering" schrieb:
"Ziggie" wrote in message
...

I'm running win2000 but applied all allowed patches to no avail.

So you have installed the patch in KB918766?

How do you install a patch exclusive for OE under Windows XP SP2 in
Windows 2000? ;-)

Bye,
Freudi

"Ottmar Freudenberger" wrote in message
...
"Jim Pickering" schrieb:
"Ziggie" wrote in message
...

I'm running win2000 but applied all allowed patches to no avail.

So you have installed the patch in KB918766?

How do you install a patch exclusive for OE under Windows XP SP2 in
Windows 2000? ;-)

Bye,
Freudi

Thanks Freudi. Missed that. Getting old. g
--
Jim Pickering

"Ziggie" wrote in message
...
I'm running win2000 but applied all allowed patches to no avail.

More ideas please !!!


Try this and see if it works for you:

Go to Start | Run and type the following:

"C:\PROGRAM FILES\OUTLOOK EXPRESS\MSIMN.EXE" /reg
(Check the path to msimn.exe to make sure that is correct)

Make certain to include the quotations marks and the space between the
ending quotation mark and the slash.

Then open Internet Explorer and go to Tools\Internet Options\Programs and
set OE as the default mail (and news) program.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.

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!

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/