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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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EML needs OE to open.
Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With. Find and choose a program, (In this case, Outlook Express), that works and then check the box: Always use this program to open this kind of file. This should enable you to open these attachments in the future. If they are from an AOL or Compuserve user, (some other servers are changing too), they may be layered as many times as it has been forwarded. When you open an attachment and only see a blank page, keep putting the cursor on the text in the attachment line / Right click / Open. Keep doing this and you'll eventually get to the original attachment and be able to view it. You can also highlight the message header and press Ctrl & F3 to just read the text of the message. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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"Dixon" wrote in message
.... 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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