Thanks for that, I can see the 'msimn.exe' file in the OE folder now. I have
done the file association, but when I try to open the .emf file now, it
minimises the mail message its attached to, and then nothing else happens.

"N. Miller" wrote:

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:51:00 -0700, CJP338 wrote:

I have received emails with .emf attachments. I understand that I need to
associate this file extension with msimx.exe, but this file is missing from
my Outlook Express folder. How do I install this missing .exe file?

Have read this whole thread. Now that you know that the file attachments are
'.eml', not '.emf', *and* you know that the .exe file is 'msimn.exe', not
'msimx.exe', my question is simply, are you opening your email with MS
Outlook Express 6? If so, how can you be doing that without 'msimn.exe' on
the file system?

You say you can't see 'msimn.exe' in your C:\Program Files\Outlook Express
folder. Well, neither can I. At least with Folder Options | View configured
as I normally have it. To see 'msimn.exe' in your folder change your View
options: "Show hidden files and folders" *AND* uncheck "Hide protected
operating system files".

Once you have verified that you *can* see 'msimn.exe', and you have
associated the '.eml' files with 'msimn.exe', you should return your Folder
Options View configuration to "Hide protected operating system files".

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.

This I've done, but it doesn't open the attachment, just minimises the mail
message instead, and nothing else happens...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Your first post said emf files, hence my suggesting a program.

Save an .eml attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With |
Choose Program. Find and choose a program that works, Outlook Express, 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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CJP338" wrote in message
...
The file isn't there, so I have nothing to associate with .eml files...

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

msimn.exe is not in i386.
msimn.ex_ is in i386.
You can't associate .eml files to msimn.ex_ .

msimn.exe is in C:\Program Files\Outlook Express.
It is a system file, so it is probably hidden.

Save an .eml file to your hard drive.
Right click on the .eml file, Open With, select Outlook Express or Browse
to
C:\Program Files\Outlook Express and select msimn.exe.
Check 'Always use this program'.
--
Ronald Sommer

"CJP338" wrote in message
...
The .exe file is not in the OE folder but it is running in Task
Manager...
I
found it under a folder called i386. I've associated the file with
this,
but
when I try to open the .eml file now, it closes the original mail it is
attached to and nothing else happens...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\. There is no msimn in the right hand
pane?
msimn.exe /is/ Outlook Express.

Ctrl+Alt+Delete, Processes tab. You don't have msimn.exe listed when
OE
is
running?

I may be wrong since I have never had an .emf file to open, but from
what
I
see in searching, you need one of these programs, just as you need
Power
Point Viewer to open a .pps attachment.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CJP338" wrote in message
news I need the missing msimx.exe file? So it will open the attachment
with
Outlook Express...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Do you have one of the programs for Windows listed here?
http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/emf

If you do:

Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With |
Choose
Program. Find and choose a program 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 you don't have a program listed, here is the site for IrfanView.

Download IrfanView at:
www.irfanview.com
or:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CJP338" wrote in message
...
I have received emails with .emf attachments. I understand that I
need
to
associate this file extension with msimx.exe, but this file is
missing
from
my Outlook Express folder. How do I install this missing .exe
file?

Yes, I have recently installed Windows Live Mail, but I have now uninstalled
it, so OE is my main email program. But it still won't open the .eml files
after doing the file association.

"PA Bear" wrote:

Control Panel Add/Remove Programs Add/Remove Windows Components Is
Outlook Express enabled (checked) here?

Did you recently install Windows Live Mail (not Windows Live Hotmail)?
--
~PA Bear


CJP338 wrote:
I have no msimn.exe file listed under the OE folder, thats why I'm having
this problem. The attachments are .eml files.

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

There is no msimx.exe that I ever heard of.
If you are using Outlook Express then msimn.exe is licated in C:\Program
Files\Outlook Express
I have no idea what .omf files are or what they should be associated
with.

"CJP338" wrote in message
news I need the missing msimx.exe file? So it will open the attachment with
Outlook Express...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Do you have one of the programs for Windows listed here?
http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/emf

If you do:

Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With |
Choose
Program. Find and choose a program 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 you don't have a program listed, here is the site for IrfanView.

Download IrfanView at:
www.irfanview.com
or:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html

"CJP338" wrote in message
...
I have received emails with .emf attachments. I understand that I
need
to
associate this file extension with msimx.exe, but this file is missing
from
my Outlook Express folder. How do I install this missing .exe file?

It minimizes it to the Taskbar when you click on the attachment? Then do
this.

Right click on the minimized message on the Taskbar and select Move. Now use
the arrow keys to get it in the screen. Close all other windows except this
one and use the cursor to drag the message to full screen size. File | Exit,
and Windows will remember the size when you open it again.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CJP338" wrote in message
...
This I've done, but it doesn't open the attachment, just minimises the
mail
message instead, and nothing else happens...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Your first post said emf files, hence my suggesting a program.

Save an .eml attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With |
Choose Program. Find and choose a program that works, Outlook Express,
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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CJP338" wrote in message
...
The file isn't there, so I have nothing to associate with .eml files...

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

msimn.exe is not in i386.
msimn.ex_ is in i386.
You can't associate .eml files to msimn.ex_ .

msimn.exe is in C:\Program Files\Outlook Express.
It is a system file, so it is probably hidden.

Save an .eml file to your hard drive.
Right click on the .eml file, Open With, select Outlook Express or
Browse
to
C:\Program Files\Outlook Express and select msimn.exe.
Check 'Always use this program'.
--
Ronald Sommer

"CJP338" wrote in message
...
The .exe file is not in the OE folder but it is running in Task
Manager...
I
found it under a folder called i386. I've associated the file with
this,
but
when I try to open the .eml file now, it closes the original mail it
is
attached to and nothing else happens...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\. There is no msimn in the right
hand
pane?
msimn.exe /is/ Outlook Express.

Ctrl+Alt+Delete, Processes tab. You don't have msimn.exe listed
when
OE
is
running?

I may be wrong since I have never had an .emf file to open, but
from
what
I
see in searching, you need one of these programs, just as you need
Power
Point Viewer to open a .pps attachment.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CJP338" wrote in message
news I need the missing msimx.exe file? So it will open the attachment
with
Outlook Express...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Do you have one of the programs for Windows listed here?
http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/emf

If you do:

Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With
|
Choose
Program. Find and choose a program 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 you don't have a program listed, here is the site for
IrfanView.

Download IrfanView at:
www.irfanview.com
or:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CJP338" wrote in message
...
I have received emails with .emf attachments. I understand
that I
need
to
associate this file extension with msimx.exe, but this file is
missing
from
my Outlook Express folder. How do I install this missing .exe
file?

Sorry my mistake. It doesn't minimise the message its attached to, nor does
the attachment open. It brings OE (with all the mail essages and folders) to
the front. As this is "msimn.exe" .eml is associated with?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

It minimizes it to the Taskbar when you click on the attachment? Then do
this.

Right click on the minimized message on the Taskbar and select Move. Now use
the arrow keys to get it in the screen. Close all other windows except this
one and use the cursor to drag the message to full screen size. File | Exit,
and Windows will remember the size when you open it again.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CJP338" wrote in message
...
This I've done, but it doesn't open the attachment, just minimises the
mail
message instead, and nothing else happens...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Your first post said emf files, hence my suggesting a program.

Save an .eml attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With |
Choose Program. Find and choose a program that works, Outlook Express,
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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CJP338" wrote in message
...
The file isn't there, so I have nothing to associate with .eml files...

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

msimn.exe is not in i386.
msimn.ex_ is in i386.
You can't associate .eml files to msimn.ex_ .

msimn.exe is in C:\Program Files\Outlook Express.
It is a system file, so it is probably hidden.

Save an .eml file to your hard drive.
Right click on the .eml file, Open With, select Outlook Express or
Browse
to
C:\Program Files\Outlook Express and select msimn.exe.
Check 'Always use this program'.
--
Ronald Sommer

"CJP338" wrote in message
...
The .exe file is not in the OE folder but it is running in Task
Manager...
I
found it under a folder called i386. I've associated the file with
this,
but
when I try to open the .eml file now, it closes the original mail it
is
attached to and nothing else happens...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\. There is no msimn in the right
hand
pane?
msimn.exe /is/ Outlook Express.

Ctrl+Alt+Delete, Processes tab. You don't have msimn.exe listed
when
OE
is
running?

I may be wrong since I have never had an .emf file to open, but
from
what
I
see in searching, you need one of these programs, just as you need
Power
Point Viewer to open a .pps attachment.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CJP338" wrote in message
news I need the missing msimx.exe file? So it will open the attachment
with
Outlook Express...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Do you have one of the programs for Windows listed here?
http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/emf

If you do:

Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With
|
Choose
Program. Find and choose a program 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 you don't have a program listed, here is the site for
IrfanView.

Download IrfanView at:
www.irfanview.com
or:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CJP338" wrote in message
...
I have received emails with .emf attachments. I understand
that I
need
to
associate this file extension with msimx.exe, but this file is
missing
from
my Outlook Express folder. How do I install this missing .exe
file?

1. See http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx; then see...

2. http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx

3. [Control Panel Add/Remove Programs ] Set Program Access and Defaults
[Configuration that's already checked] E-mail: Select "Outlook Express"
here and make sure the "allow access" box is checked.

Please don't say "EMF" when you mean "EML" in your posts. Thank you.
--
~PA Bear


CJP338 wrote:
Yes, I have recently installed Windows Live Mail, but I have now
uninstalled
it, so OE is my main email program. But it still won't open the .eml files
after doing the file association.

"PA Bear" wrote:

Control Panel Add/Remove Programs Add/Remove Windows Components Is
Outlook Express enabled (checked) here?

Did you recently install Windows Live Mail (not Windows Live Hotmail)?
--
~PA Bear


CJP338 wrote:
I have no msimn.exe file listed under the OE folder, thats why I'm
having
this problem. The attachments are .eml files.

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

There is no msimx.exe that I ever heard of.
If you are using Outlook Express then msimn.exe is licated in
C:\Program
Files\Outlook Express
I have no idea what .omf files are or what they should be associated
with.

"CJP338" wrote in message
news I need the missing msimx.exe file? So it will open the attachment with
Outlook Express...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Do you have one of the programs for Windows listed here?
http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/emf

If you do:

Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With |
Choose
Program. Find and choose a program 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 you don't have a program listed, here is the site for IrfanView.

Download IrfanView at:
www.irfanview.com
or:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html

"CJP338" wrote in message
...
I have received emails with .emf attachments. I understand that I
need
to
associate this file extension with msimx.exe, but this file is
missing
from
my Outlook Express folder. How do I install this missing .exe file?

Done all this, but still doesn't open up my attachments in OE.

"PA Bear" wrote:

1. See http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx; then see...

2. http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx

3. [Control Panel Add/Remove Programs ] Set Program Access and Defaults
[Configuration that's already checked] E-mail: Select "Outlook Express"
here and make sure the "allow access" box is checked.

Please don't say "EMF" when you mean "EML" in your posts. Thank you.
--
~PA Bear


CJP338 wrote:
Yes, I have recently installed Windows Live Mail, but I have now
uninstalled
it, so OE is my main email program. But it still won't open the .eml files
after doing the file association.

"PA Bear" wrote:

Control Panel Add/Remove Programs Add/Remove Windows Components Is
Outlook Express enabled (checked) here?

Did you recently install Windows Live Mail (not Windows Live Hotmail)?
--
~PA Bear


CJP338 wrote:
I have no msimn.exe file listed under the OE folder, thats why I'm
having
this problem. The attachments are .eml files.

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

There is no msimx.exe that I ever heard of.
If you are using Outlook Express then msimn.exe is licated in
C:\Program
Files\Outlook Express
I have no idea what .omf files are or what they should be associated
with.

"CJP338" wrote in message
news I need the missing msimx.exe file? So it will open the attachment with
Outlook Express...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Do you have one of the programs for Windows listed here?
http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/emf

If you do:

Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With |
Choose
Program. Find and choose a program 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 you don't have a program listed, here is the site for IrfanView.

Download IrfanView at:
www.irfanview.com
or:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html

"CJP338" wrote in message
...
I have received emails with .emf attachments. I understand that I
need
to
associate this file extension with msimx.exe, but this file is
missing
from
my Outlook Express folder. How do I install this missing .exe file?

"CJP338" wrote in message
...
Done all this, but still doesn't open up my attachments in OE.


What are the extensions of the attachments?
Can you save them to the desktop and open them?
Is your anti-virus set to scan email?

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
Do not send email

The attachments are .eml files. I can save them but cannot open them.

Yes, my anti-virus is set to scan email.

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

"CJP338" wrote in message
...
Done all this, but still doesn't open up my attachments in OE.


What are the extensions of the attachments?
Can you save them to the desktop and open them?
Is your anti-virus set to scan email?

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
Do not send email

"CJP338" wrote in message
...
The attachments are .eml files. I can save them but cannot open them.

Yes, my anti-virus is set to scan email.

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

"CJP338" wrote in message
...
Done all this, but still doesn't open up my attachments in OE.


What are the extensions of the attachments?
Can you save them to the desktop and open them?
Is your anti-virus set to scan email?

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
Do not send email


Email scanning should be turned off in any anti-virus. Also exclude EML
files from the scan. It provides no
protection not provided by the regular resident protection.
Besides that, McAfee and Norton are not compatible with Windows Mail and
Outlook Express and should be uninstalled.

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
Do not send email