_eml extension will not open in WLM beta in Vista

When I try to open an email with a ..._eml extension it will not open. I have
to drag it to my desktop to rename the email with just a .eml
entension,(omitting the underscore) it will open with WLM. I tried to change
the association in default programs with WLM and it already states WLM. When
I click on the email it does absolutely nothing. I had the same problem with
XP and was able to add _eml to open with WLM and it worked.

 

..
I suspect that WLM requires that the first character of the extension be a
period,
like most other Vista programs.

 

But how can you create a file extension so I just have to click on the email
and it will open in WLM. As I said earlier I was able to do this in XP but
cannot in Vista. Any suggestions

 

Perhaps this would be better asked in a Vista NG? ; )

FWIW I don't have Vista but AFAIK the only difference in this regard
is that it doesn't have a Control Folders with File Types any more.
Otherwise I expect all the other means of doing what you want would
still be available to you (e.g. Shift+right-click, Open with...
or even assoc ._eml from the command line of a cmd window.)

A slightly different tack would be to drag the attachment to
the WLMail application window (e.g. into an empty local folder)
and see what you can do with the message from there.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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Dragging it into a new folder does nothing. Renaming is the only wayI can
get it to open. I'm suprised no one else is experiencing the same type of
problem

 

If you can't give a better symptom description I doubt you will be
able to find someone to help you. Remember, your words have to
substitute for what our eyes might notice.

BTW I gave you more than one suggestion. You gave feedback
only for the last one.


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I am using XP and am having the same problem with incoming attachments with
an .eml extension.

Here is an example coming in as an attachment:
Fwd_URGENT_THIS IS A REAL E-MAIL VIRUS ALERT.eml (8.75 KB)

When I try to open this file auto goes to "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer"
with a note saying, "No preview available."

Unless that attachment is .pps, wmv, or .doc it will not open them.

Any ideas - no underscores involved.

 

I believe I have found a solution. I drag the .eml attachment to the Desk
Top and did a right click. I chose "Open With" and then "Choose Program." I
then select MS Word. So far that seems to work for all in coming .eml files.

 

Check your file type associations.

 

I thought I had the ".eml" incoming emails solved by having all of the
attachments opened with MS Word. Last night I received an ".eml" email with
images (from my wife's MAC). She forwarded it to me and as usual it opened
just fine in MS Word, but no images.

Winston, a question for you; "What do you mean "Check your file type
associations."
and if that is something I need to do, how do I do it.
Thanks,

 

Word isn't the right program to use for EML files. Windows Live Mail
should be the default.

See the Identifying Attachment File Types and Setting File Associations
section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm#identify

 

Michael Santovec - I completed per your instruction. The "Hide file
estensions for known file types" was unchecked. I reset eml files program to
WLM. Restarted WLM and not the computer. The following error came up: "File
C:\Documents and settings.........Content.IE5\PRFQLYPN\Fwd_ __Teddy Boy__.eml
does not seem to be a valid business card (vCard).
Teddy Boy was the subject of the email in question. Nothing seems to open
the .eml files except a Word program and that is without images.

 

ONe more thing Michael, when I used Thunderbird as the opening program for
..eml extensions - it works.

 

So clearly it is not an E-mail attachment or if it is the extension is associated with
the wrong file type.

If you save the attachment with an .eml extension and then try to open it from
the file system what happens?

In that case you could check on what should be happening using a cmd window.
E.g. enter there:

assoc .eml

then, assuming that whatever that displayed had the word Mail in it, enter:

ftype | find /I "mail"

If you need more help, capture the output of those two commands.


Note to lurkers: this Me too! poster is not using the OS implied by the Subject of this thread.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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But why does the subject email open using Thunderbird without any Problem. I
just open the email and there is the message and any, if any, images.
Something is not right.

 

You ended up with the file association telling WLM to expect a vCard
rather than an EML file.

The command line in the file association needs to be:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /eml:%1

But it appears that it got set to

"C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /VCard %1

 

OK Michael, how do I check on this and or change it if needed??

 

See the Identifying Attachment File Types and Setting File
Associations section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm#identify

 

So, how do I change the file cmd to:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /eml:%1

 

OK Michael, how do I change the file associaton to C:\Program Files\Windows
Live\Mail\wlmail.exw" /eml:%1