.eml extentions


  1. Posts : 19
    windows 7 professional
       #1

    .eml extentions


    Hello

    Before doing a clean install from vista to windows 7 I saved all the emails from an email program I was using at the time called "essentialpim" to an external HD.

    Now I have also installed office professional and I am using outlook. The problem is , how on earth do I import my emails which have a .EML extention into outlook ?

    any ideas anyone ?

    kind regards
    Scala
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  2. Posts : 9,582
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
       #2

    Hi Scala,

    The following might be able to help you.

    Files that have the .eml file name extension do not open in Outlook 2007
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  3. Posts : 19
    windows 7 professional
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Hi dwarf , thanks ..but it didn't work. I downloaded the zip file and tried to install . A window opened saying "the expected version of outlook was not found" . So it seems to me that the version i have already has this fix installed. So I must be doing something else wrong . ... its probably something really simple but i have tried so much already without success

    scala
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  4. Posts : 19
    windows 7 professional
    Thread Starter
       #4

    ahhhrrrr ... now when I try to lauch outlook a window pops up saying "unable to open outlook" what should I do ? I think that this is due to the hot fix that would not install . Should I set it back to a restore point ?

    please help

    Scala
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  5. Posts : 9,582
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
       #5

    Sorry about that. Have a look here Cannot open the Outllook Wondow
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  6. Posts : 9,582
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
       #6

    Do you actually need these old emails in Outlook, or do you simply want to be able to read them?
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  7. Posts : 19
    windows 7 professional
    Thread Starter
       #7

    I looked at the link .. do I enter this > "outlook /resetnavpane" intothe cmd prompt ? or where do i enter this ?
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  8. Posts : 19
    windows 7 professional
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Dwarf said:
    Do you actually need these old emails in Outlook, or do you simply want to be able to read them?
    it would be ideal .....some of them yes . They are stored in such a way that I cannot see what they contain unless I open each one with wordpad

    scala
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  9. Posts : 9,582
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
       #9

    I think we're going to kick ourselves. The solution is quite simple. Open Outlook and select the Drafts tab. Select your .eml files and drag them as shown below.

    .eml extentions-capture.png .eml extentions-capture1.png
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