.eml attachments won't open In windows mail in 'Seven

Hi,

Ok my english is not really good but I had the same problem as you and I found a solution.

Click on Start ans click on Run. Type regedit and click ok.
Go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\eml_auto_file\shell\open\command

Double click on Default in right pane and change Value Data for exactly that:
"C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\winmail.exe" /eml:%1

and click ok. That's it, enjoy ! :)

tangentjohn said:

I changed appropriate permissions and copied the windows mail folder from vista to Windows 7. It worked great and I thought all was well till I got an email with an attachment .eml. The error was the classic "windows cannot open this file.. . no program is associated" etc., message. I saved the .eml attachment to desktop, created the association to winmail.exe, and double clicked it. It opened winmail, in the same manner as though I had just clicked the short cut to winmail.exe. Without opening the .eml attachment.

I've also replaced win7's msoe.dll with Vista's, again to no avail.

Also as I'm searching around, I'm running into "wisperings" of the possible need to keep a copy of Vista functional so that I can download windows mail updates to install in windows 7.

It may just prove to be not worth the hassle. It's a shame. I LIKED O.E., settled for Windows Mail, and am disgusted with Windows Live Mail!!

Thank YOU, so VERY much! I don't have a clue how you guys figure out these Registry edit solutions. But however you do it I appreciate it. I've made many a fix thanks to someone else's genius.

No problem, bye :)

Hi Bill,
Run this reg file in attachment and it should be fine.
Bye

Thanks Dan ! Got pretty much everything working now. WinMail appears to still work well on windows 7 and has all the features that WLM does not have.. Only miner problem is if I get an email in an attachment in my winmail and go to open it I have not been able to get winmail to open it. Even after I associated .eml with winmail.. Any thoughts on that

Thanks Bill

Hi,

Check that again:
Click on Start ans click on Run. Type regedit and click ok.
Go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\eml_auto_file\shell\open\command

Double click on Default in right pane and change Value Data for exactly that:
"C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\winmail.exe" /eml:%1

It should be work. If not, make sure Windows Mail is set as default: Open Windows mail, click on Tools, Options and on General Tab, click on Make Default. Also, save an eml file, right click on that, go to "open with" click on "Choose Default Program..." and choose "windows mail", check "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and click ok.

Good luck ! :)

i have follow all your step but works only for 32bit, for 64 not works!