can't open .email files

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can anyone tell me how to enable .email files in windows mail on a vist home
premiun system.
 
An .EMAIL file is an alternate file extension for an .EML file. One option
is to save the attachment, then rename with an .EML file name. Another is
to create a file association for .EMAIL files. Use folder Options to create
a new File Type for .EMAIL and duplicate the settings listed for .EML files.

Hal
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Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com
 
An .EMAIL file is an alternate file extension for an .EML file. One option
is to save the attachment, then rename with an .EML file name, as you've
discovered. Another is to create a file association for .EMAIL files. Save
the .EMAIL attachment to your desktop, Shift-right click it and choose 'open
with'. Choose WinMail and check the box for always use this program. This
adds the .EMAIL file type and associates it with Windows Mail.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com
 
Yes, so I notice. The problem is fixable, however. I found a free third
party File Association editor here:

http://www.primalscript.com/Free_Tools/index.asp
Free Tools for Scripting

The editor is called "FileTypes". With it, I examined the .EMAIL
association created with the method I described in my first post and found
thee "Open" verb to read:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\winmail.exe" "%1"

By changing this to read:

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

I got the result I wanted, double clicking an .EMAIL file opens the message,
not the program. I don't understand why the file association editing
features wwerre removed from Vista, but this free editor works well.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com
 
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