Opening Saved Outlook MSGs on Computers Without Outlook

[Guest]

Hello,

I recently had to hand in my laptop for repair and saved a handful of draft
Outlook messages onto a memory stick as I had wanted to send them off while
my laptop was in the shop. The emails are saved as "Outlook Items". The
problem is that now that I am trying to open them on my desktop at home
(which does not have Outlook configured on it) I am unable to do so. I even
tried opening them with other applications (i.e. Explorer, Word, Notepad) and
that us proving unsuccessful. What Can I do?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Install Outlook. That's the program that .msg files are designed to open with.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Sue,

Thanks for the note. I DO have Outlook installed on my desktop at home but
when I try to open the emails, I still receive an error message. The Outlook
on my desktop is, however, NOT configured - could that be the problem?
Thanks...

Amit

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Yes, even without having any idea what you mean by not configured, I'd say that until you can run Outlook without error, you're going to get errors opening .msg files.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers