EML file in Windows Live Mail

I am running Win7 64bit with Windows Live Mail
I dragged an email message from my Inbox to my desktop actually creating a copy of the message onto my desktop.

In Outlooks Express in Win XP 32bit, when I did that, I had do problems.

However, on this Win7 64bit, when I double click on that icon on my desktop to open the file, it asks me what program I want to associate with the .eml file.

I chose Windows Live Mail (from the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Mail

But, all that happens is that the Windows Live Mail program opens. It does not show my acutal message.

I want to be able to do what I did before...just open the message, view it, and close it again.

Are there any fixes for this? I already know it's suppose to be Windows Live Mail and not Windows Mail.

 

I didn't have Windows Live Mail as a program listed in the Set as program default.
I didn't have .eml iin the Set file associations.
I tried to open the messages again by clicking on the file, chose Select a Program, chose Windows Live Mail and set to always use this program.
The icon changed on the desktop to a WLM icon.
But....
When I double click on the icon, WLM opens, but doesn't show me the message.
I a registry clean, but that still didn't work

 

To resolve this, contact the Windows Live Mail Technical Support Team. You can reach their Help site by referring to the link on this solution beside Windows Live Mail.

If you can’t find anything related to your issue:

1. On the Help pane, click on any topic on the left panel then wait for the page to load completely.

2. Click Get more help at the lower-right corner of the window.

3. Click Get support.

4. Complete the e-form then click Submit.

 

Halo:
back in XP, we could modify the parameters when we created an association. Example was to change the default program for a .wav to SoundRecorder. In the file associations you could modify the .wav to open SoundRecorder, and at the end of the line add /Play "%L" /close so the program would open the file, play it, then close it.
Is there a way of modifying parameters in this manner in Win7 ?

LordTon:
With all due respect, telling someone to go somewhere else and and search for help isn't a answer. A RESOLUTION is what is requested, not a location to search. That's what this forum is about...people helping people resolve issues

 

Is the reason that you only use WLM in a browser - i.e. that you have not set up a POP account to download messages to your comp? That would explain the missing file association.

 

Just to amplify what I have said above, XP came with Outlook Express preinstalled and a default file association of .eml. W7 has no default mail client installed, so no default file type of .eml. .eml will be created as and when you create a POP or IMAP account in an installed email client such as WLM or Thunderbird and you would then be able to open such files from your desktop (only you would no longer need to).

 

My computer came with Win7 and WLM installed. OE was never on here.
I don't use a browser to view my WLM, I use the client program (POP)
I checked the latest version and I do have the latest (Build 14.0.8089.0726).
Would a Repair work? If I tried that would I lose any of my settings/email messages?

Thanks for the link for the TYPES for adding to the command lines !

 

OK, this is a function of where you are located. In the EU, under an agreement with (i.e. forced by) the EU competition auhorities, Win 7 cannot be supplied with ANY pre-installed email client. Wherever you are M$ seem intent on redressing this situation by pre-installing WLM :-D

btw OE cannot be installed on Win 7 and was only ever supplied with Win 9X and XP.

Whatever, your problem is clearly down to some other cause than I suspected. Just trying to help.

 

Fix Found:
I went to Control Panel, Programs & Features, Windows Live Essentials and chose Repair.
It fixed the problem and none of my email was affected.

 

I have the latest version of MLM. Microsoft didn't install it, but it was installed when i received my computer. It was, I'm sure, installed by Dell, along with other stuff that I didn't want