Force WLM to Open *.eml Attachments

For some reason, e-mail received in WLM with a forwarded e-mail attachment
(*.eml) opens the attachment in Outlook Express.

Is there a way to have WLM open these attachments natively, and not use
Outlook Express?

I tried changing the File Association for *.eml from Outlook Express to WLM;
however, when I double click an attachment nothing happens, as in WLM will
not open it.

Any help is appreciated.

"Shawn Sheridan" <shawn_sheridan@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Looks like you have OE still as the default mail client?
That's odd because I find WLMail even more tenacious than OE.


If you would like to have WLMail as the default mail client instead
One way to change it might be to use the Add/Remove Programs
Control Panel applet and its Set Program Access and Defaults tool.

That probably didn't give the correct command line parameters
for the Open Action.

<cmd_output OS="XPsp2">
F:\>assoc .eml
..eml=Microsoft Internet Mail Message

F:\>ftype "Microsoft Internet Mail Message"
File type '"Microsoft Internet Mail' not found or no open command associated with it.

F:\>ftype | find /i "mail"
contact_vcard_file="F:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /VCard %1
mailto="%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /mailurl:%1
Microsoft Internet Mail Message="F:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /eml:%1
Microsoft Internet News Message="F:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /nws:%1
Windows Live Contact="F:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /contact:%1
Windows Live Group="F:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /group:%1
</cmd_output>

In spite of the bug with the ftype command and the stated
filetype name I think that the filtered list may be more what
you are looking for anyway.

See what you get when you try that last command
both before and after you use the Set Program... tool?


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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Well, actually my default e-mail client is Outlook 2007. Surely there is a
fix for this.

"Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Shawn Sheridan" <shawn_sheridan@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Did you try using my suggestions?


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Robert,

Somehow I missed your suggestions.

To clarify, Outlook 2007 is my default e-mail client, and I do not want to
change that, as this is a corporate laptop configured for domain use.

That said, when I do launch WLM, and I have an e-mail with an *.eml
attachment, I expect WLM to open the attachment, not OE. In summary, I have
no use whatsoever for OE.

Now, Under program Access Defaults; Microsoft Windows; E-mail Program:, the
only two choices are Microsoft Office Outlook and Outlook Express. WLM is
not listed as a choice and it is set for Outlook 2007.

As for the command line commands, here is what was returned:

C:\Documents and Settings\ss09546>assoc.eml
..eml=Microsoft Internet Mail Message

C:\Documents and Settings\ss09546>ftype "Microsoft Internet Mail Message"
File type '"Microsoft Internet Mail' not found or no open command associated
with it.

C:\Documents and Settings\ss09546>ftype | find /i "mail"
mailto="C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE" -c IPM.Note /m "%1"
Microsoft Internet Mail Message="%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msimn.exe"
/eml:%1
news="C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /newsurl:"%1"
nntp="C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /newsurl:"%1"
Outlook.URL.mailto="C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE" -c IPM.Note
/m "%1"
snews="C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /newsurl:"%1"
Static Windows Live Mail Backup Archive="C:\Program Files\Windows Live Mail
Backup\WinLiveMailBak.exe" "%1"
Windows Live Contact="C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe"
/contact:%1
Windows Live Group="C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /group:%1
WinZipCompanion.RegFile=rundll32 "C:\Program Files\WinZip E-Mail
Companion\wzofcsvc.dll",mureg "%1"

This doesn't mean much to me as a novice; however, it would seem that the
following line:

Microsoft Internet Mail Message="%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msimn.exe"
/eml:%1

Should be:

Microsoft Internet Mail Message="%ProgramFiles%\Windows
Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /eml:%1

If that's the case though, I do not know how to set it as such.

Thanks for your help.

Shawn





"Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Robert,

Based on my last e-mail below, I changed the following Registry Key, and it
corrected the problem:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Microsoft Internet Mail
Message\shell\open\command
"%ProgramFiles%\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe" /eml:%1

It was set for OE before I changed it to WLM. Now it works properly.

Thanks for your help.

Shawn



"Shawn Sheridan" <shawn_sheridan@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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