Vista - Opening .eml attachments

I have a new system (Win 7 Pro 64 bit) with no Outlook or OE. When I try to
open an .eml attachment in Win Live Mail, I get an error message: no program
to open attachment. Any suggestions on where to find a free download that
will allow me to open .eml attacments? thanks
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Russ D

It is possible to install Outlook (part of the Office suite of
programs) on a Win 7 machine.

Otherwise, Microsoft promote the free program, Windows Live Mail,
as a successor to Outlook Express. It seems that you are using
WLMail already. WLMail should be able to open EML files.

One workaround might be to save the EML file to a location on
your computer (such as your desktop). Then, open WLMail and drag
and drop the EML file into a storage folder in WLMail (from
where, you should be able to open it).

However, you really need to configure the file type association
for EML files.

1. I have not used Win 7, so I cannot advise upon detailed
procedures. However, a Google search led me to
http://vista.blorge.com/2009/10/26/h...s-in-windows-7.

2. Once you have changed the EML file type association to
WLMail, I also recommend you open Internet Explorer 8. Then,
click on Tools / Internet Options and select the Programs tab.
Specify Windows Live Mail as the default EMail program.


"Russ D" <RussD@newsgroup> wrote in message
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Wint 7, same as Vista..
Control Panel/Default Programs/Set Your Default Programs/Select Windows Live Mail/
- click SEt this program as Default
To Verify(same screen) - Click 'Choose defaults for this program'. Verify that the *.eml item is checked

Then Verify that *.eml is checked on the file types tab.

IE8 has a 'Set Programs' option that will load the above applet.
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...winston
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