I like to save messages pertaining to bills paid (regular and on-line
purchases) in special folders. I've never had a problem until recently --
just select the e-mail, File-Save As and a small screen would open to allow
saving and browsing to the desired location. I could save it as a "eml" file
in a folder. I've done this for years, archiving certain e-mail files with
no difficulty opening them later.

Lately, when I click on Save As.. the screen opens up to the maximum screen
without any minimizing icon available. That means I can't view the e-mail I
want to save and elicit the necessary info to describe the file. I can't
find any entry in the menus that will correct this. Also found it hard to
describe a short Google description that would produce usable results. Is
this some fault in the registry that opens the screen like this? I don't
have this "save as" problem with any other program (Word, WordPad,
WordPerfect, etc.); only Windows Mail and it's a relatively new problem.

My interim solution is to drag the file to the desired location and then
rename it. Would appreciate any advice. Thanks

Please disregard... I kept working and exploring and found the solution by
accident. I clicked on the icon at the upper left of the maximized screen
and on the context menu there was a choice to "restore" -- clicking on that
reduced the window to the previously known size. Have no idea how this
changed in the first place!


"Gene Hora" <geneho@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ePVyjI7jJHA.1252@xxxxxx

>I like to save messages pertaining to bills paid (regular and on-line
>purchases) in special folders. I've never had a problem until recently --
>just select the e-mail, File-Save As and a small screen would open to allow
>saving and browsing to the desired location. I could save it as a "eml"
>file in a folder. I've done this for years, archiving certain e-mail files
>with no difficulty opening them later.
>
> Lately, when I click on Save As.. the screen opens up to the maximum
> screen without any minimizing icon available. That means I can't view the
> e-mail I want to save and elicit the necessary info to describe the file.
> I can't find any entry in the menus that will correct this. Also found it
> hard to describe a short Google description that would produce usable
> results. Is this some fault in the registry that opens the screen like
> this? I don't have this "save as" problem with any other program (Word,
> WordPad, WordPerfect, etc.); only Windows Mail and it's a relatively new
> problem.
>
> My interim solution is to drag the file to the desired location and then
> rename it. Would appreciate any advice. Thanks

Thanks for reporting back.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Gene Hora" <geneho@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uSOird8jJHA.3760@xxxxxx

> Please disregard... I kept working and exploring and found the solution by
> accident. I clicked on the icon at the upper left of the maximized screen
> and on the context menu there was a choice to "restore" -- clicking on that
> reduced the window to the previously known size. Have no idea how this
> changed in the first place!
>
>
> "Gene Hora" <geneho@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ePVyjI7jJHA.1252@xxxxxx

>>I like to save messages pertaining to bills paid (regular and on-line
>>purchases) in special folders. I've never had a problem until recently --
>>just select the e-mail, File-Save As and a small screen would open to allow
>>saving and browsing to the desired location. I could save it as a "eml"
>>file in a folder. I've done this for years, archiving certain e-mail files
>>with no difficulty opening them later.
>>
>> Lately, when I click on Save As.. the screen opens up to the maximum
>> screen without any minimizing icon available. That means I can't view the
>> e-mail I want to save and elicit the necessary info to describe the file.
>> I can't find any entry in the menus that will correct this. Also found it
>> hard to describe a short Google description that would produce usable
>> results. Is this some fault in the registry that opens the screen like
>> this? I don't have this "save as" problem with any other program (Word,
>> WordPad, WordPerfect, etc.); only Windows Mail and it's a relatively new
>> problem.
>>
>> My interim solution is to drag the file to the desired location and then
>> rename it. Would appreciate any advice. Thanks

>