Which program to open the EML-format?

The format of the EML file is an e-mail message received by the e-mail client, and then sent to another addressee. It can contain both plain text, and photos, archives, videos or other attachments.

If you are sent a file that has an EML-format, and you do not know how to open it, then this article will help you with this. Here you will find some simple methods, both with the use of special programs, and without them.

Outlook Express

In fact, the EML-format is a "native" extension of the Outlook Express client, which by default is built into the Windows operating system. Even if you for some reason deleted it, it can be fixed at any time. For this:

1. Go to the "Control Panel".
2. Open the "Programs and Features" section.
3. Now in the menu on the left, click the line "Enable or disable Windows components".
4. Find the Outlook Express application in the general list and tick off the box next to it.
5. Wait until the installation is complete.

Now you can open the EML-format by double clicking the left mouse button. If you are unable to do this, try clicking the file with the left mouse button, then "Open with" and select Outlook Express from the pop-up list.

Free EML Reader

An alternative to the standard Windows mail client is the very useful Free EML Reader application. A huge plus of this program is that it is distributed free of charge and by some possibilities surpasses all its analogues.

You can download Free EML Reader directly from the official website, so you should not cause any difficulties with this procedure. To open the EML-format in this program, do the following:

1. Launch the application.
2. Click the "Search" button located in the upper right corner of the main program menu.
3. Specify the path to the folder containing the .eml file and click OK.
4. Wait until the end of the operation.

By the way, with the help of Free EML Reader you can open several files at once, which is very convenient.

Alternative methods

If you do not want to install any programs, then the file with the EML format can be opened and standard operating system tools. To do this, the first thing to do is to enable the display of extensions. This is done like this:

1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Find the "Folder Options" section and open it.
3. Click on the "View" tab, scroll down and uncheck "Hide extensions".
4. Click "OK" and confirm the changes.

Now you need to right-click on the file you need and rename it, changing the extension from EML to another. Here you have two options:

• Change the file extension to MHT. After that you can open it with any browser.
• If you change the extension to TXT, then you can use the usual Notepad to open the file.

Keep in mind that in the second case, you may experience display problems if the EML file contains images or video.