Outlook 2000 problem with .msg file

Hi,

Here is my problem.

I have a file .msg on my desktop which I save from Outlook 2000.

When I open that .msg file, its opening a new email with the .msg that I was
trying to open in attachment.

How can I fix that?

Thank you very much.

"Martin L." Martin wrote in message
...

Here is my problem.

I have a file .msg on my desktop which I save from Outlook 2000.

When I open that .msg file, its opening a new email with the .msg that I was
trying to open in attachment.

How can I fix that?

Describe exactly how you saved it and how you're opening it.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

I do File Save As and the file type is MSG.

But I also tried it by drag and drop.

Those files are save on under My Documents.

I go under My Documents and I double click on the email (name.msg).

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

"Martin L." Martin wrote in message
...

Here is my problem.

I have a file .msg on my desktop which I save from Outlook 2000.

When I open that .msg file, its opening a new email with the .msg that I was
trying to open in attachment.

How can I fix that?

Describe exactly how you saved it and how you're opening it.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Martin L." wrote in message
...

I do File Save As and the file type is MSG.

But I also tried it by drag and drop.

Those files are save on under My Documents.

I go under My Documents and I double click on the email (name.msg).

If you drag it back into Outlook, does it look correct?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Yes its correct. But I need to open without having to drag it to my Outlook.

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

"Martin L." wrote in message
...

I do File Save As and the file type is MSG.

But I also tried it by drag and drop.

Those files are save on under My Documents.

I go under My Documents and I double click on the email (name.msg).

If you drag it back into Outlook, does it look correct?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Martin L." wrote in message
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Yes its correct. But I need to open without having to drag it to my
Outlook.


Only Outlook can open a msg file AFAIK......if you want to open it outside
of Outlook then you need to convert it to a different format...

On My personnal PC, if a save an email by doing File Save As and then I
save it a Message Format .MSG on my desktop for exemple.

Then, I double click on the email on my desktop(that I just save as an .msg
file) and its open correctly.

But, on the PC where I'm having the problem, if I do the same process its
not working. If a double-click on the email (that I just save as .msg file)
its opening a new email with the email that I just save as an attachment.



"Gordon" wrote:


"Martin L." wrote in message
...
Yes its correct. But I need to open without having to drag it to my
Outlook.


Only Outlook can open a msg file AFAIK......if you want to open it outside
of Outlook then you need to convert it to a different format...

"Martin L." wrote in message
...
On My personnal PC, if a save an email by doing File Save As and then I
save it a Message Format .MSG on my desktop for exemple.

Then, I double click on the email on my desktop(that I just save as an
.msg
file) and its open correctly.

But, on the PC where I'm having the problem, if I do the same process its
not working. If a double-click on the email (that I just save as .msg
file)
its opening a new email with the email that I just save as an attachment.


A bit of lateral thinking here - as a msg file can ONLY be opened in
Outlook, what purpose have you got in mind by storing them outside of
Outlook in the first place?

"Gordon" wrote:


"Martin L." wrote in message
...
On My personnal PC, if a save an email by doing File Save As and then I
save it a Message Format .MSG on my desktop for exemple.

Then, I double click on the email on my desktop(that I just save as an
.msg
file) and its open correctly.

But, on the PC where I'm having the problem, if I do the same process its
not working. If a double-click on the email (that I just save as .msg
file)
its opening a new email with the email that I just save as an attachment.


A bit of lateral thinking here - as a msg file can ONLY be opened in
Outlook, what purpose have you got in mind by storing them outside of
Outlook in the first place?



The MSG is opening with Outlook, which is OK I'm not trying to open it
another software.

We need to store them outside of Outlook, because we have limited space and
need to save it somewhere, because some of them are old or too big.

But it should work, because its working with all the PC that I test.

Only on one. When I doublec-lick on the MSG, its should open as an
email(with all the Outlook option), but for the PC only, its opening as a NEW
email with my msg as an attachment. Its maybe an option somewhere, but I
cannot find it.

R-click on the file, select Open With, Choose Program, tick the box by
"Always use the selected program..........", then select Outlook as the
Program, and click OK.

Martin L. wrote:

Yes its correct. But I need to open without having to drag it to my Outlook.

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:


"Martin L." wrote in message
...


I do File Save As and the file type is MSG.

But I also tried it by drag and drop.

Those files are save on under My Documents.

I go under My Documents and I double click on the email (name.msg).

If you drag it back into Outlook, does it look correct?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]