Which program to open the EML format?

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

If you were 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. Several simple methods will be presented here, both with the use of special programs and without them.

Outlook express

In fact, the EML format is the "native" extension of the Outlook Express client, which is built into the Windows operating system by default. Even if you delete it for some reason, 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 check the box next to it.
5. Wait for the installation to complete.

Now you can open the EML format by double-clicking the left mouse button. If you are unable to do this, try clicking on 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 surpasses all its analogues in some features.

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

1. Launch the app.
2. Click the “Search” button located in the upper right corner of the main menu of the program.
3. Specify the path to the folder containing the .eml file and click OK.
4. Wait for the operation to complete.

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 using standard means of the operating system. To do this, the first thing you need to do is 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. Go to the "View" tab, scroll down and remove the checkmark from the "Hide extensions" line.
4. Click “OK” and confirm the changes.

Now you need to right-click on the file you need and rename it, thus 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, display problems may occur if the EML file contained pictures or videos.