alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .EML

File description

EML extension is used by Microsoft Outlook to save email messages. This format is also used by many other applications.

This file is saved using MIME RFC 822 standard. The email is saved in this file as plain text file. The data stored in EML file can be in the form of ASCII text. The general structure of email file includes header, body and attachments if any. In order to read the content in this file the user needs email application. The other method to access the data is to change the file format to MHT so that web browser can open that file.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .EML file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .EML extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .EML file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.

Solution

From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .EML file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.

Other possible reasons why your .EML file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .EML file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .EML file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .EML file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .EML file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

Right-click the .EML file
Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
Locate the appropriate application
Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.