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Eml Viewer Lite for .eml File Management

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EmlViewer Pro email viewer.

EML Viewer Lite is a Windows email viewer that opens .eml, .msg, .pst, .msg and .mht files.

You can use EML Viewer Lite (which is also marketed as Pst Viewer Lite) to open an individual .eml file, or a directory filled with thousands of .eml files.

EML Viewer Lite will render your .eml email files in full HTML format, or as text.

Email file attachments are accessible through EML Viewer Lite. Open file attachments by clicking on them, drag and drop them to your desktop, or right lick on them and save them to to your hard drive.

If you click on an .eml file in the email list, it will render in the viewing pane. Double click on the email in the list to open it in a full screen view.

Individual .EML files may be printed or converted to other formats such as PDF, Outlook .msg, .mht, .jpg, .gif, .tif, and others.

.EML Viewer Lite Toolbar

The EML Viewer Lite toolbar puts several important functions within convenient reach. Click the folder icon to select the location of your .eml or .msg files.

A print function let you print a copy of any .eml file with a single click.

Reply, Reply All, and Forward functions let you answer email messages using your existing email client software.

The spyglass icon provides a powerful search function so that you can search through directories of .eml files, filtering the results by advanced search criteria.

Searching .eml files with the search window.

Search .eml files

EML Viewer Lite’s Menus

File Menu Options

The File menu’s Settings option lets users select different language menus, including English, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Spanish, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, and Arabic.

The Associations option allows users to associate Eml Viewer Lite with different file types, such as .eml, .mht, .mhtml, .msg, .pst, and .ost. It’s very simple to change your Windows file settings at any time by just checking the appropriate boxes.

Email file associations.

Moving on to EML Viewer Lite’s View menu, there are several useful options that control how the software functions. Selecting “Use plain text body” will put EML Viewer Pro into text mode. All emails will only be shown as text, rather than html.

Other functions can be used to turn parts of the software on or off. For example, you can remove the explorer tree or favorites tree windows from the user interface of Eml Viewer Lite.

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Check for Updates

The Help menu provides access to EML Viewer Lite’s Help file.

Start Logging will force the logging function on, creating a text log file. This function allows our support team to understand any issues that you experience.

Check for updates will check our server to see if a newer version of EML Viewer Lite is available for you to download.

Update Settings allows you to configure an automatic update check.

Selecting “About” will reveal the exact version number and build of your EML Viewer Lite software.

Advanced .EML Viewer Properties

EML Viewer Lite has functions for advanced users.

System administrators can silently install EML Viewer Lite to all users, providing serial key registration on the command line.

With .EML Viewer Lite, you can view the message transport header of email that has been sent over the internet. This is often very useful when it is necessary to determine the validity or originator of a .eml file.

Email transport header displayed as text in a viewing window.

View the message transport header of a .eml file

For Outlook .msg files, you can view a complete list of MAPI properties with EML Viewer Lite.

The values of MAPI property fields are displayed for an Outlook .msg file.

View MAPI Properties of an .msg file

Installing EML Viewer Lite.

Installing EML Viewer Lite is a very straightfoward experience. We will walk you through the installation process during the remainder of this article.

First, download a free trial of EML Viewer Lite (also marketed as Pst Viewer Lite). Open the .zip file, and then click on the .exe file to begin the installer.

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Welcome to the installation Wizard

Eml Viewer Lite EULA

Installation Process Begins

Installation of Eml Viewer Lite is completed.

Eml Viewer Lite Installation Completes

Enterprise deployment of Eml Viewer Lite

Eml Viewer Lite installation files support all msiexec command-line options. For importing profiles via command line, please see the Profile deployment topic in the .Eml viewer lite Help file.

msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter]

Install Options

</package | /i> <Product.msi>

Installs or configures a product

/a <Product.msi>

Administrative install – Installs a product on the network

/j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>]
</uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode>

/quiet
Quiet mode, no user interaction

/passive

Unattended mode – progress bar only

/uninstall <PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode>

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Outlook Express logo.

Microsoft Outlook Express was (and still is) a very popular free email client distributed Microsoft Windows operating systems from Windows 98 though XP. As of this writing, despite its age Windows XP remains the most widely used desktop operating system on planet earth (according to Hitslink, in May 2012, XP had 44% of the Windows market share, compared to Windows 7’s 40.5%).

Despite its age, there are still millions of people using Outlook Express, even though has been replaced in the Windows Vista operating system with Windows Mail, which in turn was replaced by Windows Live Mail in Windows 7.

Outlook Express stores email messages and newsgroups in .DBX files, which reside in the Store folder on your hard drive.

The store folder can be located by starting Outlook Express and then selecting Tools>Options>Maintenance.

Outlook Express will create a separate .DBX file for each email inbox and newsgroup. For example, Inbox.dbx indicates the incoming mail folder.

A DBX file is a complex database, and it can’t be opened simply by double clicking on it. It is a compilation of many individual email records and file attachments and should be imported into another application that has the specialized ability to read MBX files. The MBX file structure is a proprietary Microsoft invention, and there have been attempts over the years to decode it.

If you need to open a MBX files without Outlook Express you will require a viewer or some other specialized software, such as DBXAnalyzer by DI Management, capable of parsing the DBX file structure revealing its contents.

Outlook Express DBX files have been notorious over the years for becoming corrupted during compaction, or if the size of the file becomes too great. This problem was so common that it has driven a large market for Outlook Express email recovery software.

Outlook Express does not support encryption of the DBX file, although it does support password protection. Many users erroneously believe that adding a password to an Outlook Express DBX file also provides encryption.

While many people have moved on from Outlook Express to Windows Mail or Outlook, there are still millions who rely on this aging email client. Even as Outlook Express is eventually retired with Microsoft XP, the ability to decode DBX files will still be necessary in order to retain a record of email communication, making .DBX file viewers a useful addition to your app portfolio.

Author: Support Team

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