Complete Intro About EML Files – What They Are And Where EML File Is Located

EML is a single message file containing a message, email headers, etc. These files are used to store data by various email clients like Windows Live Mail, Outlook Express, Thunderbird, and others. Not only by installing these email clients, you can open EML files but there are several other ways to open EML files and view their content.

Along with the ways to open EML files, we will also answer various questions like ''what is the location Windows Live Mail files?'' "How to open EML files when Windows Live Mail is not installed" and others. So, let's get started.

Identify and locate Windows Live Mail emails

If you are using Windows Live Mail, your emails might have stored in this location –

C:\Users\yourlogonname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail

To identify the location of Windows Live Mail, follow the steps discussed below –

1. Open Windows Live Mail and select Tools/Options from Windows Live Mail toolbar. The following options are displayed.
   
   
2. Now, click on Advanced tab and click onMaintenance button.
   
   
3. Under maintenance box, click Store folder.
   
   
4. The following box with store folder is displayed as show below.
   
   

In Windows Live Mail location, you can find the folders for all users configured in Windows Live Mail. Having the location of your Windows Live Mail, you can view Windows Live Mail emails (i.e. EML files)

How to open EML files without Windows Live Mail?

When you don't have Windows Live Mail or any EML supporting email client to open EML files, it becomes tough to view the content of EML files. You can use Softaken EML Viewer. Before knowing more about the software, let us focus on the scenarios you need to have this software.

1. When you have an orphaned EML file and no email platform to open the content of EML files.
2. When you want to open EML files and have a supported email client but don't have internet connectivity.
3. When users are finding a solution complex to open EML files, they can use free EML Viewer.

With the help of EML Viewer, one can easily read and access EML files without Windows Live Mail or another supported email client with you. The software opens EML files in three simple steps –

1. Launch Free EML Viewer Tool.
2. Browse required EML files that you want to open.
3. You will get EML files opened on the software panel once they are scanned by the software.

Final Words

With this blog, all your answers regarding what is EML file, where the EML file is located, etc. are explained. Once you find the answers to these questions, you can view EML files using freeware EML Viewer which will view EML files with attachments.