Problem with outlook e-mail saved as .msg files

[Wayne]

Running Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (11.8002.6568) SP2

If I drag an e-mail from my inbox to my desktop or to a network share
and then close outlook, I can then immediately double-click the .msg
file and it will re-open in outlook. However, after an undetermined
amount of time (I have some that 2 weeks old, some older), if I
double-click on those .msg files, I get the error message:

"Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook"

If I open outlook first, then double-click on one of the .msg files, I
get:

"The operation failed. An object could not be found."

If the .msg is only a few hours old, it opens with no problem. How do
I correct this, or what is causing it to happen?

Thanks

 

[eriq.vanbibber]

MSG Files:

Priasoft has several MSG related products. http://www.priasoft.com

In particular, they have a MSG file parsing library that gives
developers access to all the properties of a .msg file, without
outlook.

They also have an export library that works with the MSG library for
exporting msg files to other formats, like PDF, TIF, and HTML.

For PST files, they have a couple of command line tools that allow
extraction of messages to MSG, again without requiring outlook, and it
supports both ANSI and UNICODE pst files. There is also the reverse, a
MSG to PST utility.

They also have a viewer product that looks very similar to outlook
2003 with regards to the User Interface. The viewer can view, search,
print, and export msg files.

Of recent they released a MSG to XML converter tool. I think the like
is http://www.priasoft.com/downloads/msg/installmsg2xml.exe

Lastly, they just release a free ViewOnly viewer here:
http://www.priasoft.com/msgview.exe




Regards,
the MSG Guru, Eriq VanBibber

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