How do I access email in Outlook Express from Excel?

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The answer is...

by fwang · 14 years ago In reply to How do I access email in ...

1) Find the full name of your Outlook Express, default will be:
C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe

2) In Excel, select the cell you want to create the URL, select Insert Hyperlink
Text to display: Outlook Express (or anything you want)
Address: C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe (or your outlook express address if different from the default)

3) Click "OK"

When you click the link, it may give you some security warning if you are using Excel 2003.

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Progress, but not quite what I want.

by kmcdmc · 14 years ago In reply to The answer is...

Creating a hyperlink to msimn.exe allows me to open Outlook Express from Excel just like I normally would from desktop. What I really want to do is open Outlook Express and have it open a specific email message which I have saved in a specific folder in my collection of dbx files. Is there any way to do this? If I can't get a specific message, just getting it to open in the folder would be helpful.

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