Are you looking for a safe and secure way to access/open MSG files without Outlook? This is the right place where you get the solution. In this blog, we have written an automated method to access/open MSG file without Outlook.
Overview
MSG file is an Outlook file used to store emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, etc. It stores email messages with complete details and attachments.
What happens when Outlook is not installed on your computer and you want to open MSG files on your system? Don’t worry there is an automated method available to open and view MSG files on the Windows operating system.
Also Read: How to Convert MSG to MBOX Files in Bulk Without Outlook?
Automated method to open MSG files without Outlook on Windows
The automated method to open MSG files without Outlook on Windows without an email client is to use eSoftTools MSG Viewer Software. With the help of this software, you can open MSG file without Outlook installed on your system. This software allows you to read emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, etc of MSG files of Outlook. It allows to read both Unicode and ANSI MSG files of Outlook.
Key features
- It allows you to open and view MSG files emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, etc without Outlook
- It allows the addition of single and bulk MSG files in the software at a time.
- It allows to preview of MSG emails with complete information such as To, cc, bcc, subject, and date.
- It has a graphical user interface that can be accessed by anyone with or without a technical background.
- In the above editions of this software like MSG Viewer Pro, you can convert MSG to 10+ other file formats such as MSG, MBOX, PST, HTML, MHTML, vCard, ICS, etc.
- In MSG Viewer Pro+ you can migrate MSG files to cloud-based applications such as Office 365, Outlook.com, Gmail, YahooMail, IMAP, etc.
- It is compatible with all editions of Windows operating systems such as Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, XP, Vista, and earlier versions.
Steps to open MSG files without Outlook
- Download and install eSoftTools Free MSG Viewer software on your system.
- Click on the Select MSG file/folder button in the above menu bar.

- Choose the file-adding mode from the two options-
- Folder Mode: Add a complete MSG folder containing MSG files and subfolders.
- File Mode: You can add a single MSG file to view its content at a time.

- You can preview the files/folders of the MSG file in the preview panel in the tree structure and select the files to view in the preview panel.

- Click on each email and get a preview of the email and its attachments in the preview panel.
Conclusion
In this blog, we have described an automated method by which you can read and view MSG files without Outlook in the eSoftTools Free MSG Viewer software. In the demo version of above editions of MSG Viewer software, you can load and convert 25 MSG files in the software. After then if you like the software you can purchase the software.
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