Outlook Express 6 and .msg question

[tomster2300]

Hey,

I'm trying to open some emails that were saved as .msg's for my father, but they won't open in Outlook Express 6 (which is what is on his laptop). They're saved on his external hard drive and not from another account, so importing them into Outlook doesn't work. I tried simply dragging and dropping but it only brings up a new email window with the file saved as an attachment. Right-clicking the file and telling it to open with Outlook does nothing.

Any ideas on how I can get these emails to open?

EDIT: They won't open in Windows Mail in Vista either.

[EzyStvy]

If you right click on one of them and select Open With, do you see an option to open with Outlook? (not outlook express)

[tomster2300]

Originally Posted by EzyStvy If you right click on one of them and select Open With, do you see an option to open with Outlook? (not outlook express)

No, I could only find Outlook Express, and that was by browsing for it.