I just reloaded my system, and I had compacted all of my emails, and backed them up, and then loaded them into my Outlook Express 6 account, so I could have them...well as it turns out I cannot read my old messages..or my new messages that come in as well...and to register for this site... I had to go to the "forward" option and open this as a word pad file... but anyway... I cannot open any of my new or old mail...please help.