Can't open emails saved as msg format on Laptop

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I used to save some emails as Outlook Message Format (.msg), and I never have
any problem opening them from Outlook 2003 SP2, on my old computer running
Windows 2000 Professional.
I can't open those saved msg files now on a laptop running Windows XP, from
Outlook 2003, even after I updated it to SP3. When I clicked on the msg file,
I saw the Outlook icon blink, but nothing happened. Please help.
 
G

gjersy

I am having the same exact problem on my laptop. I can't open emails that I
have saved to a different location in the .msp format. I am also using
Outlook 2003 SP2.
 
B

Brian Tillman

gjersy said:
I am having the same exact problem on my laptop. I can't open emails
that I have saved to a different location in the .msp format. I am
also using Outlook 2003 SP2.
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Are you using Google Desktop Search? That's known to cause the symptom you
see.
 
J

jeanjasons

Are you using Google Desktop Search? That's known to cause the symptom you
see.
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Better use Microsoft Desktop Search.. This indexes msg files realy
good, much better than GDS.
And we have no problems opening one of my 30.000 msg files at all..
 

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