I receive an error message when trying to import messages archived on computer

[Deanna Andrews]

I had to update and reinstall a new operating system due
to computer failure. I re-setup Outlook Express and
found the file that supposedly has the data from my old
email where there is an .mbx and .idx extension for each
file name. However, when I try to import I follow the
following steps and get the following error message:
1. Open Outlook Express
2. Choose Import for the first pull down menu
3. Choose Outlook Express 6.0 (my previous and current
version)
4. Select Browse to find the specific location
5. Select the mail file and hit the next button

Error Message Received: No messages can be found in this
folder or another application is running that has the
files open. Please select another folder or try closing
applications that may have files open.

First, the file size for the inbox alone is 7275 KB so I
know there is some data in there and second I've closed
all applications other than Outlook Express and still
can't get it to open.

Any suggestions?

 

[Roady]

Ask in an Outlook Express forum. This is an Microsoft Office Outlook forum.

Outlook Express is family of Internet Explorer and Outlook of the Office
family.

Here is the link for the right forum
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer

Good Luck!