Open Outlook 2003 .msg files in Outlook XP

My company has a mixture of Office 2003 and Office XP systems.
Several users of Outlook 2003 have saved emails over the years in .msg format.
When someone with Outlook XP tries to open these .msg files, they get an
error saying that they must have Outlook 2003 to open those files.

Is there any way to get Outlook XP to open these files?
I know we could open all those emails and resave them as HTM or TXT files,
but I was hoping there would be an easier/quicker method since there are alot
of these files on our network.

Any ideas/suggestions?
Is there something simple I am missing?

You probably have the Outlook settings set to
save messages in Unicode format. Look at the following:

- Select the TOOLS menu
- Select OPTIONS
- Select the OTHER tab
- Click the ADVANCED OPTIONS... button

Check to see if there is a check mark next to "Use Unicode
Message Format when saving messages". If it is check marked,
turn it off and see if this helps.

Nikki Peterson

"Anthony" <Anthony.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My company has a mixture of Office 2003 and Office XP systems.
> Several users of Outlook 2003 have saved emails over the years in .msg
> format.
> When someone with Outlook XP tries to open these .msg files, they get an
> error saying that they must have Outlook 2003 to open those files.
>
> Is there any way to get Outlook XP to open these files?
> I know we could open all those emails and resave them as HTM or TXT files,
> but I was hoping there would be an easier/quicker method since there are
> alot
> of these files on our network.
>
> Any ideas/suggestions?
> Is there something simple I am missing?