AOL personal filing cabinet lost

[giraffe]

PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME .
I HAVE AMERICA ON LINE.  MY EMAILS I HAVE ALWAYS "SAVED ON MY PC " WHEN I USE THE AOL.
I HAVE LOST ALL MY PERSONAL FILING CABINET, SO NOW ALL MY MAIL IS GONE SINCE 2001.
I DO A SEARCH UNDER MY SCREEN NAME AND DO THIER STEPS OF COPYING AND PASTING TO THE ORGANIZE FOLDER BUT NO LUCK.

HERE IS THE QUESTION, IS THERE A WAY TO FIND ALL MY EMAILS ON MY HARD DRIVE AND READ THEM WITHOUT USING AOL. IN OTHER WORDS CAN I READ THEM USING SOME METHOD WITHOUT USING AOL TO OPEN THEM?
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME USING THIS FORUM I HAVE JUST JOINED.
I HOPE THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE WHO CAN HELP ME, I AM FRANTIC ABOUT MY MAIL BEING GONE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

[patio]

What happened to the capslock button ? ?

[CBMatt]

What version of AOL do you have?  9.0?

In 9.0, saved e-mails are typically kept in the C:\Program Files\America Online 9.0\organize folder.  There should be a file with the same name as your username.  It has no extension (such as .txt or .exe).

If that folder isn't found, there may be a Shortcut to organize folder, which should lead to a folder with a name like C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AOL\C_America Online 9.0\organize.

If you still can't find the file, you can open up the Windows search function and perform a search for you AOL username.  This will hopefully yield a few results.

If you find your e-mail file, I don't know of any programs that allow you to view the contents.  You can use a text editor such as Notepad, but it's not very reliable/accurate.  But at least you can have the comfort of knowing that your e-mails weren't lost and that they can at least still be viewed with AOL.