You cannot do that Kathleen. However I am unable to tell you what to do. It is something which interests me but I think very complex to do. I think you have to archive the Outlook Express folders. They will then not be in a format which allows you to read individual e-mails. It is more for backing up purposes. However a long winded way forward may be to make folders in My Documents with the names you require and then save all the e-mails in those folders in My Documents and then you can copy and paste to your memory stick. However be aware that if you do this each e-mail will display in the folders in a similar way to your list of files and you will not have the layout in your folder like you currently have in Outlook Express where the e-mails are in date order and say who they are from. Eleanor now in London following Volcanic Ash Grounding -original message- Subject: [vip_students] saving files & folders to memory stick From: "Kathleen Doyle" <ktdoyle@xxxxxx> Date: 01/05/2010 2:43 pm Hi to all on the list. I hope someone can help with the following problem. I am endeavouring to save files & folders from my computer on to a memory stick. I have succeeded in copying and pasting files from "my documents" to a folder I have created on the memory stick, but am not having the same success with files from a number of folders I have saved in Outlook Express. I am selecting all the files in each folder but don't seem to be able to copy and paste them into the new folders on the memory stick. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Kathleen Doyle.