Archived emails

[lmclean3]

Since I started using Outlook for my emails it asks me from time to time
whether I want to archive my old messages. I say yes in the expectation that
I will be able to retrieve them if I want to. But when I click on the Archive
folder displayed in Outlook there is nothing there. Last time it asked me if
I wanted to archive my old messages I noted the address at which it said they
would be stored. When I went to this location I got a message that editing or


modifying these files could damage my system, then when I went to open the
file it said that windows needs to know what program created it. How do I get
to look at my archived emails?

Thanks