Can't import email or address book from Outlook Express

I mounted a hard drive from my old (DEAD) computer.
I tried to import my email files.
I pointed Thunderbird to the folder containing all of the Outlook Express *.dbx files
It shows no files and imports nothing.
I discovered after an hour that I could drag and drop my Dave.wab address book into the Windows Contacts file, where Win7 extracted the contacts. They could then be imported into Thunderbird.

For importing the dbx files, see this page:
http://thunderbirdtweaks.blogspot.ca/2011/07/outlook-express.html

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