Problem opening search-ms files

Hi,
I have received photos from a Windows7 pc (via a memory stick), but I am unable to open them on my Windows Vista system as the files are in "search-ms" format. Should Vista be able to open these files, or is there a download to enable this.
Thanks.
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They are probably not photos.
They are most likely saved searches - that is, text files with a .search-ms extension.
Change the extension to .txt and see if that explains it.
-Jerry

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