"marty" <mcdv1946@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On May 21, 12:55 pm, newbee <new...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 2008Hi all,
>>
>> I have been using Family Tree Maker 8, and I down loaded FTM 2008
>> version to try. I opened my FTM 8 version file on 2008, I did not
>> like
>> its new format. But when I tried to open my file in my old version,
>> its saying I need to upgrade to the latest one. Which I do not
>> want.
>> I am more familiar and like the old format.
>>
>> How can I go back to opening in Version 8.
>
> FTM 2008 uses the file extension .ftmb
> My previous version of Family TreeMaker is version 16. It uses file
> extension .ftw and is located in a different folder. What file
> extension does FTM 8 use? You need to do a search of your computer
> for
> whatever the file extension for FTM 8 is. For version 16, I would do
> my search using *.ftw and that would locate all my various FTM 16
> files.
>
> Hope you find your file.
I'm out of the hobby now but FTM did the exact same thing to me. I
installed the new version (2?) and it wouldn't recognize the files
from ver.1. You could not even ged-com your way out of it ( even
though you would loose all your notes, comments, etc.) That's why no
more no more FTM for me - ever.
I got the original back by doing a system restore to before I got my
hands on ver.2.
That's when I said 'screw it'. If you cannot even update with the same
product it all seemed like a waste of time.
But now everything is computerized so it takes a lot less effort that
sitting in those hard chairs at the LSD library :)
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