Echo, First, I would uninstall FTM by going into Control Panel then Add/Remove programs. Then I would make a backup of my Windows registry and then go into the Windows Registry and remove anything in any of the folders within the registry that are obviously FTM. Just be careful. If there is any doubt as to whether the entry is associated with FTM, then leave it alone. Sounds like FTM is almost as bad as a virus. Allan Plucinik Colorado Springs, CO Echo Zornes wrote: > > Thank you for your reply. No I am not using Windows Explorer to > double-click on the gedcom file. I went to FO and opened it up, made a new > database, went to Menu, then File, then Gedcom and Import Gedcom. I clicked > on Import Gedcom and up pops FTM and the gedcom goes in there. Am trying > to find the way to fix FO to be the default and one of these days I'm going > to remove FTM altogether. It has 8-10 gedcoms on it that got there the > same way. > > Thanks Allan. > Echo >

Please do yourself a favor...DO NOT GO INTO THE WINDOWS REGISTRY! You can cause more problems if you do that. If you don't know what you are doing specifically...then don't even attempt it. I go into the registry on rare occasions...and I am a very experienced user! Follow the directions to change file type recognition. That will work. As for FTM opening gedcoms if you do that again within windows...this is no special thing that FTM does. If you change the Internet Browser that you use, or the word processing program you use...you will have the same problems for a while. You are essentially teaching your computer what program that you like to open certain file types. If you really want to protect yourself...back up your data frequently...if your computer has problems with Windows or whatever, you won't lose too much if you have to reformat. That is why you buy your own software! Carmen Johnson Email: carmenmjo@home.com Web Page: http://members.nbci.com/carmenj PRA Group 7: http://members.nbci.com/carmenj/PenningtonPage/PRAGroup7.htm Gallup Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gallupfam/index.htm Genealogy Page: http://members.nbci.com/Gheirlooms ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Plucinik" <aplucinik@worldnet.att.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [FO] What to do? > Echo, > > First, I would uninstall FTM by going into Control Panel then Add/Remove > programs. Then I would make a backup of my Windows registry and then go into > the Windows Registry and remove anything in any of the folders within the > registry that are obviously FTM. Just be careful. If there is any doubt as to > whether the entry is associated with FTM, then leave it alone. > > Sounds like FTM is almost as bad as a virus. > > Allan Plucinik > Colorado Springs, CO > > Echo Zornes wrote: > > > > Thank you for your reply. No I am not using Windows Explorer to > > double-click on the gedcom file. I went to FO and opened it up, made a new > > database, went to Menu, then File, then Gedcom and Import Gedcom. I clicked > > on Import Gedcom and up pops FTM and the gedcom goes in there. Am trying > > to find the way to fix FO to be the default and one of these days I'm going > > to remove FTM altogether. It has 8-10 gedcoms on it that got there the > > same way. > > > > Thanks Allan. > > Echo > > > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > The Genealogical Companion http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2399/tgc.htm > Browsable Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/family-origins-users/ > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >