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 At 08:33 PM 6/17/01 -0600, Allan Plucinik wrote: >Echo, > >It sounds like you are using windows explorer to double-click on the >gedcom file >and then you are expecting FO to come to life and import the data. To my >knowledge, FO doesn't work that way. Whenever I want to import a gedcom >file >into FO I simply start up FO then go to the menu bar, select FILE, GEDCOM, >IMPORT GEDCOM, then follow the prompts for selecting and importing the gedcom >file. > >I would recommend importing the gedcom file into an empty database first >so you >can examine the data, before importing it into your primary working database. > >Allan Plucinik >Colorado Springs, CO > > > >Echo Zornes wrote: > > > > I have subscribed to your list again and I have a problem. I have used FO > > since I started using computers and doing genealogy and I am up to the 9th > > version. In between the 9th ver. and the 2.0 I started with, I installed > > Family Tree Maker, ver. 5. The problem is when I try to import a gedcom > > into my FO the FTM jumps out and grabs it and puts it in its program. I > > only put FTM on my computer because my cousin has it and don't want to use > > anything else so I thought I'd put hers on. Would someone know how to > > "fix" my problem as I want FO to be the default genealogy program? > > Thanks ever so much, > > Echo Zornes > > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > > Family Origins GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/fo/ > > Tech Support Knowledge Base http://www.familyorigins.com/support/ > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > >==== 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/ > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Everyone has been reviewing all the usual suspects in the case of FTM opening and importing the gedcom file, but that is not addressing the problem for Echo Zornes who said: >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. I have long since learned not to say "that's impossible" to any report about computer shenanigans but I was tempted to say it about this event. At any rate, I felt it must be as rare as a two headed cat. But after some effort, I HAVE found a way to get FTM to open and import a gedcom file while you are in FO trying to import it there. That is, when you have found the gedcom in the FO file finder dialog, instead of pressing the "open" button in the dialog box, you can right click on the gedcom file, choose the "open" item there, and if the gedcom file is associated with FTM (as it will be if you have ever opened FTM on your computer), FTM will then open and import the gedcom file. (In my case my text editor opens and displays the gedcom file). So, Echo, could that be the sequence of events that got your gedcom importing into FTM? When importing a gedcom file into FO you should not right click in the file find dialog. Use the "open" button in the dialog box instead, once you have highlighted the gedcom file to import. Wayne League