In a message dated 1/8/2003 1:41:54 PM Mountain Standard Time, ltlundy@attbi.com writes: > I created a new database to accomplish a project for my grandson. I put his > father's people in and was attempting to gedcom in his mother's (my > daughter) when it quitting importing, locked up and I got out with Ctrl A > D. Now when I attempt to access FO I get these windows: > > The first is Error # 2 Error #83805 File is not a DataFile > database corruption detected refers to database director then when I > click OK on that window, I get this window Error # 935 Error > #94001 Null in put Parameter unexpected 44 field and when I click that > OK I get the window that says Program Error Exiting Application Close > > Is there a way to fix this? Or do I take everything off and reinstall FO > 10 and restore all my backups? I have about 8 databases on there. Mine > with about 2500 individuals and the rest are smaller ones of just a few to > 400 individuals. I have backups of everything. I have been very good > about making backups and on my own database I rotate disks for my backups. Hi Trudy, You don't need to reinstall FO. Go to your Windows folder and delete the file named FOWIN32.INI. That will let you start FO without crashing. Just don't try to reopen that corrupted database or you get to do it all over again. - Bruce <A HREF="http://www.RootsMagic.com">http://www.RootsMagic.com</A>