Directly from the Genealogy.com knowledge base for Family Origins. "Error -60 means Family Origins couldn't open one of the files. This could be because the file doesn't exist, two copies of the database are trying to be opened at the same time, or the data is corrupt. If the first two items are ruled out then the data is probably corrupt. Try the following: " --------- Since you copied the information from a CD, it is possible that the read only attribute is set and Family Origins needs read and write access to it's files. Find the Family Origins files on the hard drive with Windows Explorer, or the Windows Find utility, right click on one of them and select properties. Near the bottom of the properties dialogue, check the attributes, there should be no checkmark in front of "Read Only", if there is, click there to remove it. (There must be a way to do a batch of these all at once in Windows, but I can't think of it.) So, I would have to use the ATTRIB command in DOS or undo the read attribute of one file at a time for all 35 files in the database. (Maybe the Windows help files? - No, only one file or folder at a time.) Good Luck, Alfred ============= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil & Elizabeth Marshall" <libby@emunet.com.au> > Dear Listers, > > I had to recover my computer on sunday night. The person who did this saved all of our important 'stuff' to a CD. This was a direct move of the information from our Family Origins 4.0 programme (amongst others) to the D drive (CD). When we recovered we attempted to put our FO 4.0 into the computer and we got a 'Codebase Error'. I did not panic as my dad runs the same programme. But alas when I tried to import the data to his programme I again got a 'codebase error: 60'. > > It appears that the direct movement of data now cannot be read by the computer. It was not stored as a gedcom or as a backup. > > I have older backups I can use, the most recent is May 2001, but we are missing almost 1000 names between that file and the one we have lost. > > I would appreciate any help or suggestions in how to retrieve the data from the CD. > > I wait hopefully...with thanks > > Elizabeth Marshall > libby@emunet.com.au

At 08:19 AM 8/24/01 -0500, Alfred Eller wrote: >Directly from the Genealogy.com knowledge base for Family Origins. > >"Error -60 means Family Origins couldn't open one of the files. This could >be because the file doesn't exist, two copies of the database are trying to >be opened at the same time, or the data is corrupt. If the first two items >are ruled out then the data is probably corrupt. Try the following: " > >--------- > >Since you copied the information from a CD, it is possible that the read >only attribute is set and Family Origins needs read and write access to it's >files. > >Good Luck, >Alfred I think the problem is that the read only attribute is set. I have had this happen to me also. Windows seems to have a very nasty habit of setting the read only attribute on files that are copied to a CD. Then when you copy the files back to your hard drive, the attribute is still set to read only, so you have to reset it on all files. ======================================== Charles R. Weese, 4012 Pardee Rd., Stow, Ohio 44224 See http://web.raex.com/~cweese/weese/ and http://web.raex.com/~cweese/vance/ for my family info. I maintain the following USGenWeb county sites: Gallia County Ohio at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohgallia/gallia.htm Jackson County Ohio at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohjackso/jackson.htm Vinton County Ohio at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohvinton/vinton.htm

There is a way to change the attribute of all files in a directory (folder). Open Explorer and move to the directory in question. Highlight all the files by selecting the first, scroll to the bottom, hold down the shift key and select the last one. Either click the "properties" icon on the toolbar or right click on any highlighted file and choose "properties". Uncheck the attributes you don't want. Click OK. Norma