Lois, Are you restoring the CD backup or are you trying to open from the CD? Files that are placed on a CD-RW are Read only. They must first be placed in a directory on your hard drive, then opened with FOW using an empty database. find the ".fow" file and open that with Family Origins. HAVE A GREAT DAY!!! Jim Mahan --- http://james.mahan.tripod.com/ --- http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jrmahan --- http://mahanscadsolutions.com --- "We will not waiver, we will not tire, we will not falter --- and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail." --- President George W. Bush --- 7 October 2001 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Blackburn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:21 PM Subject: [FO] still a question I'm the one who asked about making a backup of F.O. to a CD. I can make the copy but then can't open it. I'd like to thank all who tried to help but I STILL CAN'T DO IT. (sorry, didn't mean to yell, I'm just upset.) I copied it to a floppy last night, when I tried to open it I got a page full of icons, one with the green tree, one with FTP extension, and one with DBF extension. Also lots with no extensions that I can tell. IF I click on the gree tree icon I get Codebase error. error #60, then error #90615 opening file file 4 open. I then clck OK and get error #935 and error #94001 Null imput parameter unexpected d4 field. Fatal application. If I click on any of the other icons I get "Windows cannot open this file...needs to know what program created it." I am using F.O. ver. 7.0. I tried someone's suggestion of exporting it as a gedcom to the floppy and that worked - but I got it back as ver. 9.0 which looks totally different and is on a peach colored background. It has a timeline which I like but I can't get a decent ancestor chart, just big box charts or fan charts. Has the original plain and simple working chart - no boxes just lines - been left out of the newer versions? Also I can't seem to get the horizontal chart where you enter the names and than add parents, etc. Is this done differently in ver. 9.0. Help. Someone said to use "restore" but I can't restore ver 7.0 which is the one I use and like. I'm more confused than ever but trying to think positive. Lois _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== UNSUBSCRIBE? Send the word: UNSUBSCRIBE(inside the message) and no additional text to: [email protected] or [email protected] for DIGEST