Bill, have you tried a deep compact? As its name suggests, it does a more thorough job of compacting, resetting pointers, etc. Close out of all your data files but leave FTM open. Then do the following. Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C and FTM will prompt you for the file you want to compact. Judy in Ocala > On Feb 11, 2015, at 10:29 AM, Bill Mayrose via <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Russ and BJ, > > Thank you for the responses and suggestions. Unfortunately, neither of the suggestions have corrected the problem. I ended up deleting the most recent problem person and then re-entered her. I can now paste copied facts to her without any problems. Hopefully, there won't be too many more of these problem people. > > Bill > > -------------------------------------- >> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 07:35:18 -0800 >> From: H R Worthington <rworthington@att.net> >> Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Copy/Paste Fact Freezes Program? >> >> Bill, >> >> When you see this again, Please Compact and Back Up your file, then try to duplicate the problem. >> >> How much of this do you do? >> >> I don't think I have every done the copy a fact and paste it to someone else. >> >> Russ > -------------------------------------- >> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:04:04 -0700 >> From: BJ <oldtrails@gmx.com> >> Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Copy/Paste Fact Freezes Program? >> >> I use the copy and paste fact feature quite a bit. So far I have not >> experienced any problems such as you describe. >> >> Since you say that compacting the file does not help, the only other >> thing I can suggest is to >> >> 1. Create a new file with only one person in the file. You can either >> use the home person in your current file, yourself or some >> completely unrelated name. You are looking to create a new file >> which requires at least one individual record, basically a Name and >> Sex record. It may be easiest to use an unrelated individual who >> can be easily deleted at a later time. >> 2. Once you have the new file created, open it. >> 3. Click File and Merge and select your old file. You want to create a >> new file which has no problems. You then want to merge everyone >> from your old file into the new file. >> 4. If the new file was created using yourself or someone else from your >> old file, you can let FTM merge the information. If you used an >> unrelated individual who is not in the old file, you can delete that >> unrelated individual. >> 5. Hopefully this will resolve all addressing problems. >> 6. Try the copy/paste fact feature to see whether it has been resolved. >> 7. Once you have tested the new file and ensured it is OK, perform a >> manual backup of the new file. You can then either retain the old >> file or delete it. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> BJ >> >>> On 2/10/2015 7:51 AM, Bill Mayrose via wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> A little over a year ago I posted the email below >>> regarding my FTM software occasionally freezing when I tried to paste a >>> copied fact to another person. I received a number of responses and >>> eventually isolated this problem to copying facts from a few select >>> people. After deleting these people and then re-entering them, the >>> problem appeared to go away. >>> >>> After a bit of a break from genealogy, I began working with my FTM data a few weeks ago. About a >>> week ago I began experiencing the same freezing problem once in a >>> while. After some testing with different people, I find that the >>> problem is the same as the last time - pasting to certain people, >>> regardless of which person from which I copied the fact. I have >>> compacted the file and this has not helped. >>> >>> I am still using FTM 2014 but it is now on a new computer - Windows 8.1 with 8GB RAM. >>> >>> I really don't want to go through deleting people and the re-entering >>> them and all their info as I did the last time. Hoping that someone >>> will have a better solution. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Bill Mayrose >>> >>> 12/30/2013 >>> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I am using FTM 2014 (Windows 7; 64-bit). Recently been adding facts >>> (such as residence) to one person and then copying this fact to other >>> family members. When I click on "paste", the program often freezes. >>> I've tried compacting the file and have also uninstalled and then >>> reinstalled FTM. Any thoughts on resolving this problem? Could the >>> 32-bit option help? Thanks for any ideas. > > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message