I cannot open my Paf file Maureen. Nothing happens when I click on the icons!! Marg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen J. Cook" <moggiewa@bigpond.com> To: <paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] lost Paf > Hi Marg > All you had to do was open your paf file - go to file, (top left hand > corner) click on that, a drop down file opens and then choose 'new'. Do > hope > you have not lost any of your own family tree. > > Cheers > Maureen Cook > Western Australia > > -----Original Message----- > From: paf-5-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:paf-5-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marg & Neil Andrews > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 8:56 PM > To: PAF-5-USERS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PAF-5] lost Paf > > Hi everyone, > I am helping a niece in NZ with her research and thought it would be a > good > idea to download > another Paf file onto my computer to fill in her tree. > > I have the new one downloaded but not installed yet, because I must have > done something stupid in the process as now I can't open my own Paf file > (or > any back-up dvd's either). > Have I somehow uninstalled the original PAF program? > Is the new download overruling my own records? > I am hesitant to continue on the installation of the new download as I no > longer feel confident about what I need to do. My old version of PAF is > 5.0 and I think the new one is the same. > I am using Windows XP. > > If anyone can help solve my problem or suggest where I can go (apart from > to > a Mental Asylum thinking > I have lost many years of work), > I would very much appreciate some help. > Marg Andrews Queensland Australia.

Use the icon in the START>Programs menu to start PAF. As an alternative, open Windows Explorer and go to the familysearch folder (typically in the Program Files folder) and find the PAF5.exe file, then select and run it. That should open PAF. If that does not work, then you need to either repair or reinstall the PAF program. You can also right click on a PAF data file and select OPEN With, selecting PAF5 as the default program. It may be that your file associations in Windows got messed up, particularly if you have been playing around with some other genealogy programs to try them out. Bill > I cannot open my Paf file Maureen. > Nothing happens when I click on the icons!! > Marg