Marg & Neil Andrews wrote: > 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. Marg? Maybe it's my bad-brain week, but it sounds as if you d/l the program just so you could open a new set of people? If you did that, you really really didn't need to. You can create a separate file for your niece's stuff, by clicking FILE/NEW and giving it a name like Niece1. Other than that, I would agree that when you re-installed PAF, it probably overwrote all your old preferences, such as where to look for your file. Open PAF, close whatever database opens, which ought to get you to a post-card-sized box in the middle of the window with assorted options. Pick FIND and OK and it'll find all the .paf files on your system. [ or, open Windows Explorer and tell IT to find all files with .paf in the name. Cheryl