Hi there. Firstly PAF is compatible with Windows 7. Personally I would download PAF onto your new pc.. Then.. if all goes ok you can put the thumb drive into a usb slot on your new pc and send them to documents.. this is what I usually do.. Then take the stick out and you should then be able to open your chosen (multiple) file on your new pc... from your documents folder. You can then later arrange your folders in there so that you can keep all your paf files in one folder inside the documents folder. Good luck Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen D. Carlile" <sdcarlile@gmail.com> To: <PAF-5-USERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 3:01 PM Subject: [PAF-5] Windows 7 >I can use a word processor, email, and do some research on Ancestry.com, >but > in most other respects I am computer illiterate. My son just built me a > new > computer and put Windows 7 on it. I had been using XP for the last several > years. He saved my PAF5 and other files on a thumb drive. I have a back up > on a Zip File or Disc. > > I now want to transfer my PAF files from the thumb drive to my new > computer, > the C drive, and expect that this may be more complicated than copying the > files from one thing to the other. I also know that I may encounter some > other problems, since there is more than one file on my thumb drive > related > to PAF, and I do not know exactly which files I need to transfer and do > not > know, other than they are going into the C drive, exactly what to name the > files, or where to put copy them to. > > I am thinking that maybe I can just download another fresh version of PAF5 > on my new computer, and then transfer just the data from my thumb drive > and > not worry about transferring the PAF5 system or executive files (????). > > I was hoping that if I just download the fresh unused version of PAF5, I > could then export or import the information in my tree from my thumbdrive > to > the C drive. > > All of this is making my head swim. > > Can someone give me some suggestions on the easiest or best way to do this > without me losing any data? Thank you very much. > > One more thing, do I need to click, turn on, turn off anything in my > computer or the PAF files in order to make the program work efficiently in > Windows 7? Thanks again. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message