Bill, That is interesting, it doesn't work for me. I have the file association for GEDCOM set to open in PAF, but when I double-click the GEDCOM file, PAF gives me an error message: "In order to open C:\Users\Bill\Desktop\Waller.ged you must create a new PAF file." (which it then offers to do) I am using Windows Vista (32 bit) and PAF 5.2.18.0. Bill Buchanan On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:21 AM, <wadavis@vt.edu> wrote: > I agree with most of what Bill B. says, particularly importing the GEDCOM > to a new PAF data file. However, double clicking on the GEDCOM file > should generally set it for import into PAF5, though as I mentioned you may > have to set the file association as I did for Win 7. For me, it was already > associated in both XP and VISTA. You have to be careful, if PAF is open > with a data file, then it will try to import to that data file. If PAF is > closed, > then it will ask to create a new data file. > > Of course, the simple way is to open PAF and from the FILE menu create a > new PAF file and then do the import there. > > Bill > > > Exporting data creates a gedcom file. Most genealogy software cannot open > a > > gedcom file directly, it is a special file format used for the exporting > and > > importing of data between different genealogy programs. i.e. > double-clicking > > a gedcom file will not open it in PAF. To open the gedcom in PAF, > > you should firstly create a New PAF data file (File menu > New) with a > new > > name (so Windows doesn't replace your main PAF data file with the new > empty > > file), then Import the gedcom file (File menu > Import). > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Bill Buchanan website: http://billbuchanan.byethost17.com blog: http://billbuchanan.blogspot.com