Bill, I have 48 PAF files. the first one is file folder. I think this is the one I want to copy. However, none are listed as data files. Would that be a PDF file? Marilyn **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

Marilyn, To put an installed copy of PAF on a flash drive: 1. open MyComputer (This is usually done from the Windows Start menu or a desktop icon), 2. open the My Programs folder 3. open the FamilySearch folder 4. copy the PAF5 folder (don't open it and don't move it) to the flash drive. (If it is a U3 flash drive, copy the PAF5 folder to the highest drive letter on the flash drive.) The process takes maybe 5 minutes. To run PAF from the flash drive, open the PAF5 folder on the flash drive and open the file pstart.exe or paf5.exe (Both seem to work. I am not sure what the difference is, but the shortcut installed by PAF points to pstart.exe.) You can, of course create a shortcut on the flash drive to either of these files. Your PAF data files will have names ending in .paf (not .pdf). GEDCOM files will have names that end in .ged PAF5 backups (and many other compressed files) will have names that end in .zip If your computer hides the ends of file names, you can make them always visible by following this process (at least in WindowsXP): 1. Open any folder 2. Open the Tools menu 3. Open Folder Options 4. Click the View tab 5. Remove the checkmark in front of "Hide extensions for known file types". 6. Click Apply to all folders 7. Click Yes 8. Click OK. And you can reverse the process by doing the same thing, but putting the checkmark back. Bill Buchanan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 6:48 AM Subject: [PAF-5] Flash Drive > Bill, I have 48 PAF files. the first one is file folder. I think this is the > one I want to copy. However, none are listed as data files. Would that be a > PDF file? Marilyn