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From: James and Barbara Dooley <>
Subject: Re: [UFT] "UFT cannot open the database"
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:23:18 -0400
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Thanks, Bob. I just now (12:20 A.M.) got home and read your message, so
I'll try it tomorrow.
Barbara

At 02:26 PM 6/23/2007, you wrote:
>Barbara,
>
>I suggest you go to http://genforum.genealogy.com/uft/ and on the upper left
>side put missing project file in the search box. Some of the items are OT but
>there are a number that should help.
>
>Bob Strock
>
>James and Barbara Dooley wrote:
> > I have two fairly large databases on UFT 3.1 and three small ones. I'm
> > trying to open the small one on York families in GA, which is named
> GAYORK,
> > and here's what's happening.
> >
> > I clicked on File, then Open. All 5 projects were listed, so I clicked on
> > GAYORK, and here's the message that came up:
> > UFT cannot open the database used to store Individuals
> > (C:\ROOTS4PROJECTS\75409913.DBF).
> >
> > The next message says that GAYORK.PRO cannot be opened because of a bad or
> > missing project file. Restore from a backup file and try again.
> >
> > I'm finding backups of all the other projects (several each for the two
> > large ones) but not for the York. Wouldn't you know! Of course, my
> backups
> > except for the very latest ones are on 3 inch floppies, and some of them
> > are probably no longer good anyway. So I guess my question is: is there
> > any other way to open the York project?
> >
> > Another question, please. When I click on FILE the first time, 3 projects
> > are listed at the bottom. I thought that 4 projects were usually listed
> > there. When I have 5 projects, and only 4 of them show up, how do I
> get to
> > the others? In the first paragraph above, I said that, "All 5 projects
> were
> > listed . . . ." Why are only three listed now?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Barbara Dooley

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