Hi Cristy, have you tried installing FTM to the pen/thumb drive. Perhaps that will alow you to 'see' the files then. Mike the mod ******* Mike's REPLY SEPARATOR ********* On 11/1/2005 at 7:52 PM cristy wrote: Its brand new software, most recent version and friend has a similar newer version also. cia, cristy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 5:21 PM Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: pen/thumb drives Then you are using crippled or outdated or poorly written software. Copy the files to a harddrive and work from there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 4:34 PM Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: pen/thumb drives Nope, tried both ways, it will NOT open an .ftw or .ged family tree maker file on the thumb drive, it WILL open other files however like "word" files etc...It actually comes up with a message saying it cant open a family tree maker file on a removeable disk. christy -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/