Sandi, Well, not only did you fully succeed in zipping up the file and sending it to me, my magnifying glass tells me that the file inside is still intact. In other words, it will not take too much effort to return it back to what it's supposed to be. I expect that news will make you a rather Happy Camper. :O) The first file (_2B9AA9E04E984BE8858EAD60509F92A7) initially comes up as a "UNIX GZip" type file. This type of file is very similar to a Zip file in that it is a type of container for compressed files inside it. In other words, the Zip file you sent me had the weird file inside it. The weird file, in turn, has one of your cards inside it (but the card is named "Untitledo"). So, it seems to me that SOMETHING decided to compress all of these files and gave them weird names. Before I move onto the 'fix' for this situation, I want to make sure you understand what I'm telling you so far. Peace, GMan http://reddit.com "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 3:30 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: My Documents >I just sent a couple of those weird files privately. Just to keep you up >to > date, I have asked my local tech to come (make a house call) and bring a > new > monitor (a 19 inch flat screen), another stick of RAM, and new optical > drive > (or drives). He should do that some time this week so hopefully I will > soon > have my new Card Program installed. I did not send the CD's for a trial > at > my friends house as there are so many of them and I really think they are > not the problem. > I started to send my local tech a description of my problem with the stuff > in My Documents folder (had it all written out even) and then thought, > "Nah, > GMan will know more than he does"! > Sandi --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe 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/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------