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Malcolm H
I have been using Filemaker Pro v3 since it was first introduced in 1995.
It does everything I need so I have not felt the need to upgrade. I have
installed it in successive computers under Win 95, Win98 and now WinXP. It
has performed well under all windows versions untill the last few weeks.
It has performed well on my current WinXP machine until recently it has
become very slow to launch - and does not launch at all when Filemaker
database files (with extension *.fp3) are double clicked. It will, however,
launch if a *.fp3 file is right clicked and the 'open with' routine is used.
My WinXP is fully up to date and is stable and reliable, virus protection is
up to date and disk is defragmented.. I have uninstalled and re-installed
FM Pro with no improvement. I have ensured that the 'registered file type'
dialog is correctly set up.
Could it be that a recent update to WinXP has affected its ability to
correctly recognise the file type extension (fp3) of this elderly
application? If so is there a fix?
It does everything I need so I have not felt the need to upgrade. I have
installed it in successive computers under Win 95, Win98 and now WinXP. It
has performed well under all windows versions untill the last few weeks.
It has performed well on my current WinXP machine until recently it has
become very slow to launch - and does not launch at all when Filemaker
database files (with extension *.fp3) are double clicked. It will, however,
launch if a *.fp3 file is right clicked and the 'open with' routine is used.
My WinXP is fully up to date and is stable and reliable, virus protection is
up to date and disk is defragmented.. I have uninstalled and re-installed
FM Pro with no improvement. I have ensured that the 'registered file type'
dialog is correctly set up.
Could it be that a recent update to WinXP has affected its ability to
correctly recognise the file type extension (fp3) of this elderly
application? If so is there a fix?