What happens if you open the application first then use the File/Open menu
option to access this file?

Compare the file sizes between the original and the copy - that should give
a clue to whether they are being corrupted.

Inserting the old drive in the new machine will usually work, but it does
introduce additional issues. However floppy and RAM stick should not be
creating any problems. Can you access the files in the old machine from the
floppy or RAM stick (ie, does the corruption occur in the copy, or only when
it gets to the new machine)? Do you have access to another machine (eg,
with W98) to confirm that the file on floppy or RAM stick is not corrupted?
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Actual Food" wrote in message
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I dont think this is an extensions problem - if I double-click a file the
right program starts up - it just cant read the file.