Jim

I believe my problem has to do with my Project vs my Data set, I not real clear on the difference between the two. One of the problems has to do with using # tab ( finding person by Id). When I put #1 (which should be me, I am taken to a menu that shows a list of .dbf files rather than taking me directly to that person. There are other similar little things that just don't seem right. I'm beginning to think it has to do with "Project" vs "Data set" which I am not very clear on. Any ideas? You have been lots of help so far, maybe to can make sense out of this.

Your idea of trying rebooting in safe mode , solved my problem. I was able to restore my backup without any problem. Thank you so much for your help and I'm happy to see you solved yours as well.

When I attempted to open my project after a few weeks, the first thing I noticed was that TMG opened in repair mode. then the problems began. I don't have anywhere near the computer skills you have but am a long time user of TMG and I kind of lost without it. I made my last backup on 29 Aug 2025. Perhaps , unfortunately, that backup was sent to Microsoft's OneDrive (external drive). I am able to retrieve that file and it appears be to just fine (jpivey 2025-08-29 10-23-16.sqz). When I attempt to restore that file to TMG, it first appears that everything looks find ( I can see flashes of files being restored in the top right of the restore screen), then it goes to the next restore screen and asks the locations I want, etc, than the restore screen asks about configuration and timelines, and the last screen asks about type of files, to be restored, and finally I press "finish". I get this error message: 'DyanZip error: Error creating output file (problem extracting file(s). I also note that after that, the TMG program locks up. I've been struggling with this problem for over a week now and have made no progress, I would appreciate any help you can send my way,

I've read your post with interest and I don't know if my problem is the same as your or not. When I attempted to open my project after a few weeks, the first thing I noticed was that TMG opened in repair mode. then the problems began. I don't have anywhere near the computer skills you have but am a long time user of TMG and I kind of lost without it. I made my last backup on 29 Aug 2025. Perhaps , unfortunately, that backup was sent to Microsoft's OneDrive (external drive). I am able to retrieve that file and it appears be to just fine (jpivey 2025-08-29 10-23-16.sqz). When I attempt to restore that file to TMG, it first appears that everything looks find ( I can see flashes of files being restored in the top right of the restore screen), then it goes to the next restore screen and asks the locations I want, etc, than the restore screen asks about configuration and timelines, and the last screen asks about type of files, to be restored, and finally I press "finish". I get this error message: 'DyanZip error: Error creating output file (problem extracting file(s). I also note that after that, the TMG program locks up. I've been struggling with this problem for over a week now and have made no progress, I would appreciate any help you can send my way,

I have an error that I have never encountered before (dyanzip error, error creating output file, problem extracting files). The last backup was to an 'cloud' called OneDrive and it appears to be a .sqz file. when I attempt to restore from this backup, I get this error. I looked back at older post and followed the suggestions that were given with no results. I tried to attach this file, but was not able to due to it's size. I've been using TMG for a 'gazillion' years and I just can't survive without this backup. PLEASE HELP.

Jim I'm having the same problem and I have been following your instructions and nothing is working for me. My most recent backup was placed on external cloud drive called OneDrive. I have followed your subjections to Mr Tabb but nothing has worked so far.

Over the years, I've built 1 large database that includes both my family and my wife's. I have had thoughts of spliting the 2 families and wondering if there is a right way and a wrong way to accomplish this. Has anybody out there ever done this with TMG v9? Is it even possible? Maybe someone out there can give some advice as to how to approach this task if possible at all. Maybe you can just tell me if I'm crazy for trying... Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Jim

I checked and found only 3 Name_PD files. 1 is the one in question (Name_PD.DBF) and the other 2 are the ones you mentioned not to mess with (.FPT & CDX). I did have a backup of the PROJECT FILE done just a couple of days earlier. I made a copy of this backed up Name_PD.dbf and load it back to replace the damaged one. It seemed to do the trick and I am back up and running. Thanks for your help. It's really great to have someone that can give help, suggestions and support to old time TMG users. I really appreciate you. Jim

Last time using my project, in attempting to close, I pressed 'yes' (by mistake) when asked if I wanted to 'backup'. Subsequently I pressed the 'cancel' button and the project closed. Now it will not open and gives me this ERROR message: PROJECT NAME_PD.dbf not found. Can anyone help?

Thanks Jim, I will do that if the problem persist. Now when it happens, I just keep trying and out of the blue, it works.

Every once in awhile, for no apparent reason, when I try to open a project, it gives me a error message that it can't find file "project_ ND.dbf not found". Can anyone tell me what has happened. It appears that this file has been corrupted some how and I can't figure out what's going on. When I look at my documents projects, it appears to be there but it still won't open the project.

OK..Thanks. The flag was used 8 times and after I deleted the 8 occurrences, I was able to go back and delete the Flag. I must have created that Flag several years ago and forgotten that I had done it. Do you happen to know if, when I created this custom flag, did I do something wrong that resulted in these errors? It must have worked OK when I used it on these 8 people. Anyway, thanks so much for your help. I appreciate it very much.

When I attempt to delete this tag type, It tells me that I can't because it been used 8 times, Is there a way to see where those 8 tags have been used?

For many many years I've avoided using this particular tag type because I always got an error message when I tried. It is the only tag type that I've ever tried to use that gives me an error message. The error messages are: 1. operator/operand type mismatch. 5 2."frmevents cntparentchilda mvalidate" 3. Variable 'laroles' is not found. 61 I looked at passed post and was not able to see anything like this. Can anyone help?

Thanks Jim, Sorry for the post, I should have searched before posting. I'll do better the next time. Just for reference, can you give me the reason this type of error occurs. Maybe I would be able to prevent it from happening again.