Ewan: I have purchased just about every version from the first that Bonderbund produced to present. I believe you will find the program style of Version 4 is the same all the way up to FTM Version 2006. I am having my problems with FTM2006 in my computers (Windows 7) I am going to have to use my FTM2010. I am tired of putting in data only to have it not store in the program or have the program fault.
Oh by the way folks the only thing that the ancestry would say is:
Family Tree Maker 2006 has some compatibility issues with Windows 7 that could be causing the error message which you have received. Please download the patch from the following article to resolve this issue:
Answer Title: Family Tree Maker 2005, 2006 & 16 Update for Windows Vista & Windows 7
Answer Link:
http://pastftm.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/pastftm.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2777Needless to say it does not work. I also tried all the other suggestions to no avail, however I really appreciate the sincere attempts to solve my problem. I am still hanging in there. Right now my conclusion is my file maybe corrupt, if it is oh s__t. Crackel