Right click on any file that you know should be a GEDCOM
On the menu that opens select Open With
Windows will offer MS Word but you need to click on
More Apps
Look for the Notepad App (This is a text editor) or Legacy Genealogy Software for Windows Select Note pad or Legacy depending on what you wish and make sure that the check box to always use this App to open .ged files.
Click OK
In future you will be able to use the software you chose to open the .ged files by double clicking on the file name.

If you choose Notepad you will be able to open .ged files as plain text but unless you understand the format of a GEDCOM you will not be able to understand the contents.

If you choose Legacy Genealogy Software you will be able to use Legacy to import the gedcom into a Legacy family file but ONLY if Legacy is not already open (Legacy will not open a GEDCOM unless it is closed when you double click)

Brian Kelly

On 02-Jan.-19 8:09 p.m., Valerie Garton wrote:
" If the file does not have an extension and appears in the list as a Word Document 
then you have an incorrect file association which is telling Windows to open .ged files 
with Word instead of a text editor."

This seems to be my problem so what do I do now please ?

Cheers from Valerie Garton [nee Vaughan] in sunny Sydney. DNA - A086848, T756083, 
H947365, MyHeritage & gedmatch


-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Kelly <exma...@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, 3 January 2019 12:01 PM
To: Valerie Garton <vbgar...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] gedcom

Windows has a default folder where it stores downloaded files, you should find 
the file in that folder. The folder should be in your documents folder. 
...\Documents\Downloads.

Open Windows file explorer and look for that folder. Open the folder and you 
should find your downloaded file. If MyHeritage exported it as a GEDCOM you may 
see filename.GED in the list.

If the file does not have an extension and appears in the list as a Word 
Document then you have an incorrect file association which is telling Windows 
to open .ged files with Word instead of a text editor.


Brian Kelly

On 02-Jan.-19 6:36 p.m., Valerie Garton wrote:

* Family tree in findmypast called " Mt Jerome Cemetery Family Tree to
find ? " which has 40 people. In the list of trees I selected this
tree and then selected download in RHS column. Here now it changed to
" Download tree File created 5:10am 2 Jan 2019.

Where am I now SUPPOSED to find this file please ? I say this as I am
not too sure as to what files are meant to be where ?

Cheers from Valerie Garton [nee Vaughan] in sunny Sydney





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