We get 'used' to our computers becoming obsolete. But I had no idea that just upgrading to a newer version of the same 'print shop' program would make so many of my 'projects' obsolete. My previous program was Print Shop Deluxe, version 22; my current one is Print Shop 3.5 Deluxe. I know--that doesn't make much sense. However, it's just the way Broderbund 'labels' things.
Going through some DVDs I have here, I found a couple of dvds I made in 2007. Actually, I was surprised they weren't made much earlier than that, because the disks are HP Lightscribe--and I even used Lightscribe to put 'pictures'/labels on them. At closer look, I did put '2006' on the disk, originally; I guess it was the next year that I added some things to it and used a 'marker' to add that date. I was frustrated that I coudn't open many of the items on there: the ones with '.sig' an '.lbl' as signifying what they were. I have made everything from address labels to 'poster' style photo montages in that print shop program.
However, I was lucky. I realized that I still have Print Shop 22 on my old laptop, even though I had upgraded it to Windows 10. It surprised me cause I had thought maybe it was Win 10 causing the problem. Anyway, today I turned on the old laptop, and let it 'update' and then I put one of the disks into the drive. It worked! And it actually let me open those files with Print Shop 22. So...I did a few screenshots of family photos, just to be sure I've "got" them.
However, I wasn't able to save the files in a different form. So, apparently, the only way I can view them is to use that laptop. On the other hand---I wonder if I could put Print Shop 22 back on my good laptop? If so, then maybe I could access the files on here. But...I don't want to lose my 'best' print shop program--so do I want to try it or not? That's the question. (And yes: this has a pic of the computer I had when I first made this disk!)
PS--since it's mainly letters that are 'irreplaceable', from my Print Shop projects--I decided to do screenshots of them to save. That way, if I end up 'upgrading' again, I'll still have the letters I made using my current Print Shop version. I can always make new labels & greeting cards. Like most of us, I don't write many snail mail letters nowadays, so I'd rather have a way to 'save' them like I do email.
