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dsi,
Thank you for the reply. I have tried renaming it, but then it renames just the file name but keeps the .BAK extension. The extension has to be changed to .DWG to open the drawing file.
What it sounds like is that you have your system set up so that recognized file extensions are hidden. What you will need to do is open an Explorer window, select the menu option, Tools, then Folder Options. When that opens, select the View tab and scroll down until you see something that reads, Hide File extensions for known file types, and remove the check mark beside it. Close the dialogue box and you should see the file extensions appear. If for some reason you don't, close the Explorer window and open another one. That should do it.
Hope this helps.
Jeff Foster, PE
CE Group, Inc.
Apex, NC
Make sure you don't have anything write-protected. Then make sure you rename the original DWG to something else, like OLD-"drawing".DWG or "drawing".OLD.
In Explorer, right-click on the file name and select RENAME from the pop-up menu. Then move your cursor to the end og the file extension and drag it over the BAK to highlight it. Then keyin DWG and press enter.
dsi is correct. Open Windows Explorer right click on the file, select rename, and rename the file with the same name but change the .bak to .dwg. You will get a message something similar to "renaming this file may change the format and keep it from working" The message is far from correct but you get the idea. Disregaurd the message, and select OK, now double click the file to open with Autocad.
In AutoCad do File/Open or Ctrl-O.
Navigate to the proper folder.
In the FileName field, type *.* and hit RETURN.
Single left click on the bak file you want.
Press F2
Press End and backspace 3 time
Type Dwg
Hit RETURN
Hit RETURN again
