Yes it acts as if that all my dataset files have moved somewhere, but I cannot find them The >data >data repair option can see some [but not all] of the original datasets but it will not connect to them and gives an error caption 'error repairing the layer table not found' It would be manageable if I could create whole new datasets in the catalogue, the original shapefiles are fine As mentioned to post above the extension is enabled but I have cycled it on and off to be sure It is looking like a bug in the programme Steve
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