https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Opening-an-ArchiCAD-16-file-in-ArchiCAD-19/m-p/298384#M153882 It shouldn't be a problem.<BR /> You should be able to open any version file back to version 10.<BR /> You might need to load migration libraries for it to be usable - but that is another issue.<BR /> <BR /> Are you the only person working on this file?<BR /> If somebody else has it open and you are not team-working then the file will be locked.<BR /> You will see a 'filename.lck' file in the same location as the job file.<BR /> Sometimes these get left behind - so if you are the only person working on the file you should be able to delete it.<BR /> <BR /> But even if this file does exist Archicad should give you the option of 'Open as read only' or 'Open with exclusive access'.<BR /> <BR /> Can you show a screen shot of the message you get when you try to open the file?<BR /> <BR /> Barry.<BR /> <BR /> PS I am assuming you are not running 19 in Demo mode. Mon, 25 Jul 2016 04:38:01 GMT Barry Kelly 2016-07-25T04:38:01Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Opening-an-ArchiCAD-16-file-in-ArchiCAD-19/m-p/298383#M153881 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>Hello,<BR /> <BR /> Can someone please tell me how to open an ArchiCAD 16 file in ArchiCAD 19 without it being a "Read Only" file that I can't work with? This is the only option I'm given in v. 19.<BR /> <BR /> Thanks as always.</T></DIV> Thu, 25 May 2023 15:55:46 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Opening-an-ArchiCAD-16-file-in-ArchiCAD-19/m-p/298383#M153881 Anonymous 2023-05-25T15:55:46Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Opening-an-ArchiCAD-16-file-in-ArchiCAD-19/m-p/298384#M153882 It shouldn't be a problem.<BR /> You should be able to open any version file back to version 10.<BR /> You might need to load migration libraries for it to be usable - but that is another issue.<BR /> <BR /> Are you the only person working on this file?<BR /> If somebody else has it open and you are not team-working then the file will be locked.<BR /> You will see a 'filename.lck' file in the same location as the job file.<BR /> Sometimes these get left behind - so if you are the only person working on the file you should be able to delete it.<BR /> <BR /> But even if this file does exist Archicad should give you the option of 'Open as read only' or 'Open with exclusive access'.<BR /> <BR /> Can you show a screen shot of the message you get when you try to open the file?<BR /> <BR /> Barry.<BR /> <BR /> PS I am assuming you are not running 19 in Demo mode. Mon, 25 Jul 2016 04:38:01 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Opening-an-ArchiCAD-16-file-in-ArchiCAD-19/m-p/298384#M153882 Barry Kelly 2016-07-25T04:38:01Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Opening-an-ArchiCAD-16-file-in-ArchiCAD-19/m-p/298385#M153883 Yes, I'm the only user, and no, of course I'm not using a Demo. I'll try again to post my screen-shot attachment that shows I don't have the 'Open with exclusive access' option that my previous ArchiCAD versions used to have. Thank you for your reply.<BR /><IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16804iB4B561407B04BDDF/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" border="0" alt="Read-onlySS.png" title="Read-onlySS.png" /> Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:53:12 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Opening-an-ArchiCAD-16-file-in-ArchiCAD-19/m-p/298385#M153883 Anonymous 2016-07-25T13:53:12Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Opening-an-ArchiCAD-16-file-in-ArchiCAD-19/m-p/298386#M153884 I just saw this post ...<BR /> <BR /> <A href="http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=53137&amp;view=next" target="_blank"><LINK_TEXT text="http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/vie ... &amp;view=next">http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=53137&amp;view=next</LINK_TEXT></A><BR /> <BR /> Not sure if it is related to your problem though.<BR /> <BR /> I assume you have write access to the folder the job is saved in.<BR /> Can you "save as' with a new name and/or file location.<BR /> <BR /> Barry. Wed, 27 Jul 2016 02:08:49 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Opening-an-ArchiCAD-16-file-in-ArchiCAD-19/m-p/298386#M153884 Barry Kelly 2016-07-27T02:08:49Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Opening-an-ArchiCAD-16-file-in-ArchiCAD-19/m-p/298387#M153885 No, that wasn't related to my problem, but your latest suggestion below<BR /> solved the problem. Thanks so much for ending this headache for me:)!<BR /> <BR /> <BLOCKQUOTE>Barry wrote:<BR />I just saw this post ...<BR /> <BR /> <A href="http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=53137&amp;view=next" target="_blank"><LINK_TEXT text="http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/vie ... &amp;view=next">http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=53137&amp;view=next</LINK_TEXT></A><BR /> <BR /> Not sure if it is related to your problem though.<BR /> <BR /> I assume you have write access to the folder the job is saved in.<BR /> Can you "save as' with a new name and/or file location.<BR /> <BR /> Barry.</BLOCKQUOTE> Wed, 27 Jul 2016 02:49:12 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Opening-an-ArchiCAD-16-file-in-ArchiCAD-19/m-p/298387#M153885 Anonymous 2016-07-27T02:49:12Z