Freehand Load Window7Pr0

[dlac]

Ok.. I have been an XP junkie since I left my MAC... No at this age I had to dump the XP and have Windows7Pro because of the 64bit and the adobe cloud.. I have a week of pretty steep learning curve and of course lost my outlook express so just one woe after another.. I have been not using freehand very much in the past 6 months and am doing Illustrator 5.5 and getting along just great.. however.. I have a ton of art in freehand that I used to be able to open in freehand and export to Illy.. Now I cannot reload my Freehand 11.. it will take the serial number (mine) say it is going to load it but then says there is no one at home to approve the serial number and I get an icon but no program.. so All of the art on my drive shows up as a white page and nothing will open it.. Ruined my life.. anyway around any of this..
dlac

[Frog]

Do you still have your old machine and XP and Freehand?

Perhaps, on it,  you can open a file, convert it to something more friendly, then import it or open it on your new set-up.

[dlac]

this is my old machine.. I was going to buy new but the shop said this was way better than good enough and I had actually paid for windows7Pro when I bought the machine and downgraded to xp.. my old hard drive is now in this machine but I don't think xp is in there.. should go look I suppose..
david
maybe this will make me start drawing a little more and not have me count on my old art so much..LOL..

[blue moon]

this is my old machine.. I was going to buy new but the shop said this was way better than good enough and I had actually paid for windows7Pro when I bought the machine and downgraded to xp.. my old hard drive is now in this machine but I don't think xp is in there.. should go look I suppose..
david
maybe this will make me start drawing a little more and not have me count on my old art so much..LOL..

if your old hard drive is in the new machine, you probably still have the XP there. Have somebody set it up as a dual boot and you'll have access to everything you need. . .

pierre

[screenxpress]

There are literally a ton of links to convert your Outlook Express (DBX) to MS Outlook (PST).

I had to do it myself a while back, but now I just use Google Mail for almost everything.

[Frog]

You are not the only one who misses Freehand, and resents its demise and broken promises by Adobe. We got screwed.

One cool thing in Freehand is the ability to mix screen frequencies in the same piece of art.

[Sbrem]

My wife loved freehand, past tense, but it won't run anymore, it's just too old for the system. I started with Freehand 2.0 originally, but was converted to Illustrator when I hired an artist who was only familiar with Illy, and had to edit his work sometimes. Shortly, I just switched over to Illy, and haven't looked back. Of course there are some things I miss, but so what, it's gone, get over it I told myself. I think Pierre's answer might be your best bet, but if it helps, I do find that Illy opens my old Freehand files... good luck.

Steve