# Open rw7 project in rw8?

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/open-rw7-project-in-rw8/21498>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [August 15, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/open-rw7-project-in-rw8/21498 "2018-08-15T12:52:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![janw.schipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@janw.schipper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/janw.schipper)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/open-rw7-project-in-rw8/21498/1 "2018-08-15T12:52:58Z")

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rw7 files don’t seem to appear when trying to open in rw8, anyone has an idea?

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**Author:** ![1611mac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/1611mac/32/5675_2.png) [@1611mac](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/1611mac)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/open-rw7-project-in-rw8/21498/2 "2018-08-15T13:12:56Z")

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Try this… find your RW7 project file. Right click on it and “open with” RW8. It will leave the rw7 file as is and “convert” it to a RW8 project. See if that works for you.

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**Author:** ![janw.schipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@janw.schipper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/janw.schipper)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/open-rw7-project-in-rw8/21498/3 "2018-08-15T13:38:33Z")

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tried that, but found the problem now, apparently rw8 was not installed in the program folder… copied it and solved now, thanks

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**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/open-rw7-project-in-rw8/21498/5 "2018-08-15T16:44:17Z")

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Isn’t this the same as you posted on a new thread?

> [@Resources and changes not moving to RW8](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/resources-and-changes-not-moving-to-rw8/21510):
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> Opened a project from RW7 in RW8. It created the RW8 version, opened the project but my resources are gone. Also, changes/edits I had made in RW7 didn’t port over.

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**Author:** ![zamboknee](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/zamboknee/32/25532_2.png) [@zamboknee](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/zamboknee)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/open-rw7-project-in-rw8/21498/6 "2018-08-15T17:56:14Z")

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Yeah. I posted here and then created a new one. I’ll delete this in a sec

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/open-rw7-project-in-rw8/21498/7 "2018-09-15T03:56:28Z")

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