Troubleshoot PM6 Files
Common Problems Opening PM6 Files
Missing Adobe InDesign
If you attempt to load your PM6 file, you experience a message such as "Can't Open PM6 Files". When this happens, it is commonly due to Adobe InDesign missing in %%os%%. This will prevent you from double-clicking to open the PM6 file because the OS doesn’t know how to handle it.
Tip: When another PM6 application is installed, you can choose to open it by selecting "Show Apps" and using that program.
Wrong Version of Adobe InDesign is Installed
Sometimes your installed version of Adobe InDesign won't support your PageMaker 6.0 Document file. Installing the latest version of Adobe InDesign from Adobe Systems Incorporated is recommended. This problem is predominately due to having a PageMaker 6.0 Document file version that was created by a newer version of Adobe InDesign than what you have installed on your PC.
Tip: Right-clicking on your PM6, then clicking "Properties" (Windows) or "Get Info" (Mac), can provide clues about your file version.
Regardless, most of the PM6 file opening problems relate to not having the right version of Adobe InDesign installed.
Additional PM6 Opening Issues
You can still experience errors opening PM6 files even with the latest version of Adobe InDesign installed on your PC. There can be external issues inside of %%os%% that are causing these errors when opening PM6s. Problems unrelated to software:
- File references in the Windows Registry for PM6 are wrong
- Deletion of the PM6 file description from the Registry by mistake
- Adobe InDesign or another PM6 application experienced a flawed installation
- Your PM6 file is corrupted (issues with your PageMaker 6.0 Document file itself)
- The PM6 is infected with a virus
- PM6-related hardware has device drivers that obsolete
- Your computer does not have the adequate system resources to open the PageMaker 6.0 Document format
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Not only is HTML still the "gold standard" file extension of the web, it is also the oldest and still the most widely-used format for serving webpages.