The process is a little quirky, having to use an "export" function instead of "save as". But I'll take it. Now I can also open some other files in my stash that are in odd formats that I have never been able to open.
Thank you for the link.
Bernina has a free program...Artlink and it should work... here is the link:
https://www.bernina.com/en-US/Sof...