Did you try uninstalling and re-installing . Is your computer 64 bit? Did you download the 64 bit version and not the 32 bit? Probably a good idea to re-download before re-installing in case your download was corrupted.

Michelle, I opened my Embird to use it but got a message that I HAD to upgrade to the latest version and my program just shut down... so I have to upgrade if I want to or not!! You may not be able to go back to the older version!!! I don't think this is fare, we are now forced to upgrade or don't use the program.

Have sent you a PM, love Chris

P.S. I hope Meganne sees this post, she has Embird.

Every time I open Embird it asks me if I want to upgrade and I keep clicking on NO...I will be interested to hear from Martine, Sue and Meganne...

thanks girls, removed and reinstalled and it seems better, still a few annoying items but will continue to play with it and see what happens,

thanks again
hugs
Michelle

Yes, these programs seem to be more and more complicated. There are two Embird Groups on Yahoo: Embird 101 and Absolutely Embird, they are extremely helpful and respond quickly. I use them all the time! I thought that you could download your old version of Embird from their site, but I might be wrong. So, check that option out too.

Hey Michelle, just remembered to look for your post.

I have to say I had never had a problem with Embird until I installed it on a newer Dell laptop, running WIndows 7. I tried W10 but rolled back to 7 because I couldn't get my Xpressive to work on it.

Well for the first time ever Embird actually crashes, totally without warning and usually when I've been so engrossed in the work I have forgotten to keep saving my work.
I have been too lazy to look into the reason for it and I haven't bothered upgrading since 2016 Version 10-17 so maybe it is time I did.
It is highly unusual that the Balaras would force you to upgrade so I do think it may have just been a glitch, one previous version is still available at https://www.embird.net/sw/embird/oldfiles.htm if you wish to roll back.

You did select the correct download for your new computer?
the choice is 32bit OR 64 bit
https://www.embird.net/download.htm

If you have problems I definitely recommend contacting the Balara's directly, they are extremely helpful and very glad to receive feedback or notification of problems that might have been missed during testing after their upgrade.
Support Contact link: https://www.embird.net/contact.htm

I hope this is of some help.
Hugs n roses, Meg

PS, I will upgrade in the next couple of days, but definitely Not going to Windows 10, yet.

I just remembered something else. You can test the integrity of Embird once you have installed it and it will identify any problems.
Open Embird, goto Help, then click on ABOUT
The screen below will open.....
Click on Test Integrity and let it run.
cheers, Meg