# Opening File Question

**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/opening-file-question/43223
**Category:** Maya
**Tags:** new-user
**Created:** [April 3, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/opening-file-question/43223 "2006-04-03T20:15:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![kboogie2323](https://forum.highend3d.com/user_avatar/forum.highend3d.com/kboogie2323/32/1313_2.png) [@kboogie2323](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/kboogie2323)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/opening-file-question/43223/1 "2006-04-03T20:15:31Z")

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is there any way to open a maya 7 file inside of maya 6?

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### Author: ![kurianos3d](https://forum.highend3d.com/user_avatar/forum.highend3d.com/kurianos3d/32/55947_2.png) [@kurianos3d](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/kurianos3d)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/opening-file-question/43223/2 "2006-04-04T05:53:31Z")

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QUOTE(Kevin D Scott @ 04/04/06, 01:45 AM) [snapback]233217[/snapback]  
is there any way to open a maya 7 file inside of maya 6?

Hi

Open Maya 6 File in any ascci editor and then change all maya6.0 to maya7.0 then try

hope it will work for u ![](https://www.highend3d.com/boards/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif)

regds

o.S.k