We in Europe have trouble opening the cut files which are made by American designers in the cricut designstudio. My husband is an IT professional and he found the problem which is easy to solve.
In America, all files are saved with the American notation of the date inside the file. For example: 29 july 2008 = 07/29/2008. In Europe the computers register this date as 29-07-2008. So when we try to open a cutfile with the American date in it, it won’t open.
To fix that you do the following:
Download Hex editor of:
http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm#download
Install this program on your PC and open it.
Open the cutfile in this program and at the right side of the screen somewhere close to the top, you see the date. (I made it pink in the picture) If it has for example the date 07/29/2008 change the 29 in whatever month you want from 1-12. Then save it and you can open your file in cricut design studio.
If you have trouble understanding this go to Susan Bluerobot for a tutorial about this.
Carla,
I changed the date on the pop up cut file and still won’t open, what am I doing wrong? I don’t usually have any trouble with your cut files.
Jan
Happy2scrap56@yahoo.com
Thanks for explaining this. *hugs*
I have to say you are simply “AMAZING!”
Thanks so much
I can open quick view plus and see how the date is different than the way we do it in the US.
Is there an easier way to change the date than to download the program you are talking about?
I get nervous in downloading programs that I do not know anything about.
Marg M said she changes through the control panel, may I ask how that is accomplished?
marda
I still love the files (VBG)
Thank you for this info. I have always changed the location/region through the Control Panel option every time. this will be faster.
You are fantastic at doing layouts
your fright night isa awesome .. wow..
would love to play with it”-)))
I would love to have the link for this Cricut Layout: FrightNight. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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