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Re: Gedcom file confusion

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Paula, if FH is listing your John R. Piper Family Project in the File > Project Window and the features are all working OK, then there is nothing wrong with your folder structure.

It would have been useful if you had identified the Knowledge Base advice you mention, but I suspect it is talking about ensuring the GEDCOM file is at the same folder level as the Media folder when importing to create a Project.
Projects maintain that same rule and you will find your GEDCOM file at C:\Users\Paula\Documents\Family Historian Projects\John R. Piper Family Project\John R. Piper Family Project.fh_data\John R. Piper Family Project.ged alongside the Media folder.

Despite what you say about your use of the C drive and F drive, all your FH Project data is on the C drive, not F.
Your C:\Users\Paula\Documents\ default folder is on the C drive. So what else is in that Documents folder?
It is easy to move your FH Projects from the C drive to the F drive and we can explain how if you wish.
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It is VERY easy to move the FH Projects onto your F drive.

First use Windows File Explorer to simply move the C:\Users\Paula\Documents\Family Historian Projects folder into your F:\Main Docs\ folder so you end up with F:\Main Docs\Family Historian Projects\... etc.

Then in FH in the File > Project Window in Location: left-click My Documents\Family Historian Projects and select Choose Location and browse to F:\Main Docs\Family Historian Projects before clicking OK.

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Yes, in FH use File > Backup/Restore > Restore Backup and choose the ZIP file you want to check.
That will create a new Project alongside your main Project with the name John R. Piper Project.

Interestingly that example you gave does not include the word Family as your John R. Piper Family Project does.
Have you renamed your Project in the meantime?

However, if the Backup does have the same Project name as your main Project, then the restored Project would gain the suffix (2) to keep it distinct.

When you've done the check and copied the file, etc, you can use File > Project Window > More Tasks > Delete Project.

Having said all that, if you simply want to check for the presence of a file or two you can do that in Windows File Explorer.
Simply navigate to the Backup ZIP folder and open it just like any other folder and check for the files.
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I am not sure if this will help but try and see if by using a Query you can weed out those Occupations more quickly.

Download the All Facts Filter by Label from fhugdownloads:contents:query_all_facts_filter_by_date_label_or_text|> Query:Fact ~ All Facts Filter by Date, Label, or Text.

Then use View > Custom Queries > All Facts Filter by Label and set the Label to Occupation.
That will list all your Occupation facts.

Click on the Rec Id column header to sort into record order to group each Individual Record Owner together.
Now review the entries and double-click on any Occupation label to open it in the Property Box.
Then you can choose to edit or delete any Occupation as necessary.

When you have done enough for one session, just note the Rec Id reached and start from there next time.

That may be a quicker method than working through individuals in your tree.
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