Originally Posted by cordelli

It shouldn't be necessary to remove the old version, I've done dozens and dozens of them just over it without any problems.

You aren't getting the microsoft Journal Viewer error message are you when you try to open the files? That's a known problem with 6.x that is fixed by installing the newer journal viewer from the microsoft site.

When you follow the instructions above to open the file, make sure the box always use this program is checked.