topic Re: difficulty to use old shapefiles with Arcmap 10.5 in ArcGIS Production Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-production-mapping-questions/difficulty-to-use-old-shapefiles-with-arcmap-10-5/m-p/391769#M60 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi&nbsp;Christophe&nbsp;</P><P>Have you tried adding the shapefiles to a new empty ArcMap session?&nbsp; Some additional resources can be found at the links below.</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/shapefiles/what-is-a-shapefile.htm" title="https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/shapefiles/what-is-a-shapefile.htm">What is a shapefile?—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/shapefiles/how-to-salvage-a-corrupt-shapefile.htm" title="https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/shapefiles/how-to-salvage-a-corrupt-shapefile.htm">How to salvage a corrupt shapefile—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Bo</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Aug 2020 18:47:20 GMT Bo_King 2020-08-18T18:47:20Z difficulty to use old shapefiles with Arcmap 10.5 https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-production-mapping-questions/difficulty-to-use-old-shapefiles-with-arcmap-10-5/m-p/391768#M59 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>since Arcmap 10.5 is installed on my computer the icon of all of my old shapefiles appeared with a "?" and cannot be opened anymore. THe error message is " error opening a feature class".</P><P>How could I solve this problem?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 07 Aug 2020 13:18:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-production-mapping-questions/difficulty-to-use-old-shapefiles-with-arcmap-10-5/m-p/391768#M59 ChristopheHissler 2020-08-07T13:18:18Z Re: difficulty to use old shapefiles with Arcmap 10.5 https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-production-mapping-questions/difficulty-to-use-old-shapefiles-with-arcmap-10-5/m-p/391769#M60 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi&nbsp;Christophe&nbsp;</P><P>Have you tried adding the shapefiles to a new empty ArcMap session?&nbsp; Some additional resources can be found at the links below.</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/shapefiles/what-is-a-shapefile.htm" title="https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/shapefiles/what-is-a-shapefile.htm">What is a shapefile?—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/shapefiles/how-to-salvage-a-corrupt-shapefile.htm" title="https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/shapefiles/how-to-salvage-a-corrupt-shapefile.htm">How to salvage a corrupt shapefile—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Bo</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Aug 2020 18:47:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-production-mapping-questions/difficulty-to-use-old-shapefiles-with-arcmap-10-5/m-p/391769#M60 Bo_King 2020-08-18T18:47:20Z