Content Copier cannot restore backup

Last night I backed up my phone with Content Copier
using PC Suite 6.84
On a Windows XP machine
For a N73 phone.
I then upgraded the firmware on my phone. And went to restore the backup. However, Content Copier (which I now understand why it's not named Content Restorer) cannot find the .nbu file. So I checked to see if the file was really there. And yes it is in the default location. So I decided to make a copy of it and place it in a separate location and try to browse to it. But no luck.
Odd thing is that the first page says " The latest backup from this phone was made 7/31/2007 22:18". Which tells me it knows the file is there.
So out of curiosity I tried backing up the N80 at the house. And same thing, it backs up fine and doesn't see the file to restore it. The next logical step was maybe PC Suite had a bad install I will uninstall and reinstall. Did..done...nope... neither phone can see the backup file made for it.
I have read many of the posts here and was able to restore my contacts using the Contact Transfer program. Which seems to see the files no problem. How do I get everything back to my phone?

Nope no crashes, no new software other than Software Updater. Which is currently not installed. And that did exist at the time but an old version.
Ok I just did something I HAD already tried...Simply double-clicking the backup file. I don't think I had done that since uninstalling and removing the registry entries though. But it appears to be working.
This doesn't explain why I still can't see the files when I browse for them or why they aren't seen in the default location. It restored everything but my
- Contacts (which had already been restored)
- Calendar and notes (none)
- Text messages (failed in the backing up process, but don't get me started and upon closer inspection it did restore my SMS)
- Multimedia messages(same)
- Emails(none)
Well I am going to be happy I got my files back...And hope that PC Suite has the bugs worked out before the N80 needs a new firmware. Thanks tons for your help.
PS I still haven't heard back from Nokia Support Department. Talk about Customer Service.

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