Open Project .cp in Adobe Captivate 7

Hello,
We acquired 8 licenses Of Adobe captivate 7. we were on adobe captivate 3. So all our projects have .Cp format. Currently we can not open old project .Cp with this new version. We wish to implement a solution that allows us to convert old project format.cp to format .cptx. I want your advice for a best Solution.
Cordially

Yeah, wasn't really expecting the file extension change to work - but it has worked for me in the past with other types of software, so I reckoned it was worth a shot. Desperate times call for desperate measures...
Anyway, I know that this was a long time ago. In fact, I was triggered by your question whether I was absolutely sure the files were made in Cp3. So I investigated further and discovered that some of the files are actually Captivate 2... We're talking 2007 here. Luckily, I was able to open the rest of the files that have been created in 2008 through Cp5. As for the one course created in Cp2, I'll probably have to extract the images from the swf and build them anew...
(The reason we haven't updated the courses until now is that our client has never requested this. In fact, we were under the impression the courses were no longer running, but now appear to be still in use.)

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