This is interesting. I never thought about this problem. I bought a new computer last year with Windows 8 which I don't like. Now I'm wondering if my problem with downloading emb. designs then trying to use them on my emb. mach. is caused by Windows 8. If I download designs onto a flash drive even though they're all on the drive, my emb. mach. won't see all the designs on the drive. I have a Brother PE770. Luckily, I still have the old computer with XP and a really old laptop also with XP.