Extension name is "anki2" how can I open this file with Anki?

hello, a friend of mine sent me a file which consist extension name anki2 collection.anki2 like this

and I can open this file with my laptop and all the other files extension name is apkg. thus, I also changed extension name but it’s still not working and he said he can open this file in his laptop. and asked me if I updated with latest version and I did and tried again. and still it is not working. so, if there is anyone who knows how to solve this problem. can you answer me? :slight_smile:

He didn’t export the cards, but sent you his collection file. Create a new profile, put the file instead of the new profile’s collection.anki2 (do not confuse with your ordinary profile — make a backup), export from there (decide if you want to export the scheduling information) and import into your ordinary profile.

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it’s too hard to understand. could you explain more easily?

Everything but the media files is stored in a collection.anki2 file in the profile directory, but to transfer stuff between different collections (profiles), it is usually better to export and import (Anki’s own format is apkg).

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Backups: https://docs.ankiweb.net/#/files?id=backups
Profiles: https://docs.ankiweb.net/#/profiles
File locations: https://docs.ankiweb.net/#/files?id=file-locations
Exporting: https://docs.ankiweb.net/#/exporting
Importing: https://docs.ankiweb.net/#/importing

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sorry for disturbing you too much. but could you explain in the way, what I have to click and what I have to move to where like this? :slight_smile:

You could instead ask your friend to use the File > Export function in Anki to export the decks he wants to share with you.

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That’s what I’d recommend, as it will also remove their remove history, which you probably don’t want.

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