Welcome to the forum.
Not sure how you have managed to get a recent project list if
nothing can be opened but ignore that.
It sounds like you may have installed without sufficient
rights, you need admin rights when you install.
Or are your projects on a network drive?
Have you tried creating a new project in RH7?
BTW. Before you open any project in a later version, make
sure you have a backup.
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