diff --git a/PROMS/fmtxml/Form1.cs b/PROMS/fmtxml/Form1.cs
index adeb49cd..418c402a 100644
--- a/PROMS/fmtxml/Form1.cs
+++ b/PROMS/fmtxml/Form1.cs
@@ -597,9 +597,11 @@ namespace fmtxml
 		{
 			FileInfo fi1 = new FileInfo(Application.StartupPath + "\\" + fileName);
 			FileInfo fi2 = new FileInfo(@"..\..\" + fileName);
-			if (fi2.Exists && fi1.Exists && fi2.LastAccessTimeUtc > fi1.LastAccessTimeUtc)
+			if (fi2.Exists && (!fi1.Exists ||(fi1.Exists && fi2.LastAccessTimeUtc > fi1.LastAccessTimeUtc)))
 			{
+				if (fi1.Exists && fi1.IsReadOnly) fi1.IsReadOnly = false;
 				fi2.CopyTo(fi1.FullName, true);
+				fi1 = new FileInfo(Application.StartupPath + "\\" + fileName);
 			}
 			if (fi1.Exists)
 			{
@@ -612,10 +614,11 @@ namespace fmtxml
 		{
 			FileInfo fi1 = new FileInfo(Application.StartupPath + "\\" + fileName);
 			FileInfo fi2 = new FileInfo(@"..\..\" + fileName);
-			if (fi2.Exists && fi1.Exists && fi2.LastAccessTimeUtc > fi1.LastAccessTimeUtc)
+			if (fi2.Exists && (!fi1.Exists || (fi1.Exists && fi2.LastAccessTimeUtc > fi1.LastAccessTimeUtc)))
 			{
 				if (fi1.Exists && fi1.IsReadOnly) fi1.IsReadOnly = false;
 				fi2.CopyTo(fi1.FullName, true);
+				fi1 = new FileInfo(Application.StartupPath + "\\" + fileName);
 			}
 			if (fi1.Exists)
 			{