altium footprint manager - not committing changes

[vixo]

I've been trying to use the footprint manager in altium to change a number of footprints at a time. To do this I go in to the manager, select all the components I want to change and add a new footprint by using browse to find the exact footprint in the library. I then validate it and press accept changes (create ECO), which brings up the engineering change order window , I execute the changes, compile the project, save, and then press import changes from schematic in the pcb window, which brings up the engineering change order window, except when I press execute changes it says footprint not found! Then when I go back in to the footprint manager it has forgotten all the details on which library the footprints are in! If I do this by clicking on the component I can change the footprint fine, but I don't want to have to do it for every single component as it would take too long.

anyone know why this is happening?

 

[ArticCynda]

Add the footprint library (PcBLib) to your project and then select "Any" in the footprint selection dialog window.