FileCabinet CS reaches end-of-life on December 31, 2027, and every firm on it has to move its archive somewhere. For firms choosing FileCenter as their document management system, FileCenter is a natural destination. Liscio will extract your FileCabinet CS archive and deliver it organized, with your original folder structure and file names intact, in a secure location that makes it easy to move into FileCenter. There is no requirement to subscribe to Liscio to complete the move. Learn how Liscio’s FileCabinet CS migration service works.

First, the files have to come out of FileCabinet CS properly

FileCabinet CS does not store documents as files in folders. It holds them as page objects in a legacy OLE Structured Storage format, so each document has to be reconstituted into a usable PDF before it can go anywhere. A raw export also strips the folder organization you see on screen. (Full detail here.) This is true no matter which destination you pick, and it is the part firms underestimate.

What Liscio does that a file transfer does not

This is where the difference shows. A DMS-to-DMS transfer that just dumps files leaves FileCenter to index whatever arrives. Liscio keeps your client folders, folder structure, and file names intact, with double extensions and naming conflicts cleaned up, so your FileCenter library starts from the structure your staff already know.

That is the through-line across every destination we support: your archive arrives in the structure your staff already know. Want every document classified and renamed to your firm’s standard too? We can add that as a custom build, and it is built in when Liscio is your destination. See all destinations for the full list.

Why FileCenter as your destination

If your firm has chosen FileCenter as its document management system, Liscio will deliver your FileCabinet CS archive ready to move into it. This is worth stating plainly: we will prepare your files for another DMS, including one that competes with us, because your files going wherever you want is what no lock-in actually means. You are not choosing between getting a clean migration and choosing your own destination.

How the migration works

  1. Liscio extracts your FileCabinet CS archive and reconstitutes each document into a complete, readable PDF.
  2. Your folder structure and file names are preserved, with double extensions, naming conflicts, and characters the destination does not allow cleaned up.
  3. Liscio runs a quality check and delivers the organized archive in a secure location, ready for you to move into FileCenter.
  4. Your files are yours, in FileCenter, with no ongoing Liscio subscription required.

Ready to move your files out of FileCabinet CS?

Liscio delivers your archive organized, with your folder structure intact, so moving it into FileCenter is simple.

See how Liscio’s FileCabinet CS file transfer service works →

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