Files from older versions should work for you.  I make products in 5Inf and they work in 6Inf (I only do that so people still using older versions can use them)

Make sure your Vue is fully updated - if you go the the file menu there's an option to check for updates.  You can also set the prog to check for updates automatically.

Hopefully, that should fix your problem.

There are some tutorials in the backroom here, some at Cornucopia and some good video tuts at geekatplay.com

Gill