Elizabeth, It is so, so easy to to make an error when transferring data using the split screen that I regard first backing up of both files to be essential. I have sometimes found that I have the wrong screen in focus when making a transfer hence duplicating a change. I do not really understand your (b) hence nor (c), mind you I have only just got up - I seem to be working mid-Atlantic time these days :-). If you are suggesting deleting your .fdb files why? These will be no different to those in the clean back-up which you have just made. Many of us run 2 copies of Legacy on our PC and there is not a problem provided (a) that they are in seprate directories, (b) the associated files are in different directories, (c) they do not use the same Data files (d) one doesn't try and merge a Legacy7 file into a Legacy6 database. I have mine on different drives. Again, to me, your second paragraph is not clear. If you think that you may have two versions installed why not use Windows/Agent Ransack/Google Desktop etc to search for the files?
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ *New Tutorial* Publish your Web Pages - Blogs http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:13:25 +0000 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate entries > > I have to say I have had a similar problem to Claire when using the > split screen. I was trying to compare two versions of the same database > and found individuals and editing seemed to apply to both versions after > I had done something. My own feeling is that perhaps I should (a) make > sure I have a clean copy on my backup hard drive and then (b) delete all > from my PC, (c) bring the clean copy back on to the PC and start again. > > Once before I appeared to have more than one copy of Legacy on my > computer and I fear that may have happened again (don't ask me how but > there are certainly references to Legacy 6 there). If I attempt to > remove ALL Legacy files once again from the PC, can I simply download > Legacy 7 again, use my Deluxe number to get up and running and then > bring my fdb and usr files over from my external hard drive? > > Any advice appreciated. > Thanks. > Elizabeth > > > ronald ferguson wrote: >> Claire, >> >> The only time that you can have two Legacy databases open at the same time >> is when using the split screen. I sometimes do otherwise eg when using Tree >> Draw but then I am only using Legacy for Read Only. >> >> I need further details to be sure, but it looks to me as though you are on a >> very short path to chaos. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> >> *New Tutorial* Publish your Web Pages - Blogs >> http://www.fergys.co.uk >> View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ >> For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: >> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:16:21 -0700 >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >>> Subject: [LegacyUG] Duplicate entries >>> >>> I am having a problem when I have two databases open at the same time. >>> SOMETIMES when I enter a person into one of the databases, that person >>> is also entered (automatically) into the other open database. As I >>> said, this only happens occasionally and usually it is sometime before I >>> find the duplicate entry. >>> >>> I have one database that holds only connected family members and another >>> that holds family members that are not connected with the number one >>> person. All of a sudden I find a lone person in the connected database, >>> that rings the bell as there should never be an individual without >>> connections in that database. I then check my other database and find >>> that same person in the other database, either sitting there alone or, >>> perhaps, with a family of his own. >>> >>> There are times that the individual that was entered into the fragmented >>> database shows up in the connected database (incorrectly of course) as a >>> child of a couple. >>> >>> Has anyone else encountered this problem? >>> >>> Thank you, in advance, for any suggestions, >>> Claire Fuqua in Tucson >>> > _________________________________________________________________ BigSnapSearch.com - 24 prizes a day, every day - Search Now! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/117442309/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
