You didn't say which version of windows you had: For Windows 7 http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/947-command-prompt.html
For Windows Vista http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-command-prompt-still-lives-in-windows-vista/6092566 Your mileage may vary. On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Paula Ryburn <paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > Hopefully, this is not too far off list and will be answered quickly > anyway. I'm trying to determine what all I have linked vs. stored in Legacy > folders. And I really like hard-copy to analyze. > > Used to be I could open a Window and execute DOS commands. Is that still > possible? > > And I used to be able to capture the screen contents and send it to a > printer or a file. Is that still possible? > > Obviously, my next question is: How? Please refresh my memory. > > Thanks! > --Paula in Texas > Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman > Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field > Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes > Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts > Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Paula Ryburn <paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net> > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Sent:* Wed, August 31, 2011 2:34:32 PM > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Source Name Filing System > > Charles, True. I was just trying to see what she did with photos, as I > thought her response was strictly about sources (which not all my photos > are... nor do I want them to be in that list in Legacy). > > While I was out I really did think about why I would like electronic files > grouped by person, family or surname, and I think it is to be able to see > what documents are "missing"... death certificates? census for 1870? etc. > Over-hauling my file names and moving them all around might just not be the > answer there...! I am just starting to use regularly the FGR from Legacy, > and I have a spreadsheet checklist for my direct line, so maybe I'm doing > just fine already?! > > Am still wrestling with how best to do backup... > > Thanks again! > --Paula in Texas > Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman > Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field > Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes > Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts > Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Charles Apple <apple1...@centurylink.net> > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Sent:* Wed, August 31, 2011 11:20:32 AM > *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] Source Name Filing System > > Paula, > > Perhaps not in its strictest sense by definition, however, aren't > photographs just another Document Type that could be crossed referenced in > an Index of Surnames? > > Charles > > From: Paula Ryburn [mailto:paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net] > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:03 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Name Filing System > > What about files (mainly photos) that are not sources? > Will look in News archives, thx. Tho I suspect Geoff will not be > recommending any filing structure that is outside of C:\Legacy ;) > > --Paula in Texas > Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman > Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field > Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes > Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts > Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog > (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com<http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/> > ). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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