I really appreciate your help, Jenny and Mike. With your help and some playing around, I believe the problem is solved..
1) I went to "options" and reset the locations buttons to "default". 2) Saved the database to both the C: drive and to the thumb drive and was able to open them. Hallelujah! Now, I have another problem. When database starts to open the following message appears - "Error opening data base - Would you like to try again?" I click "yes" and the data base opens. How do I get rid of the error message? Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny M Benson" <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 3:45 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Back Up Help - PLEASE > *1. To open my file I'm referring to the "backup file". What is the the > correct "Restore family file" command? I didn't know there was such a > command.* If you look in Legacy's File menu, the second item is "Open family file" which is what you would normally do, if you do not have Legacy set to automatically open a particular file. The family file that you are working on at any time is saved with a .fdb ending to the filename. There are several other files that are connected with it - they have the same name, but different endings - but the .fdb is the main one. When you backup your family file using the Legacy backup command (also on the File name) Legacy puts the .fdb file *and all the others connected to it* into a super-file with the ending .zip. It's a bit like putting all your shopping into one bag. In order to use the items you've bought, you need to take them all out of the bag. In order to use the contents of the .zip file, Legacy needs to take all the contents out and then start using the .fdb file. In order to tell Legacy you want to "open the .zip file and take the contents out, then open my .fdb file, please" you need to look in the File menu for "Restore family file" which is the 8th item on the list. > ** > *2. *Jenny says - When I say "backup" I am referring to a zip file > created by using > the "Backup family file" command, which is what I presume you are doing, > as opposed to just saving your family file with different name and/or in > a different place. > *Yes, it has a zip ending on it.* > *Should I be saving to "saving your family file with different name > and/or in a different place?* No. What you are doing is fine! However, once you've created that backup (.zip) file, you don't really need to ever both about it again unless something goes wrong with your family file. You can carry on working on the same family file all the time - Legacy saves everything as it goes along, so if you closed Legacy without making a backup, you could just open the file again next day and carry on working on it. If you want, you can go to the Options menu, select Customize and look in the middle on the left. You can select to "Open last used family automatically" or select the name of your usual file from the drop-down list so that the same one always opens when you start Legacy. But DO carry on making your back-ups! That is absolutely the right thing to do. They are there in case of emergency. -- Jenny M Benson 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
