Paul, The user name is the same on two of the computers. The third computer is my domestic partner's computer and the user name is his name. I have never had any problem at all accessing my legacy.fdb file or any other file I link to in DropBox.
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 20, 2012, at 12:01 PM, "Paul Gray" <grayp...@telus.net> wrote: > Ron, > > That wasn't my experience. However, all my points remain. If Dropbox is in > the users directory, there will be inconsistency in the links on the two > systems unless the user name is the same on all systems. And, that's only if > both systems are Win7. > > You don't say if you did install to the default, but if you did I assume that > your user name is identical on the three systems. > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ronald Bernier [mailto:ronaldbern...@bernfrin.org] > Sent: March-20-12 9:49 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dropbox and Legacy > > Actually, > > Dropbox installs in the user directory, but does not install in the documents > directory by default. I.E. on my computer, the default for Dropbox is > C:/Users/Ron/Dropbox. I have DropBox installed on 3 different computers and > it has never installed in the documents folder. > > Ron Bernier > Woonsocket, RI > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Gray [mailto:grayp...@telus.net] > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 11:43 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dropbox and Legacy > > Hi Keith, > > There are really two issues here. > > 1) Relinking all of your pictures to your new location in Dropbox. I have no > experience with this, but as others have said as long as they were in one > folder, and are now just in another folder (the Dropbox folder) there seems > to be a way for Legacy to 'find and relink' all photos from one folder to > another. Let us assume that you do this on your desktop. > > 2) However, the key to those links working between your desktop and laptop is > the location of the Dropbox folder on both the desktop and laptop. It must be > 'outside' of the user profile area (i.e. My Documents, My Pictures, My Music, > My Video). The best place for it is right up in the C:\ directory e.g. > C:\Dropbox. This is not the default installation of Dropbox. If you do not > select something different, Dropbox installs in My Documents on each computer. > > The problem with putting Dropbox in My Documents is that the exact path to it > is usually different on two computers. For sure, if one computer is XP and > other Win 7, the path is different. If both are Win 7, the path will be > different if the user names are different on the two machines. > > Why is this a problem? Because Legacy will have links to the EXACT path on > the desktop, and if that exact path isn't on the laptop, it's "file not found" > > If you put Dropbox right up in the C:\ directory on both computers, the paths > on both systems will be the same. > > If your Dropbox installation is in My Documents, you will want to correct it > first (on both systems) before you do any relinking. I must admit I don't > know how to do this. It may be as simple as using Windows explorer to move > the Dropbox folder. > > I have C:\Dropbox on my two computers. On both systems within that, I have a > Legacy Data folder (FDB and FSD files are in there) and a Genealogy Pics and > Genealogy Docs folders. Links work flawlessly on both. > > > Hope this helps, > > Paul Gray > > > From: Keith Allred [mailto:astro_...@yahoo.com] > Sent: March-19-12 2:05 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Dropbox and Legacy > > I have just downloaded dropbox and installed it on my desktop and laptop > computers. I have been using Legacy for some time and have many pictures > that are located in my pictures folder in legacy. I have created numerous > links which link pictures to various individuals in legacy. Each link > creates a link with a given path designation (in my case, > Legacy/pictures/xxxx). When I created my dropbox folder, I dragged and > dropped the Legacy/pictures folder to my dropbox. So far, OK. I then used > dropbox on my laptop to download the pictures file in that is in my dropbox > folder on my desktop. But, how do I am I now able to use all of the links > that I have previously created? If, on the laptop, I go in Legacy to > Options, Customize, Locations and then change the location of my pictures > folder to my dropbox on my laptop, all of the links are useless. (I know > that if I had started out using my dropbox folder as my folder to which my > pictures were linked, all would be fine. But, I now have thousands of links > and do not want to reinvent the world.) Or do I have each time to download > what is in my dropbox to the Legacy/pictures folder to be able to use the > links. A simple way to solve the problem would be to have the dropbox folder > and the Legacy/pictures folder sinc each time a change is made to the > Legacy/Pictures folder. What is the solution to my problem? > > > > > > > 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). > 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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