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You will get a ticket, then move on. Posts to this list do not make it to the support tracking system. -- Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA Swedish Research On 9/1/2012 11:30 AM, CE WOOD wrote: > So Color Schemes is an appropriate folder for saved tag lists and > customized report options, and who knows what else? What have they to > do with color? > > Since those are created by the user, it would, to many non-programmers, > seem logical that those would be saved in as USR files. Why ever would > one think they might be saved in the Color Schemes folder? They have > nothing to do with the color schemes! > > I discovered that when I had to reinstall Legacy and found that the > arduous work creating and saving Tag Lists and Report Options was lost > because they were not saved as USR files. Sleuthing led to the fact > that, as the OP discovered, they are saved in the Color Schemes > subfolder. Now, when backing up, I make sure to copy not only all my > IST files, but also my Color Schemes subfolder. That way, my work is > not lost. > > It would be most helpful if this was made public, just as the necessity > of backing up one's USR files has been. It would be even more helpful > if Legacy would include in Help a section devoted to what files and > subfolders are important to back up. The ifo about backing up USR files > came from this list, not Legacy. Since programmers do not think the way > users do, they should give us that info. Problems do happen; people do > have to reinstall. It would be so simple to tell us where the > personalized lists are stored, and maybe even include them as check > boxes for backups. > > CE > > > From: spa...@xmission.com > > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Saving report options > > Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 07:13:51 -0600 > > > > On 8/31/2012 6:49 PM, CE WOOD wrote: > > > Legacy does save several files there, such as Tag lists. Really > > > strange, and a total pain because you should really back up those files > > > too in case of any problem with Legacy. Yet nowhere does Legacy tell > > > you that! You would think all such files, Tag Lists, Report Options, > > > etc., would be saved in a USR file. But no - they're in the Color > > > Scheme folder! Be sure, if you are compulsive about saving your USR > > > files in case of a problem, that you save the Color Schemes folder too. > > > > > > CE > > > > > > I have 'No' clue what you are talking about. All my .usr files and .rs0 > > are in my Legacy folder, as well as the files mentioned above in their > > appropriate locations. 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
