Actually, I stumbled on this method just about 1 minute before I read your message. I can honestly say that I never even noticed that button "View List of Multimedia Locations" or if I ever did, I just assumed that it would be the same as the same 4 locations shown above, which is where the user usually points out the path for the 4 general types of multimedia. It took only a couple of minutes to change the paths to all of the sub-folders. This little tool turns out to be very powerful with the ability to add, delete, or change paths to specific folder or sub-folders. Gotta remember this one!!
Thanks Brian. And thanks to the other that suggested the similar technique of merely introducing Legacy to one of the sub-folders for a particular image. OK, problem solved. Actually, it was not a problem....just a matter of educating the human behind the keyboard. Brian in CA PS to Brian in Support - Why are you there on this holiday weekend? -----Original Message----- From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 3:33 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Multimedia Locations Go to Options > Customize > Locations Click on the View Current list of Multimedia Locations button Select each of the paths in that list and click the change button Point to the new equivalent of that path on the new drive then click OK. Now the multimedia in that location will be found. Repeat for each path in the list that was moved to the new drive. The hint about finding one photo in each path suggested by other users will also work but that will add the paths on the new drive to your list. The paths on the old drive will still be there. My method replaces the old paths with the new. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 17-Feb-13 17:07, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > Well, looks like changing drive letters of multimedia locations when there > are sub-folders involved DOES NOT work. For those of you that may have missed > my exact topic of discussion, it all related to the fact that I have multiple > sub-folders under the specified multimedia locations. But if I move that > entire folder, such as “Picturesâ€, along with all of its subfolders to a > different drive letter, then ALL links to anything in a sub-folder is lost. > Nothing else is changed other than everything resides on a new drive letter. > > Yes, I have changed the multimedia location to point to the new location but > please be aware that you can only point to the main folder. Apparently once > you change anything, Legacy is not smart enough to parse through any > sub-folders. > > I’m now left with a monumental task of re-linking over 3,000 images. > There has to be a better way. I’m about ready to go back to 3 x 5 > index cards. J > > Brian in CA > > (At lease I was smart enough to save all my .usr files) 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
