Basically, you need to ensure that the file is saved under the name you want and in the directory you want. What cannot be determined fully from your post is exactly where the ‘good file’ is.
So, with the good file open click ‘File’ in the upper left hand corner. At the very bottom of the dialogue box that pops up should be the name of the file currently open, including the full path to it. There may be more than one listed, but I think it’s the top one (number 1) that is open. What’s the full file name there, including drive and directories? If that file (including full path) isn’t exactly what you want, I would do a File à Save Family File as exactly what you want it to be. Then, you have three choices in Option à Customize à General. 1) Open last used file, open a specific file and point to this one – good if this is your only file, or prompt for file – good if you have multiple files. Hope this helps...... Paul Gray From: Lavern Hall [mailto:lavernh...@gmail.com] Sent: August-20-13 9:00 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Lost data! Hello again, and thanks for everyone's responses. Boyd wrote: "Have you tried searching the whole of your c: drive for any database files? Just go to Windows Explorer, click on C: drive, and Search for any *.fdb files This should point you in the right direction if the files are still on the computer anywhere." I followed Boyd's directions and here's the results of my search: Temp Internet File Content.IE5 RB9D3VKG Lavern%20Cariota%Family[1] Open Family File Screen file name: Lavern%20Cariota%Family[1] files of type: Legacy (*.fdb) When I selected "Open", the file comes up with all of my missing data. What do I do with this? (BTW, my family file is called LavernCariotaFamily.) Thanks, Lavern Hall On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 6:31 AM, Henry T. Peterson Jr. <hpete...@cox.net> wrote: Paul I speak from experience!! You may get by doing that with some small file. But, sooner or later some internet clitch or server error will grieve you. I know that dropbox is great. I prefer it over skydrive and google drive. Large files take awhile to transfer……. User beware.. With kind regards Henry From: Paul Gray [mailto:graypa...@outlook.com] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 11:58 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Lost data! Henry, I am not sure why you say ‘Always copy the file on your hard drive to Drop box folder to have a backup”. That is exactly what Dropbox is doing automatically. Dropbox is a folder on your local drive, and anything done in the local Dropbox folder is replicated to the Dropbox server, and other linked computers if so configured. So, having your working Legacy file in Dropbox works just fine. Legacy will be working with a local file. If you are talking about the zip backup file, as opposed to the working file, you can certainly back that up to Dropbox. But again, the file is first being written to the Dropbox folder on your local hard drive, and then being replicated up to the Dropbox server. Paul Gray From: Henry T. Peterson Jr. [mailto:hpete...@cox.net] Sent: August-19-13 9:00 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com; LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Lost data! Lavern Use dropbox for a backup !!!!!!!! DO NOT OPEN THE FILE IN DROPBOX FOLDER WITH LEGACY… Always copy the file on your hard drive to Drop box folder to have a backup. Every morning I copy approx. 1.6 gb of files to dropbox Then I can copy those backup files to my computer at work when I arrived to my work address. Regards Henry From: Lavern Hall [mailto:lavernh...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 7:09 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Lost data! Hi Paul and Mike, 1. Paul - the data that is missing is what I entered since my last backup two days ago. I checked, Legacy is set to "open last used family file automatically" 2. Mike - No, I'm not sharing files, it's just me. However, I did go to the Dropbox website where I found yesterday's date. I clicked on it and everything (including my missing two-day data) was there! Taking no chances on not having the file available, I am backing it up from the Dropbox website... but now, I am guessing... do I keep going back to the Dropbox website in order to access Legacy and work in my family file? Wish I were a bit more savvy here...thanks for your help. Lavern Hall On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 3:25 PM, mikejames...@gmail.com <mikejames...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Lavern >From the Dropbox Help section: "If your files were in a shared folder, and the folder is still shared, then keep reading. Use the web search to find files, including deleted files. All files, including recently deleted files, can be found on the website. Log into <https://www.dropbox.com/> dropbox.com and type the name of a missing file into the search field. Use the advanced option to search for deleted files. Alternatively, you can just press the trash can icon for the website to display deleted files. 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