All good information and good step-by-step instructions. The only thing I would add is that the OP should be aware that “Lavern Cariota Family” and “LavernCariotaFamily” are NOT the same thing to a computer. Even though he indicated the name he wants is “LavernCariotaFamily”, the temp file that he located had as part of the file name “Lavern%20Cariota%20Family” which is a web translation of “Lavern Cariota Family”. The %20 symbols are merely web translations of a space. So it means that at one point in his recent history, he somehow renamed or copied his file data to a family file with spaces in the name.
Whether he chooses to use spaces in the file name is normally meaningless. It’s just that our human brains gets thrown for a loop when we see the %20 symbol in a file name when it appears on the Internet, thus many people suggest avoiding using spaces. I’d suggest to keep it simple and just use a file name of “Cariota”. Brian in CA From: mikejames...@gmail.com [mailto:mikejames...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 10:04 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Lost data! Hello Lavern As Paul said "you need to ensure that the file is saved under the name you want and in the directory you want". What I would do is as follows: copy the file "c:\Documents and Settings\user\localsettings\temporary\InternetFiles\Content.IE5\8AUKKPNP\Lavern%20Cariota%20Family[1].fdb" to the Desktop as a starting point Open Legacy and backup your current data file (as a safeguard) Exit Legacy Using Windows Explorer go to C:\Legacy\Data If I have understood you correctly your (currently incorrect) data file should be found here as "Lavern Cariota Family.fdb" Assuming that to be the case rename this file to "old Lavern Cariota Family.fdb" Copy the file from the desktop to the folder C:\Legacy\Data Rename this file to "Lavern Cariota Family.fdb" Take a deep breath and run Legacy Hopefully your data will be restored. If all has gone well up to now do a Legacy backup. If any of these steps do not appear as expected do not proceed any further. Please feel free to contact me off list if you prefer. Regards Mike James 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
