That worked - no error msgs anymore. Thanks. And, yes, I know there is a risk to not using the defaults. That's why I was upfront with the info on where I installed it (so support could simply reply with "no defaults, not our job to help you"). As I think about it now, however, not using defaults could be problem when I share my file with my relatives - we should both have the same directory structure and using the defaults is the safest way to do that.
I began using my own folder structure both because of the security "protection" hassles placed on the system folders (my documents, program files, etc), and because I got so frustrated with MS moving the "my documents" folder to different locations for different versions of Windows. I could never remember where I wanted to put my photo's and such so I could easily find them from within Legacy. But it sounds like Legacy got the Vista/Win7/Win8 "kinks" worked out, the kinks that they had at one time with Legacy 7 when it used system folders for the program. However, the default puts the data in the USER's "my documents", not in PUBLIC "my documents" - correct???? Thus if my sister does not have this folder structure: C:\Users\Bob\Documents Won't she have problems anyway? Using my own structure for data also solves the problem if my wife logs on to my PC under her ID. The default file location would put the data in MY folders (correct?) so she'd have problems getting to them. Where if I put them in a "common" folder she doesn't have that problem. So I would put the data either in the "system common area" of: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Legacy-v8\Patton-master\Data or my own data structure of: C:\windata\Legacy-v8\Patton-master\Data We would both have access to either location no matter who logged on. And if I use my own folder structure for DATA, I don't have to worry about MS moving the "My Documents" folder to different locations for different Windows versions. So I guess I could (and should) install the program in its default and still leave my data (family file, pictures, etc) in my own folder structure. Thoughts? Bob Thanks On 01/10/2014 10:57, Charles Apple wrote: > Bob, > > See if this works, select the Chronology Tab > Options > from the menu select > Display Options > under Other Options (bottom right corner) click the button > labeled "Select" > Remove any selected timelines showing in the Currently > Selected Timelines window > click the button labeled "Add A Timeline File." > This should allow you to choose the timelines from the Legacy 8 installed > Timelines. However, you would be well advised to follow Jenny Benson's > comments and reinstall Legacy 8 to its default location. From my own personal > experience, I know that the above step will select the correct Timeline files > when installed to the default locations, however, I don't know how it will > work when Legacy 8 is installed to a location other than the default. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert57P_gmail [mailto:robert...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 1:36 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Timeline locations > > How do I control where Legacy looks for timelines? I don't see it under > CUSTOMIZATION. > > I just discovered that Legacy version 8 on my desktop is looking for the > timelines in the old version 7 folder. Not a major problem until I > eventually delete the version 7 folders. How to I tell version 8 to look in > the version 8 timeline folder? > > The laptop (that never had version 7) can not find the timelines in my family > file because I did not copy the version 7 folders over to the laptop. I'm > guessing I can copy my unique version 7 timeline files from my desktop to my > version 8 timeline folder on my laptop (and to the version 8 folder on my > desktop). But my family database is looking for them under the version 7 > folder. How do I change this? > > The Help file says timelines are located at: > [My Documents]\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\Timeslines\[Language]. > But this is not the case for me. > Ah - I just found them under: > C:\winprog\Legacy8\_AppData\Timelines > But I still don't see a way to tell the program where to look. > > I should mention that I installed Legacy 8 at C:\winprog\Legacy8 And legacy 7 > program is installed at: C:\winprog\Legacy > > Bob > > > > > 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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