It's there in Legacy 7.5 and is the biggest button on the dialogue is Unlink ALL media files.
Options > Customise - Locations tab - Test all Media Folders. You may never have gone there. Once you're organised in Legacy 8 you probably won't go to the Media Relinker either. There are occasions when you'd want to remove all links. Two I can think of. 1) If you'd attached some files and then realised you needed to be more organised in naming files - the quickest way would be to remove the links and start again. 2) If you got a file from someone else that had media links but you didn't have the media - you'd want to get rid of all the links. There are occasions when you'd want to remove unlinked media. I'm encountering it at the moment as I was very enthusiastic when I first attached media to Legacy and was using it to sort my photos as well. Now I use other methods for that and want to cut the number of pics attached in Legacy. I'd also attached a small copy of the original scan as well as cropped copies and digitally enhanced copies. Not necessary in those attached. Cathy At 10:13 AM 21/04/2014, you wrote: >It only presents one, and I almost clicked right >through it myself today. I don't remember that >capability being in v 7.5 at all, let alone so >prominently. And it seems the button is located >in the normal "okay" location in the window. I >would prefer it be smaller or off to the side or >something. Or maybe two "are you sure?" >pop-ups. Or... why is it in there at all? When would you want to do that? > >--Paula in Texas >Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz >Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough >Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis >Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon >Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle >Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner >Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sanford >Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams > > >From: Ward Walker <wnkwal...@rogers.com> >To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com >Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 12:37 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Restoring picture links > >Unlink all media is a scary function. I am >terrified of accidentally clicking on it. I sure >hope that it presents at least two âare you sureâ warnings. > > Ward > >From: <mailto:rgstrongge...@gmail.com>R G Strong-genes >Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 1:02 PM >To: <mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com>legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Restoring picture links > >Morris, >All the media file backup will do is restore the >media to their original location it will not >restore the links in the family file. The >easiest way would be to save your current file >with a different name or save it as a copy with >a different name and then restore your family >file from the backup that has the links. After >it has been restored to the point before you >deleted the links go to the copy of your family >file then search for those individuals that you >changed: search for individual> what to look >forâ change date equal to a date after the >point of your last backup then tag the search >list. You can then export all the tagged >individuals to a new file or import only the >tagged individuals into your current file. > >From: <mailto:oldbiloxiho...@yahoo.com>M Sonnier >Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 12:50 PM >To: <mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com>legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Restoring picture links > >I have a backup of the Family file from Last >night and prior. I have put so much information >since, it may be better to manually relink the pics. > >Can I back the file now. Then take the last >backed up media file and change the name to >match the data file. Then restore. Would it accept or reject the media file? > >Morris >On Thursday, April 3, 2014 10:41 AM, >Sherry/Support <she...@legacyfamilytree.com> wrote: >Morris, > >The pictures are still where they were. The links in the Family File >have been removed. > >Do you have a backup of the Family File? That's what you'd need to restore. > >Sincerely, >Sherry >Technical Support >Legacy Family Tree > > >On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 6:32 AM, M Sonnier ><<mailto:oldbiloxiho...@yahoo.com>oldbiloxiho...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Mistakenly unattached all of my pictures. Meant to unlink unreferenced > > Media Folders. Instead of clicking Proceed, I clicked on Unlink all media > > files. > > > > I am using version 7.5.0.278. Is there a way to restore the links from a > > previous media backup. I could restore > everything, but that would overwrite > > the data I have input over the last 3 > hours. I know I should have backed up > > the file before this procedure, but that option is too late. > > > > Morris > >-- >Russell G. Strong >P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! 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