sorry, i should have said in the beginning that i use legacy 7.5, the free version. I do not want to go to version 8 because other people in my family all share and we all use the free 7.5. Will these instructions still work?
Elizabeth On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Elizabeth, > Yes that's what you're doing - and it's a really complicated way of > opening a file - but when you do and then backup you get that [1] added > each time. > > So what you are doing wrong is that at some stage you went looking for a > file and opened it from within a zip file. > > If your options are set to open the last file, it then reopens from > within the zip it seems. > > Which folder do you think your data is in? Are the backups going to the > same place or not? > > If you are using Legacy 8, the most sensible place to keep your data > file is Documents/Legacy Family Tree/Data > > Your backups would normally be saved to somewhere else, preferably > either a folder that gets synced with cloud storage like Dropbox or > OneDrive, or an external drive. > > What you need to do in Legacy is Restore your latest zip. Make sure you > control where the file is restored to and give it a new name without all > those [1]'s. > > Then continue backing up as you are doing (though you may want to choose > a different folder or drive) AND make sure you open the fdb file from > where you saved it. NEVER open an .fdb file from within a zip file. I > know you probably don't realise you've been doing that but at some point > you did. > > To be absolutely sure you open the right file, set your option at > Options > Customise (1.2 in Legacy 8 - on the general tab in Legacy 7) > to open this file. Make sure you browse to the file in an ordinary > folder - NOT a "zip folder". The problem is that Windows shows you the > contents of zips as if they are a folder and you can open things from > within them. > > I hope you can follow all this. > Cathy > > Cathy Pinner <mailto:genea...@gmail.com> > > Monday, 19 May 2014 8:22 AM > > Elizabeth, > > You've told us exactly how you are backing up your file but you seem a > > little confused. > > A backup file is a zip file that contains your .fdb file and other > > related files depending on what you've ticked in the backup. > > > > How are you opening your file? You sound like you think that doing the > > backup is the process of saving your work - but it isn't. Your work is > > already saved in the .fdb file you had open. You're just backing up on > > exit. > > > > Is it possible that you are opening your file from within one of those > > zip files? I'm not sure what happens when you backup after doing that. > > I'll give it a try with a test file and get back if I reproduce your > > zip filenames. > > > > Cathy > > > > elizabeth wrote: > >> My files do add the date and time each time I back them up, but the > >> date and time are added 'at the end' of all the '[1]'s but before the > >> .zip. > >> > >> EX; > >> john[1][1][1][1][1]2014-05-15 07.38.06 PM.zip > >> > >> > >> Elizabeth > >> > >> > >> On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Cathy Pinner <geneakit@gmail > > .com > >> <mailto:genea...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > >> Elizabeth, > >> It sounds as if you have the folder set up not to override the > >> previous backup file. This is the type of addition that you get > >> with Windows when you copy a file to a folder that already has a > >> file of that name and you say you want to keep both. > >> That's good that the previous backup isn't being overwritten, but > >> it's more normal to use the naming ability in Legacy to add the > >> date and time to the file name. See the options button on the > >> backup dialogue. > >> > >> Cathy > >> > >> C.G. Ouimet wrote: > >> > Hmm … > >> > > >> > You didn’t say your backup files had Date and Time embedded in > >> them. > >> > > >> > My backup files all show as something like … > >> > > >> > CGO Master 800 2014-05-13 06.48.20 AM.zip with no [1] > >> > > >> > C.G. Ouimet > >> > > >> > Kingston ON > >> > > >> > *From:*elizabeth [mailto:newi...@gmail.com > >> <mailto > > :newi...@gmail.com>] > >> > *Sent:* May 18, 2014 03:10 PM > >> > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > >> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] [1][1][1]....???? > >> > > >> > I looked, and those options are already checked. The date and time > >> > appear after the "[1]"s in each > >> file name. > >> > > >> > Elizabeth > >> > > >> > On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 2:44 PM, C.G. Ouimet > >> <c.g.oui...@outlook.com <mailto:c.g.oui...@outlook.com> > >> > <mailto:c.g.oui...@outlook.com <mailto:c.g.oui...@outlook.com>>> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > The Zip file is the backup. It might be because Legacy doesn’t > >> want to > >> > overwrite the previous backup. > >> > > >> > In Legacy, go to File, then Backup. Click the Options button at the > >> > bottom and ensure to check the Append Date and Append Time to the > >> > filename. > >> > > >> > C.G. Ouimet > >> > > >> > Kingston ON > >> > > >> > *From:*elizabeth [mailto:newi...@gmail.com > >> <mailto:newintr@gmail > > .com> <mailto:newi...@gmail.com > >> <mailto:newi...@gmail.com>>] > >> > *Sent:* May 18, 2014 01:50 PM > >> > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > >> > <mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > >> <mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com>> > >> > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] [1][1][1]....???? > >> > > >> > Why does a '[1]' keep getting added to the file name every time I > >> > close and save my file? > >> > > >> > EXAMPLE; > >> > > >> > john.zip becomes john[1].zip, then john[1][1].zip the next time I > >> > close and save it...........and on and on and on. > >> > > >> > john.zip > >> > > >> > john[1].zip > >> > > >> > john[1][1].zip > >> > > >> > john[1][1][1].zip > >> > > >> > john[1][1][ > >> 1][1].zip > >> > > >> > etc. > >> > > >> > elizabeth > >> > > > elizabeth <mailto:newi...@gmail.com> > > Monday, 19 May 2014 8:15 AM > > My files do add the date and time each time I back them up, but the > > date and time are added 'at the end' of all the '[1]'s but before the > > .zip. > > > > EX; > > john[1][1][1][1][1]2014-05-15 07.38.06 PM.zip > > > > > > Elizabeth > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > C.G. Ouimet <mailto:c.g.oui...@outlook.com> > > Monday, 19 May 2014 5:04 AM > > > > Hmm … > > > > You didn’t say your backup files had Date and Time embedded in them. > > > > My backup files all show as something like … > > > > CGO Master 800 2014-05-13 06.48.20 AM.zip with no [1] > > > > C.G. Ouimet > > > > Kingston ON > > > > *From:*elizabeth [mailto:newi...@gmail.com] > > *Sent:* May 18, 2014 03:10 PM > > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] [1][1][1]....???? > > > > I looked, and those options are already checked. The date and time > > appear after the "[1]"s in each file name. > > > > Elizabeth > > > > On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 2:44 PM, C.G. Ouimet <c.g.oui...@outlook.com > > <mailto:c.g.oui...@outlook.com>> wrote: > > > > The Zip file is the backup. It might be because Legacy doesn’t want to > > overwrite the previous backup. > > > > In Legacy, go to File, then Backup. Click the Options button at the > > bottom and ensure to check the Append Date and Append Time to the > > filename. > > > > C.G. Ouimet > > > > Kingston ON > > > > *From:*elizabeth [mailto:newi...@gmail.com <mailto:newi...@gmail.com>] > > *Sent:* May 18, 2014 01:50 PM > > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > > <mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com> > > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] [1][1][1]....???? > > > > Why does a '[1]' keep getting added to the file name every time I > > close and save my file? > > > > EXAMPLE; > > > > john.zip becomes john[1].zip, then john[1][1].zip the next time I > > close and save it...........and on and on and on. > > > > john.zip > > > > john[1].zip > > > > john[1][1].zip > > > > john[1][1][1].zip > > > > john[1][1][1][1].zip > > > > etc. > > > > elizabeth > > > > > > > > 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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