I must go for now but will try to return tomorrow because I am still confused.
Elizabeth On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Elizabeth, > > I've been trying to give the instructions for both 8 and 7 (7.5). > > The process is still the same though where you choose to save your > actual data file may be different. > > File > Restore the latest zip file. > > Choose where to save the restored file and give it a new name. > > The default place for Legacy 7.5 is C:\Legacy\Data or the Data folder > wherever Legacy has been installed. Legacy 7.5 should not have been > installed to Program Files as Legacy 7.5 writes constantly the Program > Folder and Windows doesn't allow that and so saves the files in weird > hidden places. > > You can choose wherever convenient for your Legacy data file. I had mine > at D:\Genealogy\Legacy 7\Data > > Then both make sure that is where you are getting your file when you > open your file again and/or set up Options > Customise - Starting Family > File section. > > Cathy > > > elizabeth <mailto:newi...@gmail.com> > > Monday, 19 May 2014 8:52 AM > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > 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 > > > > 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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