In Legacy 8 the default location for your data files is My Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Data In Legacy 7.5 and earlier the default location is C:\Legacy\Data
Remember to avoid opening any file within a zip folder. Having your backups in a different folder than your data files will definitely help you avoid opening a data file within a zip file so putting backups in C:\LegacyBackups will be a good way to keep them separate. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 21/05/2014 12:26 AM, elizabeth wrote: > More of my comments inserted in Cathy's email below but also new questions > from me... > > Elizabeth > ========================================= > > 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. > > *[I have just restored my .zip file - and renamed it - and put it in the > C:/Legacy/Data folder........and the .fdb file is also showing up in that > folder......is that the way it should be, or should the .zip file and .fdb > file be in different folders?? I don't think I had a choice to put each one > in a different folder when doing the restore.]* > > 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. > > > > *[I created a new folder in C drive - C:/LegacyBackups/ and put the backup > in there. Is that the correct thing to do?* > *"Where" is the correct place for the .fdb file that I should be using when > I open Legacy?]* > > > To be absolutely sure you open the right file, set your option at Options > > Customize (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 do understand what I have been doing wrong and how it happened. Now all > I want to do is make sure that I am understanding the correct way to do it. > It happened mainly because I did not know about .zip files, and because I'm > usually in a hurry and didn't pay any attention to the 'IE5' destination.]* > > *[One more thing.......should I delete all those files with all the '[1]s' > added to them......after I have restored all my family files?]* > > 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
