The link Sherry from Support gave is helpful, so when I opened a copy of the file with Notepad among the spaces and strange combination of characters identified "Mindscape Family Tree Creator Deluxe". Which brought to my recall that the person who gave the file to me used a family tree software that was long ago discontinued. Oh well. If anyone has any other suggestions.... Thank you Elizabeth
On 10/24/2015 1:28 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > > The OP can most likely open the .CFG file using Notepad which > generally will display everything in a text-like fashion. Yes, you can > even open .JPG files using Notepad but instead of seeing a graphic, > you’ll be greeted with a bunch of mumbo-jumbo text. If you look > closely at the .JPG in Notepad, you will also find the metadata text > amongst the other mumbo-jumbo. > > Most of the smaller .CFG files are pure ASCII text which means they > can also be opened in any word processor. But given that the OP’s file > is 409 kB, I’d would venture to say that it will be non-ASCII text > which probably will not open in a word processor. > > Brian in CA > > *From:*Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] > *Sent:* Friday, October 23, 2015 6:23 PM > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] cgf to Legacy > > The only file you can open in Legacy is a .FDB file. > > A cfg file is a computer configuration file. > http://whatis.techtarget.com/fileformat/CFG-Configuration-file > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Elizabeth Verchio > <borninalabam...@everchio.us <mailto:borninalabam...@everchio.us>> wrote: > > I know this is not exactly the forum for this, but, I am at the end of > ideas of how to get a cfg file into a format I can open with Legacy > Deluxe. It is a small file, 409 KB. I've had it for 3 or more years. I > would really like to see the data, can anyone help me? > I am so appreciative of any assistance. > > Elizabeth Verchio > Born in Alabama 1953 ~ Living in Illinois 1978 > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
