I would be very careful about wanting to remove a folder, created by WD, on a My Passport. These files include the software installs to enable Windows and Mac to access the rest of the device. On my 2TB drive they are using 241MB, about .01% of it. Otherwise, they are because you are using the device as a backup to your PC.
Regards Chris -----Original Message----- From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Ford Sent: 03 February 2017 14:40 To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Big Question Now that makes perfect sense. I'm flagging this note to perhaps save me some pain when I do a new install into Windows 10. Agree about the admin thing--I currently cannot get rid of a folder (a Western Digital folder) I do not want on an external hard drive, because it says I don't have administrative privileges. Enfuriating. Thanks, Barb > On Feb 2, 2017, at 10:36 PM, Robert57P_gmail <robert...@gmail.com> wrote: > > One problem you may have run into with Legacy 6 and Win7: Windows 7 "protects" some of the folders that used to be open. By default, the older Legacy versions (I forget when they changed it) used to install in some of these folders that are now "protected". > > I got around this by overriding the Legacy install. If you install Legacy 6 on Windows 10 (or Win8 or Win7), instead of accepting the normal "C:\PROGRAM FILES", instead tell Legacy to install into something like: "C:\winprog\legacy". Since you are creating that "winprog" folder, windows has no rules about it and won't protect it. So the older programs should run fine out of that location. > > I have a C:\winprog, and C:\wingame, and a C:\winutil - I install any "old style" programs in those folders instead of in "C:\PROGRAM FILES" and it works pretty good. And I store data from "old style" programs into C:\windata. As much as I appreciate Microsoft "trying to protect us from ourselves", I don't like being told "you don't have permission to mess in folder xyz"!!! I'm the administrator of this computer, darn it - I can do (or should be able to do) whatever I want where ever I want . . . as long as I understand the consequences. Or, as a poster I once saw said: > "When my computer tells me I don't have admin privileges . . . Aren't we forgetting one teensy weensy but ever so critical little tiny detail? I OWN YOU" > > Bob > >> On 02/02/2017 14:16, Barb Ford wrote: >> Okay, thank you, James. My incorrect assumption that Legacy 6 would not play well with Windows 10 was based on this: When I started with Legacy 6, I used XP. A few years ago, I changed to Windows 7. At that time, my Legacy program simply would not open with the new operating system. I was able to utilize the help of someone from this group, at that time, who spent a lot of time off-group, even with a Skype session, helping me to get everything to work. It was my understanding that the problem was because of the operating system and that I should consider upgrading to a newer Legacy version if I encountered further problems. As I say, that was my understanding at the time; perhaps I misunderstood, or perhaps I was given incorrect or incomplete information. Either way, it has been in the back of my mind that when I changed operating systems again, I should be ready to upgrade to the latest Legacy version. I see now that I was laboring under a false assumption/conclusion. >> Thank you, >> Barbara >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "James Smith" <jor...@comsouth.net> >> To: "Legacy User Group" <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >> Sent: 2/2/2017 1:03:46 PM >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Big Question >> >>> Barbara, Legacy 6 works perfectly well with Windows 10, I notice no difference since Windows XP and 8.1. As someone else indicated, if you upgrade to Legacy 8, make a copy of your Legacy 6 file to transfer to Legacy 8, keeping your Legacy 6 file intact. Once your file is transferred to Legacy 8 it will be unusable on Legacy 6. As stated, you can run both programs on the same computer until you are comfortable with the new Legacy. >>> >>> James Smith >>> >>>> On 2/2/2017 1:46 PM, Barbara Ford wrote: >>>> Brian, then if I kept both, would they access the data from the same data file, or does Legacy 8 put its data in a different location, and does it save it "on the fly" like Legacy 6? My Legacy 6 data is all in a folder named Legacy that resides directly on the C hard drive. I don't have a real reason for wanting NOT to use Legacy 6, except that I fear it would not work well with Windows 10. 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