Good thoughts for consideration. I did purchase, and have regularly used, the charting program that was sold outside of Legacy 6. By default, where is the data stored in Legacy 8?
> On Feb 3, 2017, at 7:23 PM, Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Barbara, > > No version of Legacy embeds media in the data file. It would make the data > file huge, just for a start. > Note FTM used to embed media in their data file but more recent versions > don't. > I don't know of any other genealogy program that embeds the media in the data > file. > > You can stay with Legacy 6 if you want to. It will work on Windows 10 > provided you install it outside of the Program Files folders. > > However, do consider upgrading. You are missing out on heaps of features > Charting, Mapping, enhanced Potential Problem checking - and they're just new > features from Legacy 7. > > The real learning curve between Legacy 8 and earlier versions of Legacy is > the change in the default place to keep your data files and the default place > for Media files. > People who understand folder structure on a computer have no problem with > that. People who don't understand have had some problems switching over. > > Legacy 8 has many more Media handling tools which are much easier to use than > the ones in earlier versions. > > Legacy 9 on the surface will look and feel like Legacy 8. It's bringing some > great new features though. > > Cathy > >> Barbara Ford <mailto:pastors...@gmail.com> >> Saturday, 4 February 2017 6:16 AM >> Okay, got it. I think I may at least try keeping 6, if it will work on >> Windows 10, and I'm very much "on" to keeping it in the directories as you >> mention here, Steve. So, I'll do that on the new computer and at last try >> it, with not upgrading after all. My two issues (will 6 work on Windows 10, >> and does the later version allow embedded photos) have been answered in such >> a way that I believe I can stick with 6. >> Thanks, >> Barb >> >> >> Steve Hayes <mailto:hayes...@telkomsa.net> >> Friday, 3 February 2017 11:13 PM >> >> No, it is the NEW Legacy version (8 and above) that by default installs >> itself into protected folders. >> >> I still have Legacy 7.5 on my computer, and it is installed in >> >> E:\Legacy\ >> >> with the data files in >> >> E:\Legacy\Data >> >> and pictures in >> >> E:\Legacy\pictures >> >> I routinely copied these backwards and forwards between my desktop computer >> (running Windows XP) and my laptop computer (running Windows 7) with no >> problems, just a simple batch file did it. >> >> Legacy 8, by default, installs itself inder >> >> C:\Program Files\ >> >> which IS a directory protected by Windows, and doesn't allow data files to be >> kept under it (as the older versions of Legacy did), so it keeps data files >> under the My Documents folder,.wherever that may be. >> >> I set up Legacy 8 differently, to install its program files into >> >> E:\Legacy8 >> >> and its data files in >> >> E:\Leg8Data >> >> That makes it easier for me to copy the data files to a USB flash drive to >> transfer to my Laptop. And those directories, like the ones created by older >> version of Legacy, are not protected by Windows. But the \Program Files\ one >> is. >> >> >> >> Robert57P_gmail <mailto:robert...@gmail.com> >> Friday, 3 February 2017 12:36 PM >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> Barb Ford <mailto:pastors...@gmail.com> >> Friday, 3 February 2017 3:16 AM >> 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 >> > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
