Gail, You sound like my Mom. When she was 90 she was entering her "Ramblings of
an Old Lady" (her life story) into her computer. Her macular degeneration has
finally driven her from the computer at 99, but she's still a joy to be with.
If all the Windows 10 technical stuff gets confusing for you, enlist the aid of
a grandchild, great-grandchild or friend who can translate the Windows 10
technical lingo for you? My granddaughter who is 12 is a whiz at computers
since she has grown up with them. The only problem with the younger generation
is they haven't learned patience yet. It's nice if you can get someone to help
you in person - someone to laugh with (or cry with) when it gets exasperating.
Good luck seetting up you new computer. It's been almost 2 years now and
Windows 10 has tried hard but not beaten me down yet. :-)SusanSent from my
Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
-------- Original message --------From: Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> Date:
9/6/19 10:22 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Legacy User Group
<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Media File.
Gail,Holly has given you excellent method of transferring the media to the new
computer but missed one helpful setting.It does help to have Options-Customise
6.2 set to the top media folder on each computer and check on your Windows 7
computer whether in the Media Folder Master List all folders start with
[Default Media Folder]\ If they don't, no problem but you may want to make sure
the media is all in the same folder or in a sub-folders of that folder. You can
use the Tools > Gather Media to gather strays into the folder listed at 6.2You
can access the Master List either from 6.2 or View > Master Lists > Media
Folder list.If it isn't using [Default Media Folder]\ for the common part of
the paths, you can use Search > Search and Replace on the Media Folders to
change that common path to the code.When they're using the code, on the new
computer, once you've copied over your Media and put it where you want it, you
just have to set 6.2 and the media is all linked.But do follow Holly's advice.
Once you have transferred, only use the Win 10 computer for Legacy so you don't
have to do it all again.If you haven't read any articles on using and
customising Windows 10, you may want to do that. Google is your friend. Take
control of the Start Menu so it shows what you want and not the junk that is
there when you get a new computer. Check out particularly the Update Settings
so that you control when Windows restarts with an update ...Transferring Media
using the Media backup does make sure you take all the media provided you don't
have paths that are longer than 260 characters (from drive letter to the end of
the file extension), but extracting from the zip, which you do manually,
recreates the whole path from the drive so usually includes folders,
particularly a user folder, that aren't on your new computer and you then need
to move the media by moving the first folder with media actually in it and the
sub-folders in it out of those newly created folders to where you want it. Then
tell Legacy where it is.I keep my Legacy media in Dropbox so once I've
connected Dropbox to a new computer, I just have to set the path at 6.2 in
Legacy to the Dropbox folder and all my media is relinked.Cathy> Holly Nelson
<mailto:[email protected]>> Saturday, 7 September 2019 1:45 AM> I am
not the expert that Cathy is, but here is what I did. I put the > media files
from the old computer (I had more than one file) on a usb > stick and copied to
the place I wanted them in legacy on the new one. > Then I ran the "media
relinker" on the new computer. It did a > remarkable job, and then notified me
of the missing media files, which > I found on the old computer and transferred
to the new one the same > way. After you get that done, you want to use the
new computer for > all additions, so you don't have to somehow link everything
again!>> Hope that makes sense. Best of luck in the transfer!>> Holly>>
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>>>>>> Gail Morrow <mailto:[email protected]>> Friday, 6 September 2019
11:56 PM> Thank you Cathy Pinner for your reply to my query of 4 Sep.>> I am
not so good at describing issues so hope this makes it clearer.>> I have two
laptops... one with windows 10 and one with windows 7 . > Trying to get used to
W10 but not there just yet.> I mostly work on the windows 7 laptop for Legacy,
but have it > installed on both laptops.> The data file plus the media file is
not as up to date on Window 10 > as the other laptop.>> I believe W7 laptop is
going to quit working so am trying to get > things transferred to other
laptop.> I don't have trouble with backups or using usb's etc.. I have many >
newer additions to the media file and don't know how to replace the > media
file on Windows 10 with the one from Windows 7 laptop.> I hope this is clearer
then before but if not I apologize in advance.>> Gail Morrow>>
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>>>>> F B <mailto:[email protected]>> Thursday, 5 September 2019 9:22
AM>> Cathy P I have it down finely and after use on my old Lab Top Now I > have
it on my new Lab Top But I have not found how to pay for it yet > so a old Man
would say I still need help I guess. Even my bold Legacy > still works. I am
hopeing that Since I use Trend Micro no more Hacking > on Both of my Lab Tops.
Except>> The Old one has a lot of more Information then the new. And I do not >
know how to import the other all the way from 2013 any help would be > great.
When you get to be 90 years old it is harder to remember what I > learn 2013
and you and Geoff have help me many times And Thanks you > and Goff too .>>
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*From:* LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> on > behalf
of Cathy Pinner <[email protected]>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 3, 2019
9:58:07 PM> *To:* Legacy User Group <[email protected]>>
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Media File.> Gail,>> You'll have to tell us
more.> Where is the Media List? What do you mean by W10 and W7.> I think you
are saying you have a new computer and that you don't have> all your media on
your new computer?> See if this article helps.>
http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00505/>> If not, please tell us
more.>> Cathy>>> > Gail Morrow <mailto:[email protected]>> > Wednesday, 4
September 2019 3:59 AM> > Hello all... I would like to replace my Media list in
W10 with the > > more upto date Media List I have in W7. Any thoughts on on
how to> > do this would be appreciated.> >> > Gail Morrow> >> >>>> -- >>
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Gail,>> You'll have to tell us more.> Where is the Media List? What do you mean
by W10 and W7.> I think you are saying you have a new computer and that you
don't have > all your media on your new computer?> See if this article helps.>
http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00505/>> If not, please tell us
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