Yes, very easy. You can use Options and settings 6.1 and 6.2 to specify
where you want the data and media files located, within the area that
Windows can see.

Regards

Chris

>From my Motorola G6+

On Mon, 11 May 2020, 00:33 Scott Hall, <seh0...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you.  That was a clear explanation.  I wonder if I can install (or
> relocate) the Legacy folder in Documents to elsewhere.  Not a big deal
> either way.
>
> Scott
>
> On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 2:01 PM Tessa Keough <murke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> thank you Brian Kelly for a very clear response - just opened my Windows
>> File Explorer to check on this - and all is good.
>>
>>
>> *Tessa Keough*
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 8:44 AM Brian Kelly <exma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In a normal windows based computer the Legacy Family Tree folder is
>>> located in the user's Documents folder. It looks like your Parallels is
>>> using the Mac side for the user's Windows documents folder so that is
>>> where Legacy created your Legacy Family Tree folder to hold all the user
>>> related data it needs.
>>>
>>> The sub-folders in that folder should include _AppData which Legacy uses
>>> for settings and working files, Data where the user's Data files are
>>> stored by default and a variety of other folders like Media, LegacyFS
>>> (used with the FamilySearch interface module), LegacyCharting
>>> (self-explanatory), Sample-Media (for media belonging to the Sample file
>>> provided with Legacy) and web (for use when creating web pages).
>>>
>>> The first two folders you mention on the Windows side are created by the
>>> install program and contain the program and its support files. You
>>> should not attempt to make any changes to those two folders since they
>>> are in restricted access areas.
>>>
>>> Brian Kelly
>>>
>>> On 10-May-20 11:13 a.m., Scott Hall wrote:
>>> > OK, help me out.  I'm trying to streamline my files.  Legacy seems to
>>> > have files everywhere.
>>> >
>>> > Is there a map showing where Legacy's files are stored?
>>> >
>>> > I am running Legacy on a Mac using Parallels, so some of my confusion
>>> > may relate to the emulator.
>>> >
>>> > I find them here:
>>> > * In C:/Program Files (x86) there is a "Legacy9" folder.  This looks
>>> to
>>> > be the main application with its supporting files.
>>> > * In C:/Program Data there is a "Legacy Family Tree" folder that seems
>>> > to hold nothing other than the Geographic database.
>>> >
>>> > But I also have a Legacy Family Tree folder on the Mac side in
>>> > Document.  This one is the one that baffles me, unless it has
>>> something
>>> > to do how Parallels stores the info.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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