Hi Brian, Oops my bad. Didn't think of that. I actually have my media and data files on OneDrive for accessing from different machines
Jennie On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 11:34 AM Brian Kelly <exma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jennie, > > This thread was originally about installing and running Legacy from a > Flash Drive presumably because the original poster wanted to have a > version of Legacy which he could use on any machine. That is not > possible because Legacy has to be installed on any computer where you > try to use it. Some of the files Legacy installs are in the Windows > System folders which would be missing on any computer which does not > have Legacy installed. > > The need to have the Flash drive use the same drive letter on two > machines applies any time the Legacy Data includes media files. > > If you have any media stored on the flash drive you do need to have the > flash drive use the same letter on each computer where you intend to use > it with Legacy. > > Legacy uses the full path, including the drive letter for all references > to a media file. If your USB drive is drive E: on the computer which is > used mainly for Legacy but is Drive F: on a second computer then Legacy > will not find the media when you are using it because it will be looking > for files on Drive E. instead of F: > > Brian Kelly > Rockland, ON, Canada > > On 14-Sep.-20 7:06 p.m., Jennie Matheson wrote: > > Hi Lena, > > > > It does not need to use the same letter between computers - each install > > of Legacy will look for the drive letter that you specify on that > > particular computer e.g my laptop might use Drive E but my desktop > > might use Drive F. You just have to make sure that if you have multiple > > USB ports on the computer that you use the same port each time, > > > > Jennie > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 6:52 AM Lena <l...@birch.net > > <mailto:l...@birch.net>> wrote: > > > > so how do you keep the same drive letter to put it on a new > > computer.. Mine > > is on a xp and I now have a windows 10 laptop > > thank you.. > > Lena > > > > > > -- > > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > > https://www.avg.com > > > > > > -- > > > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com <mailto: > 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/ >
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