RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
I never save anything to My Documents or My Pictures myself. I put it on a separate hard drive where I can find it. The only thing that gets saved to those two folders is what a program will put there. I'm against putting my data on the C drive. It's only good for people who don't have separate or partitioned drives. MS likes to trash everybody's drive to slow down your system so you have to upgrade. Bill Boswell -Original Message- From: grayscot2 [mailto:graysc...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 11:57 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues Much against my will, I'm probably going to follow this for Data, if not for media, but I would like to propose that hereafter all user data be allowed to be put somewhere else besides the Microsoft categories. Doesn't anyone else resent the patronizing, over-possessive My Documents and My Pictures? It makes you want to throw up to begin with and then the contempt it shows for Windows users seals the deal.It is easy enough to copy over the necessary folder and sub-folders to a dedicated custom directory without all the other MS trash in it. Please don't do this again. From: Leon Chapman [chap...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 01:30 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues Margaret: Legacy 8 has been updated to install the software in the more traditional areas of Windows which provided enhanced security. The older version 7.5 installed at the root level of drive C at C:\Legacy\ and this by-passed the normal security built into Windows. I recommend you use the latest L8 standard for installing and saving all your new files. Legacy 8 installs its program files in C:\Program Files (x86)\ which is where they should be installed. You should not mess with any of these files in this location. The Legacy 8 user data have been moved to: C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/ There are subfolders under this directory that you should use: 1. \_AppData\ -- this is where your usr settings and Books and iSearch, etc settings are stored 2. \Data\ -- This is where you should keep your Legacy 8 data files (Carter.fdb, etc) 3. \Media\ -- This is where all your pictures, pdfs, videos, etc should be placed (Note: In Legacy 7, this folder was called \Pictures\) The other 2 folders, Legacy FS and LegacyCharting are for those applications within Legacy. The only real folders you need to worry about are: 1. C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/Data/ 2. C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/Media/ I recommend you copy (and I mean COPY and not MOVE) your old Legacy 7 data files from: C:\Legacy\Data to the new folder: C:\Users\myname\documents\Legacyfamilytree\Data\ I recommend you copy (and I mean COPY and not MOVE) your old Legacy 7 picture files from: C:\Legacy\Pictures to the new folder: C:\Users\myname\documents\Legacyfamilytree\Media\ Note: Copy you the Legacy 7 files so you retain the original Legacy 7 files in their original location. This will allow you to run both Legacy 7 and 8 on your computer and it sort of provides a backup of your Legacy 7 original files. Once you open a Legacy 7 database in Legacy 8, you cannot go back to Legacy 7, unless you use a GEDCOM format. After you have copied your Legacy 7 database files and pictures to the new Legacy 8 locations, then open Legacy 8 and do a File, Open, and browse to the file and open the Carter.fdb, in your case. It will convert your database to the new Legacy 8 format. Good luck. Leon Chapman ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:54 AM, William Boswell whbosw...@gmail.com wrote: I never save anything to My Documents or My Pictures myself. I put it on a separate hard drive where I can find it. The only thing that gets saved to those two folders is what a program will put there. I'm against putting my data on the C drive. It's only good for people who don't have separate or partitioned drives. MS likes to trash everybody's drive to slow down your system so you have to upgrade. Bill Boswell Obviously, you consider yourself an expert on all things computer related. Could you please stop using this forum to bash genealogy programs (you commented that genealogy programs don't want you to move your data out of their program so they make it nearly impossible to export (I'm paraphrasing)), you bash Microsoft because in your paranoia you claim they want to control and trash your data, etc. You have practically said that anybody who follows the norm(s) for installing a program doesn't really know what they are doing. This is supposed to be a list to help and support people in the operation of Legacy. It is not meant to be a forum to constantly tell people that in your opinion you are the only one who really knows how to use a computer. Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
Bill, I also like to keep all of my document files on a different drive than the c: drive. Maybe this has been discussed here before but you can tell Windows to relocate folders like My Documents, My Pictures, My Videos etc. to a different location, in my case the e: drive.That leaves only the operating system and programs on c: with all my data on e:.With the Legacy 8 install, the Legacy Family Tree folder was created in e:/My Documents/ even though the program was installed in c:. It works good for me. Dave Pointer -Original Message- I never save anything to My Documents or My Pictures myself. I put it on a separate hard drive where I can find it. The only thing that gets saved to those two folders is what a program will put there. I'm against putting my data on the C drive. It's only good for people who don't have separate or partitioned drives. MS likes to trash everybody's drive to slow down your system so you have to upgrade. Bill Boswell Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
On 2013/12/05 16:54, William Boswell wrote: I never save anything to My Documents or My Pictures myself. I put it on a separate hard drive where I can find it. The only thing that gets saved to those two folders is what a program will put there. I'm against putting my data on the C drive. It's only good for people who don't have separate or partitioned drives. MS likes to trash everybody's drive to slow down your system so you have to upgrade. You could always move My Documents to a second drive :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
I didn't know you could get Windows to relocate My Documents to different locations. I never really use My Documents unless I purchased music online and it puts it there. Thanks for the suggestion. Bill -Original Message- From: Dave [mailto:famho...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 11:15 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues Bill, I also like to keep all of my document files on a different drive than the c: drive. Maybe this has been discussed here before but you can tell Windows to relocate folders like My Documents, My Pictures, My Videos etc. to a different location, in my case the e: drive.That leaves only the operating system and programs on c: with all my data on e:.With the Legacy 8 install, the Legacy Family Tree folder was created in e:/My Documents/ even though the program was installed in c:. It works good for me. Dave Pointer -Original Message- I never save anything to My Documents or My Pictures myself. I put it on a separate hard drive where I can find it. The only thing that gets saved to those two folders is what a program will put there. I'm against putting my data on the C drive. It's only good for people who don't have separate or partitioned drives. MS likes to trash everybody's drive to slow down your system so you have to upgrade. Bill Boswell Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
On 2013/12/05 18:46, William Boswell wrote: I didn't know you could get Windows to relocate My Documents to different locations. I never really use My Documents unless I purchased music online and it puts it there. Thanks for the suggestion. In Windows Explorer, right-click on My Documents and select Properties. Then, click on the Location tab. There, you'll find a Move button. Have fun. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
I am trying to follow this correspondence but looking at My Documents I see that not only all media and data has been put there under the Legacy Family Tree folder, but also sub-folders as follows: Legacy Family Tree NameMaster-media 2013-12-02 18.07.58 Legacy Program Files (x86) Legacy Users Followed by lots of later backups but without the sub-folders. Legacy8 also appears (with lots of sub-folders) in my C\Program Files (x86). Should I really have two copies of the program floating around? On 5 December 2013 16:59, William Boswell whbosw...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you. -Original Message- From: Mike Fry [mailto:emjay...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 11:54 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues On 2013/12/05 18:46, William Boswell wrote: I didn't know you could get Windows to relocate My Documents to different locations. I never really use My Documents unless I purchased music online and it puts it there. Thanks for the suggestion. In Windows Explorer, right-click on My Documents and select Properties. Then, click on the Location tab. There, you'll find a Move button. Have fun. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
Elizabeth, If you are using Windows 7, “My Document” is similar to a short cut and part of “Libraries” which point to where the data is actually stored. This allows you to store information in one place regardless of where on your computer it is physically located. They are not really two (2) copies. Charles From: Elizabeth Hatchell [mailto:elizab...@hatchells.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 12:44 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues I am trying to follow this correspondence but looking at My Documents I see that not only all media and data has been put there under the Legacy Family Tree folder, but also sub-folders as follows: Legacy Family Tree NameMaster-media 2013-12-02 18.07.58 Legacy Program Files (x86) Legacy Users Followed by lots of later backups but without the sub-folders. Legacy8 also appears (with lots of sub-folders) in my C\Program Files (x86). Should I really have two copies of the program floating around? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
Yes, Windows 7. I didn't realise they were just shortcuts. That helps - thanks, Charles. On 5 December 2013 18:13, Charles Apple apple1...@centurylink.net wrote: Elizabeth, If you are using Windows 7, “My Document” is similar to a short cut and part of “Libraries” which point to where the data is actually stored. This allows you to store information in one place regardless of where on your computer it is physically located. They are not really two (2) copies. Charles *From:* Elizabeth Hatchell [mailto:elizab...@hatchells.co.uk] *Sent:* Thursday, December 05, 2013 12:44 PM *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues I am trying to follow this correspondence but looking at My Documents I see that not only all media and data has been put there under the Legacy Family Tree folder, but also sub-folders as follows: Legacy Family Tree NameMaster-media 2013-12-02 18.07.58 Legacy Program Files (x86) Legacy Users Followed by lots of later backups but without the sub-folders. Legacy8 also appears (with lots of sub-folders) in my C\Program Files (x86). Should I really have two copies of the program floating around? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
Rather than fighting a losing battle with Microsoft you should simply migrate to a different OS. Microsoft was criticized for an operating system that was too loose and easy to exploit. The concept of user control and different levels of permission is only new to the Microsoft world. It has been 'the norm' of every other OS that I've ever used. In many respects some are much more restrictive. But, with Windows still being the OS used by the overwhelming number of users worldwide, you are fighting a losing battle that's only going to accelerate when people using XP realize that they are no longer protected with MS updates and the latest threat is widely reported. Don -Original Message- From: grayscot2 [mailto:graysc...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 10:57 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues Much against my will, I'm probably going to follow this for Data, if not for media, but I would like to propose that hereafter all user data be allowed to be put somewhere else besides the Microsoft categories. Doesn't anyone else resent the patronizing, over- possessive My Documents and My Pictures? It makes you want to throw up to begin with and then the contempt it shows for Windows users seals the deal.It is easy enough to copy over the necessary folder and sub-folders to a dedicated custom directory without all the other MS trash in it. Please don't do this again. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
Folks,
I really need some help. My old PC died, but I had my files backed up. I
just bought a Samsung Windows 8 PC and am trying to load everything onto
it. I DO NOT understand Windows 8, so when I purchased Legacy 8, and
downloaded it, it went to:
C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/ - and put Legacy Charts and
Legacy Family Tree with _AppData, Data, Media under this location.
This gave me a shortcut to the new Legacy8 icon.
I knew that something went wrong because I could not get my Legacy files to
come up correctly. I have used Legacy for many years and have never had an
issue when I upgraded to Legacy6 or Legacy7 etc..
I tried to uninstall it, but it kept the folder out there and would not
completely uninstall it all.
However, I tried to reinstall it on the C drive - Legacy where I thought
it originally went and have since discovered that I can force everything to
work OK (I think) on the C drive. I see all my families and photos etc
just fine. When I open a file now at the very top of my screen it says:
:Legacy - {C:\Data\Carter.fdb]
However, what I don't know is, if I just leave the Legacy8 that is filed
under document alone, is it going to interfere down the road with the
installed version of Legacy 8 on the C drive?
Everything I have tried to do keeps sending me to the
C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/. So I am concerned that it is
where the program really is and not on the C Legacy drive.
Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks so much for any guidance you an give me.
Margaret
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Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
Margaret:
Legacy 8 has been updated to install the software in the more traditional
areas of Windows which provided enhanced security.
The older version 7.5 installed at the root level of drive C at C:\Legacy\
and this by-passed the normal security built into Windows.
I recommend you use the latest L8 standard for installing and saving all
your new files.
Legacy 8 installs its program files in C:\Program Files (x86)\ which is
where they should be installed. You should not mess with any of these
files in this location.
The Legacy 8 user data have been moved to:
C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/
There are subfolders under this directory that you should use:
1. \_AppData\ -- this is where your usr settings and Books and iSearch,
etc settings are stored
2. \Data\ -- This is where you should keep your Legacy 8 data files
(Carter.fdb, etc)
3. \Media\ -- This is where all your pictures, pdfs, videos, etc should be
placed
(Note: In Legacy 7, this folder was called \Pictures\)
The other 2 folders, Legacy FS and LegacyCharting are for those
applications within Legacy.
The only real folders you need to worry about are:
1. C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/Data/
2. C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/Media/
I recommend you copy (and I mean COPY and not MOVE) your old Legacy 7 data
files from:
C:\Legacy\Data to the new folder:
C:\Users\myname\documents\Legacyfamilytree\Data\
I recommend you copy (and I mean COPY and not MOVE) your old Legacy 7
picture files from:
C:\Legacy\Pictures to the new folder:
C:\Users\myname\documents\Legacyfamilytree\Media\
Note: Copy you the Legacy 7 files so you retain the original Legacy 7
files in their original location. This will allow you to run both Legacy 7
and 8 on your computer and it sort of provides a backup of your Legacy 7
original files. Once you open a Legacy 7 database in Legacy 8, you cannot
go back to Legacy 7, unless you use a GEDCOM format.
After you have copied your Legacy 7 database files and pictures to the new
Legacy 8 locations, then open Legacy 8 and do a File, Open, and browse to
the file and open the Carter.fdb, in your case. It will convert your
database to the new Legacy 8 format.
Good luck.
Leon Chapman
___
Leon Chapman
chap...@gmail.com
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On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Margaret Gagliardi megsge...@gmail.comwrote:
Folks,
I really need some help. My old PC died, but I had my files backed up. I
just bought a Samsung Windows 8 PC and am trying to load everything onto
it. I DO NOT understand Windows 8, so when I purchased Legacy 8, and
downloaded it, it went to:
C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/ - and put Legacy Charts and
Legacy Family Tree with _AppData, Data, Media under this location.
This gave me a shortcut to the new Legacy8 icon.
I knew that something went wrong because I could not get my Legacy files
to come up correctly. I have used Legacy for many years and have never had
an issue when I upgraded to Legacy6 or Legacy7 etc..
I tried to uninstall it, but it kept the folder out there and would not
completely uninstall it all.
However, I tried to reinstall it on the C drive - Legacy where I thought
it originally went and have since discovered that I can force everything to
work OK (I think) on the C drive. I see all my families and photos etc
just fine. When I open a file now at the very top of my screen it says:
:Legacy - {C:\Data\Carter.fdb]
However, what I don't know is, if I just leave the Legacy8 that is filed
under document alone, is it going to interfere down the road with the
installed version of Legacy 8 on the C drive?
Everything I have tried to do keeps sending me to the
C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/. So I am concerned that it is
where the program really is and not on the C Legacy drive.
Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks so much for any guidance you an give me.
Margaret
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:
http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009:
http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/
Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp
Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and
on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com).
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Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:
http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009:
http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/
Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp
Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our
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Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
Margaret:
I forgot to tell you when you open and convert your Legacy 7 database using
Legacy 8, you will need to run: Tools Media Relinker and then Gather
Media.
This will location and link all of your old picture files and the Gather
Media allows you to make a copy of your picture files in the correct Legacy
8 Media location.
C:\Users\myname\documents\Legacyfamilytree\Media\
Good luck.
Leon Chapman
___
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chap...@gmail.com
-
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com wrote:
Margaret:
Legacy 8 has been updated to install the software in the more traditional
areas of Windows which provided enhanced security.
The older version 7.5 installed at the root level of drive C at C:\Legacy\
and this by-passed the normal security built into Windows.
I recommend you use the latest L8 standard for installing and saving all
your new files.
Legacy 8 installs its program files in C:\Program Files (x86)\ which is
where they should be installed. You should not mess with any of these
files in this location.
The Legacy 8 user data have been moved to:
C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/
There are subfolders under this directory that you should use:
1. \_AppData\ -- this is where your usr settings and Books and iSearch,
etc settings are stored
2. \Data\ -- This is where you should keep your Legacy 8 data files
(Carter.fdb, etc)
3. \Media\ -- This is where all your pictures, pdfs, videos, etc should
be placed
(Note: In Legacy 7, this folder was called \Pictures\)
The other 2 folders, Legacy FS and LegacyCharting are for those
applications within Legacy.
The only real folders you need to worry about are:
1. C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/Data/
2. C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/Media/
I recommend you copy (and I mean COPY and not MOVE) your old Legacy 7 data
files from:
C:\Legacy\Data to the new folder:
C:\Users\myname\documents\Legacyfamilytree\Data\
I recommend you copy (and I mean COPY and not MOVE) your old Legacy 7
picture files from:
C:\Legacy\Pictures to the new folder:
C:\Users\myname\documents\Legacyfamilytree\Media\
Note: Copy you the Legacy 7 files so you retain the original Legacy 7
files in their original location. This will allow you to run both Legacy 7
and 8 on your computer and it sort of provides a backup of your Legacy 7
original files. Once you open a Legacy 7 database in Legacy 8, you cannot
go back to Legacy 7, unless you use a GEDCOM format.
After you have copied your Legacy 7 database files and pictures to the new
Legacy 8 locations, then open Legacy 8 and do a File, Open, and browse to
the file and open the Carter.fdb, in your case. It will convert your
database to the new Legacy 8 format.
Good luck.
Leon Chapman
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On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Margaret Gagliardi
megsge...@gmail.comwrote:
Folks,
I really need some help. My old PC died, but I had my files backed up. I
just bought a Samsung Windows 8 PC and am trying to load everything onto
it. I DO NOT understand Windows 8, so when I purchased Legacy 8, and
downloaded it, it went to:
C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/ - and put Legacy Charts and
Legacy Family Tree with _AppData, Data, Media under this location.
This gave me a shortcut to the new Legacy8 icon.
I knew that something went wrong because I could not get my Legacy files
to come up correctly. I have used Legacy for many years and have never had
an issue when I upgraded to Legacy6 or Legacy7 etc..
I tried to uninstall it, but it kept the folder out there and would not
completely uninstall it all.
However, I tried to reinstall it on the C drive - Legacy where I
thought it originally went and have since discovered that I can force
everything to work OK (I think) on the C drive. I see all my families and
photos etc just fine. When I open a file now at the very top of my screen
it says: :Legacy - {C:\Data\Carter.fdb]
However, what I don't know is, if I just leave the Legacy8 that is filed
under document alone, is it going to interfere down the road with the
installed version of Legacy 8 on the C drive?
Everything I have tried to do keeps sending me to the
C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/. So I am concerned that it is
where the program really is and not on the C Legacy drive.
Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks so much for any guidance you an give me.
Margaret
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RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
This worked for me: I let Legacy 8 load in to the suggested Program Files(x86). Opened the program and used the Customise option from the Options Tab, then Locations changed 6.1 to where I kept my Ver.7 files, having first made a copy of the ver.7 files, just in case. C:\Users\Chris\Documents\HISTORY\Legacy\ Then changed 6.2 to where I keep my photo files D:\Photoshop\PHOTOSHOP\ Next I opened each of my data files into Ver. 8, the photos all linked in fine, with no more adjustments. I still have Ver. 7 to fall back on if I need it, but pleased to say after running Ver. 8 since Saturday I have found it very easy on the eye and to use, the old set up is there behind the updated screen views, doubt I will need to go back. Thank you to all involved in the update. I am very pleased with it. Best wishes, Chris http://feniton.blogspot.co.uk/ http://feniton.blogspot.co.uk/ http://fenitonchurch.blogspot.co.uk/ http://fenitonchurch.blogspot.co.uk/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
Much against my will, I'm probably going to follow this for Data, if not for media, but I would like to propose that hereafter all user data be allowed to be put somewhere else besides the Microsoft categories. Doesn't anyone else resent the patronizing, over-possessive My Documents and My Pictures? It makes you want to throw up to begin with and then the contempt it shows for Windows users seals the deal.It is easy enough to copy over the necessary folder and sub-folders to a dedicated custom directory without all the other MS trash in it. Please don't do this again. From: Leon Chapman [chap...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 01:30 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues Margaret: Legacy 8 has been updated to install the software in the more traditional areas of Windows which provided enhanced security. The older version 7.5 installed at the root level of drive C at C:\Legacy\ and this by-passed the normal security built into Windows. I recommend you use the latest L8 standard for installing and saving all your new files. Legacy 8 installs its program files in C:\Program Files (x86)\ which is where they should be installed. You should not mess with any of these files in this location. The Legacy 8 user data have been moved to: C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/ There are subfolders under this directory that you should use: 1. \_AppData\ -- this is where your usr settings and Books and iSearch, etc settings are stored 2. \Data\ -- This is where you should keep your Legacy 8 data files (Carter.fdb, etc) 3. \Media\ -- This is where all your pictures, pdfs, videos, etc should be placed (Note: In Legacy 7, this folder was called \Pictures\) The other 2 folders, Legacy FS and LegacyCharting are for those applications within Legacy. The only real folders you need to worry about are: 1. C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/Data/ 2. C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/Media/ I recommend you copy (and I mean COPY and not MOVE) your old Legacy 7 data files from: C:\Legacy\Data to the new folder: C:\Users\myname\documents\Legacyfamilytree\Data\ I recommend you copy (and I mean COPY and not MOVE) your old Legacy 7 picture files from: C:\Legacy\Pictures to the new folder: C:\Users\myname\documents\Legacyfamilytree\Media\ Note: Copy you the Legacy 7 files so you retain the original Legacy 7 files in their original location. This will allow you to run both Legacy 7 and 8 on your computer and it sort of provides a backup of your Legacy 7 original files. Once you open a Legacy 7 database in Legacy 8, you cannot go back to Legacy 7, unless you use a GEDCOM format. After you have copied your Legacy 7 database files and pictures to the new Legacy 8 locations, then open Legacy 8 and do a File, Open, and browse to the file and open the Carter.fdb, in your case. It will convert your database to the new Legacy 8 format. Good luck. Leon Chapman ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
