Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy

2016-06-28 Thread Gene Young
That's a shame. I hope you can recover OK. On 6/28/2016 6:26 PM, Dave Johnson wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. It was a failing hard drive that was causing the problem. Now I have some work to do to bring everything back to where I want it to be. -- Gene Young Researching Young, Harer

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy

2016-06-28 Thread Dave Johnson
Thanks for the suggestions. It was a failing hard drive that was causing the problem. Now I have some work to do to bring everything back to where I want it to be. On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 6:10 AM, Gene Young wrote: > Dave, > Brian gave an explanation in another email. If shutting down does no

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy

2016-06-28 Thread Gene Young
Dave, Brian gave an explanation in another email. If shutting down does not work the next step is to search for and delete all files with an .ldb (lock data base) extension. From Microsoft: "Although .LDB files are typically removed when all users have closed the database, one or more .LDB

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy

2016-06-27 Thread Brian/Support
Go to the folder where your family file is stored. Delete all the .ldb file(s) you find there. Those should be deleted automatically when Legacy closes but if you had an abnormal shutdown they can be left behind. The .ldb file tells legacy a database is in use and can prevent Legacy from openin

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy

2016-06-27 Thread Dave Johnson
] On Behalf Of Gene Young Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 4:52 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy On 6/27/2016 5:48 PM, MikeFry wrote: > On 27 Jun 2016 22:42, Gene Young wrote: > >> If there was an improper shutdown of Legacy there may be a le

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy

2016-06-27 Thread Dave Johnson
...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Gene Young Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 4:52 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy On 6/27/2016 5:48 PM, MikeFry wrote: > On 27 Jun 2016 22:42, Gene Young wrote: > >> If there was an improper shutdown of Legacy there m

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy

2016-06-27 Thread Gene Young
On 6/27/2016 5:48 PM, MikeFry wrote: On 27 Jun 2016 22:42, Gene Young wrote: If there was an improper shutdown of Legacy there may be a left over lock file. Shut down your computer completely wait a minute or two then restart and see if that helps. Why this 'urban myth' of waiting a minute or

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy

2016-06-27 Thread I Macaulay via LegacyUserGroup
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Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy

2016-06-27 Thread MikeFry
On 27 Jun 2016 22:42, Gene Young wrote: If there was an improper shutdown of Legacy there may be a left over lock file. Shut down your computer completely wait a minute or two then restart and see if that helps. Why this 'urban myth' of waiting a minute or two. The power's off, there's nothin

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy

2016-06-27 Thread Gene Young
.* * * * * *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Dave Johnson *Sent:* Monday, June 27, 2016 1:02 PM *To:* 'Legacy User Group' *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy Has anyone come up with this error when trying to open Legacy? Error Openi

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy

2016-06-27 Thread Henry T. Peterson Jr.
I hope you weren't using dropbox. For your data drive. From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Dave Johnson Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 1:02 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy Has anyone come up

[LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy

2016-06-27 Thread Dave Johnson
Has anyone come up with this error when trying to open Legacy? Error Opening Message File: The Microsoft Jet database engine stopped the process because you and another user are attempting to change the same data at the same time. I have rebooted, I have scanned for viruses, etc. Yet I