Mary Jo, No, it is not set to hidden. We have had a number of people who have 'lost' their Install.LOG BTW.Brian,it is possible to create a list of files in a folder using cmd and something like the old DOS. (Way, way off topic so please don't ask! - Try Google)
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ New Tutorial: Embed a Bogger RSS feed on your webpage http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 01:50:29 -0700 > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > From: mjohar...@comcast.net > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Can't Recover Functionality from Crash > > > At 12:44 AM 9/2/2009, you wrote: >>OK, I'm probably confused as the next guy but maybe we have some >>difficulties here in explaining or describing normal Windows tasks. >>First of all, unless I fell asleep a few years ago, Windows Explorer >>does not have the capability of creating or copying a list of files >>from a particular folder. I believe what Mary Jo may actually be >>attempting is to "copy the files" which is not the same as "copy a >>list of the files". In other words, just highlighting some file >>names, selecting COPY, and then trying to PASTE what you think is a >>list onto a message here, will usually result in an ATTACHMENT to the message. > > > Thank you Brian, you got it. As I think I said, this is just what > happened. It's good of you to share about copy/paste as an > individual requirement. Probably a person would have to be pretty > expert in Windows to know that group copy/paste attempts only serve > to set those files as attachments, except as a person would find out > accidentally, like I did. Me, I'm just an ordinary person, with only > the level of understanding and proficiency an ordinary person might > obtain over the course of twenty-odd years of their own personal computing. > > >>One additional item to consider. Is it possible the somehow Mary Jo >>has set file type .LOG to have a HIDDEN attribute? Maybe she can do >>a system search and set one of the parameters to INCLUDE HIDDEN FILES. > > > No, Mary Jo didn't set any file type to do anything. I don't know > enough to even begin to try to mess with that sort of thing. I did, > however, just now use the advanced search criteria to "include hidden > files." That search report said "Search is complete. There are no > results to display." And since the uninstall feature says it cannot > uninstall because it "Can't find the INSTALL.LOG.file," that seems > consistent. > > So if it's hidden, but the search function is set to find hidden, and > search can't find hidden, I wonder where the INSTALL.LOG file is? In > any event, what I need to know is how I can uninstall Legacy in the > absence of the INSTALL.LOG file, or in replacing the INSTALL.LOG > file, so I can set a fresh edition in there in the hopes that such > fresh install will mean that Legacy functions as it is meant to. > > > > Mary Jo Harper > mjohar...@comcast.net > .................................. > Legacy Deluxe > Now On Version 7.0.0.108 > Build 1 Sep 2009 > ................................... _________________________________________________________________ Use Hotmail to send and receive mail from your different email accounts. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
