TIP OF THE DAY - How to backup the _AppData folder (Legacy Staff) Legacy 8 and 9
Y'all know my backup routine by now but I actually left something out. This part of the routine will be very important if you ever have to do a "clean uninstall" which will start you over completely from scratch. You need to backup your _AppData folder. This folder holds your custom settings. Here is my complete routine... 1) I check to make sure I have no broken media links 2) I check/repair my file 3) I backup my data and media to cloud storage (I keep my backups on OneDrive) 4) I backup my _AppData folder and append the name it so that it has the same date and time stamp as my data and media backups The file path to the _AppData folder is \Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData To backup the _AppData folder simply RIGHT click it and select SEND TO > COMPRESSED (ZIPPED) FOLDER. The zip file is your backup. You can change the name of the zip folder. I keep my 10 more recent backups and I go in and delete the older ones periodically. I backup my file VERY often, sometimes every day. In 12 years of using Legacy, I have only needed a backup file twice. One time I had a hard drive crash and the other time I had made some ill-advised global changes to my file that I regretted. Michele Simmons Lewis, CG Legacy Family Tree mich...@legacyfamilytree.com <mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com> www.legacyfamilytree.com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/> Certified Genealogist is a registered trademark and the designation CG is a service mark of the Board for Certification of GenealogistsR, used under license by Board certificants who meet competency standards.
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