That actually seems to be correct!! You are attempting to access, as the L:, a folder in a different PC. In order to do that, your laptop NEEDS to know where the location in your desktop is, before it can locate the folder. Therefore it does not know where to point the L: drive to.
Using File Explorer will enable that access, and will remember that you use the L: drive to access the Legacy folder, and hence you will be able to access the file directly or through Legacy. There is a solution to this, as follows 1. On the desktop, on the Legacy folder with your files, you need to set it up for Sharing and give it a Share Name. You, if you have not yet, need to right click on the folder and then on Properties. Within the Properties window, select the Sharing pane. If the folder is already shared, it will tell you the Network Path of the folder. If it is not shared, it will say Not Shared and you will need to click on the Share button. You will then need to attach it to a user, usually your user id or your HomeGroup, and then click on the Share button. The system will then give you a display shows that the folder is shared with a Network Path of \\DesktopPC\sharename, then click on Done to complete the sharing. Note that the share name may include the folder path to find it. 2. On the laptop, you need to create a short Batch file to make the allocation of the L: to the shared folder. This just needs two lines, like these : net use l: /d net use l: \\DesktopPC\sharename The first line will remove any existing mapping to the L: drive. If there are blank in the share name, you will need to wrap it by quotes - net use l: "\\DesktopPC\share name". Save this as a text file with a .bat extension and place it on the desktop. You can then run that file whenever you need to get access to the Legacy folder. You can also auto-run it by placing it in the Startup folder, which is located in C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup so that the laptop will run it when it boots, but that would be dependent on the networking and desktop being active by then. Hope this helps. Regards Chris From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Jim Ormsbee Sent: 21 August 2017 17:39 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Shared database problem I have a Legacy family file on a desktop computer which I also access from my laptop computer. From the laptop the Legacy Family Tree folder is defined as L:. The location of my family file is therefore L:\Data\ and the location of the media files is L:\Media\. To access my family files from my laptop, I must first go to L:/Data in File Explorer and select and open MyFamilyFile.FDB. Legacy automatically runs and my family file is opened. If I first run Legacy, my family file is not located, and when I try to open it manually from within Legacy, the L: drive is not even found. It is also not seen when I go to Customize/Locations. If I have previously opened the family file using File Explorer, the L: drive is seen, and everything works great. In simple terms, Legacy does not see the L: drive unless Ive already accessed it through File Explorer to run Legacy. Any thoughts? Thanks, Jim -- 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/
