I haven't been following closely. Is it possible to move the files from the
Flash Drive and open them from her hard drive? Is it possible since she just
upgraded that Legacy is looking in the wrong place for the file?
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Templeman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock
file----flash drive
Jack, from previous messages it appears it is only Legacy files, or PDF
files created by Legacy, that are giving her fits. It is a simple matter
to see if files for other programs (MS Word, etc) can be opened, and if
new files from said programs can be written. If the answer is yes, then
the problem is not with the flash drive per se. In that case there could
be a permissions issue or a read-only attribute specific to a sub-folder
on the drive. I have also seen oddball things happen when the folder or
files in question were created on a computer running in Administrator
mode, then taken to a computer running as a restricted user. In a couple
of cases I actually had to use a Windows 2000 machine to gain access to
the permissions settings (XP Pro was not nearby, and XP Home does not have
the same security tab).
Jill, if your files are in a folder within the flash drive, try checking
for the read-only flag on the *folder*, not the files or the full drive.
I also concur with the earlier advice to fully power down the computer,
remove the drive, reboot, then reatttach the drive.
Gary Templeman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Earnshaw" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:26 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock
file----flash drive
Jill
It certainly appears that your flash drive is readonly if you can't save
any
files on it. Maybe the best thing to do is copy all the files onto your
hard
drive and then copy them to a new flash drive.
Jack - without pail of water
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf
Of jmglover
Sent: 30 December 2008 13:01
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock
file----flash drive
Hi Ricardo,
I tried as you advised, as below, but that's not the problem, as
I
don't have any .ldb extensions.
snip Open Windows Explorer and point to the data folder in flash drive
3) If exists files with .ldb extension delete them.<<<
I can open photos and pdf files etc on the flash, but not my Legacy
family files, fdb ones.
I now find I can't save the family files or new pdf files from Legacy
on the flash drive.
I'm not sure what I can do now so I can view the files from the flash
drive. A couple of files of other families are more up to date than those
on
my hard drive and disc.
Thanks for your help,
Cheers,
Jill
Brisbane
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