Do a BACKUP then RESTORE to the new machine - everything should be fine! Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA
Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Elizabeth Stratton <cliftongo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yikes! I am in the process of getting ready to install Windows 7 which will > necessitate backing up all my entire XP based drive and reloading all > programs and their associated files. This discussion has me extremely > worried about getting all my 'preferences' (tags, reports settings, > customized facts, etc.) moved back in correctly. > > My 'wish' would be for a backup or export file command that would maintain > my program EXACTLY the way I'm using it now -- bringing in .usr, .rf1, and > reinstalling them back in the program files without my having to do it all > by hand. It sounds like I've another hour or two of reading and saving to do > before I can install 7 . . . > > Liz Stratton > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Alastair Lack <alastairl...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I find the usr files valuable to keep for whenever I am resetting my >> computer (I do a fair amount of experimental work, so that happens >> every couple of months), so I have copied them all to my data drive, >> where I keep my other Legacy data. Now whenever I reinstall Legacy, I >> simply copy them back to the Legacy program directory. >> >> I notice that the help file does not mention the rf1 files, which are >> the settings for the reports. It's worth keeping those also. >> >> Part of my 'wish list' for Legacy 8 would be that the path to user >> files could be defined, as is already the case for the database, >> images etc. >> >> Warm regards :-) >> >> Alastair Lack >> Salisbury, England >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
