I think a BACKUP then RESTORE brings all of the USR files with it -- then you do not have to remember which ones to copy. 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 4:28 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot <br...@the-lightfoots.com> wrote: > I support Mike's concept and suggest that there may be even more ways of > implementing these tasks and similar ones. For example, I just now have moved > from WinXP to Win7. I faithfully made a backup of everything that was in my > Legacy\Data folder. Upon re-installing Legacy under the new OS, I merely > copied those files into the new Data folder and I thought I would be happy. > Unfortunately, I forgot about all the .USR files that reside in the Legacy > root folder. OK, no real harm done....just a bunch of minutes of wasted time > in re-creating my preferences. Oops, wait a minute....what about my spelling > dictionary file? Can anyone off the top of their head tell me the exact name > of that file and where it is located? That will take many hours to recreate. > And I ain't getting any younger. > > Perhaps one solution might be something similar to what Microsoft > incorporates into their Office Suite programs and even Internet Explorer. > There is a File/Import and Export function that relates to user settings, > cookies, favorites, and that God-awful .PST file from Outlook (which is one > huge encrypted file of one's personal data to include all email and other > info). Yes, it would be nice to have that in Legacy. A few mouse clicks and > you can save everything you need to transfer to a new computer or part of > your backups. > > Brian in CA > 10 days of rain and counting. After 40, I'm building an ark. > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mike Fry [mailto:mike...@iafrica.com] >> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:57 PM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers >> >> On 2010/01/25 18:15, Sherry/Support wrote: >> > As you noted, the .USR files are listed in the Help file, indicating >> > which file saves which settings. >> > >> > If you'll look closely at the file names, most of them do relate to >> > the appropriate file, esp the .USR files for reports. >> > >> > I have that Help topic saved in the "Favorites" tab of Help so I can >> > quickly find it - you can also print it out. >> > >> > Since the (unseen) line number is very important for the related >> > feature to find the appropriate setting, it's critical that users >> > don't edit the file otherwise it can be corrupted. >> >> Ah! That sort of makes sense. But also implies that weird problems can >> result from minor corruptions. Hence the requests to delete a >> particular >> file and let the program recreate from scratch. >> >> When the conversion to .NET happens, at least you'll be able to use >> named options within protected files :-) >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Mike Fry >> Johannesburg >> > > > > > 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
