Oops. Hit send before I meant to. Thanks for the replies. Since my original objective in doing a clean install was to 'start over', I deleted the C:\Legacy folder. Downloaded and installed (creating a new Legacy folder) the latest build (109) from Legacy, unlocked Deluxe with my customer number, and then restored from my backup. Worked great.
Paul Gray -----Original Message----- From: Brian L. Lightfoot [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 3:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Win7 Clean Install left behind C:|Legacy folder Win7 does NOT do a “clean” install but rather a “custom” install (in addition to an “upgrade” install). There is a finite difference between what we have come to call “clean” and what Microsoft is calling “custom”. During the installation procedure if you had elected to either format the installation partition or either shrink or expand the partition (if possible) then you would have gotten rid of the old C:\Legacy folder. For some reason, Microsoft thought it better to switch to a “custom” install and leave any folders alone that were already in the root directory of the target drive. The bottom line is that it makes no difference to most end users. Your installation of Win7 is all new but it left C:\Legacy all by itself. Maybe Millennia Corp told Microsoft “leave us alone”! Brian in CA Sunny skies From: Mark Klan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 1:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Win7 Clean Install left behind C:|Legacy folder This happened to me as well when I did a clean install to Win7 x64 from Vista x64. Not entirely sure why it left the C:\Legacy folder, but it did. Since I had already backed up everything on a separate drive, I just reinstalled Legacy normally to its default (C:\Legacy), and it installed without a hitch. I still had to tell it where my data files were located, but everything worked perfectly, and all my settings remained intact. So I'd recommend doing that, after you confirm you have all your Legacy stuff backed up in case it doesn't go as smoothly for you... :-) Mark Friday, January 29, 2010, 12:49:55 AM, Paul Gray wrote: Something just happened that I was not expecting. I did a "clean install" (not an in-place upgrade) to Windows7 from Vista. A clean install is supposed to basically wipe out your hard drive and give you a 'clean' system with just Windows on it, on which you then proceed to reload applications and data. The install did exactly that, except for the C:\Legacy folder. I expected it to be be wiped out totally, but it's still there with what looks like the data files, but the Legacy application is gone. Absolutely no other 'non Windows' files or folders were retained. I know this is really more a Windows question than a Legacy question, but has this happened to anyone else? Also, since I'm not sure what is there and what isn't, I intend to delete the C:\Legacy folder before I re-download the application and restore my data from backups. Does this sound reasonable? Thanks……..Paul Gray Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2655 - Release Date: 01/29/10 02:08:00 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
