Sorry, I was less than clear, I was refering to the Legacysetup.exe - LegacyNew.exe and ensure you install to a new folder.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ ____________________________________________________ [email protected] wrote: > Thanks Ron, but I don't see how to do your workaround. Legacy > downloads seem to come only as setup packages, so I can't see how to > get access to Legacy.exe until the Registry has already been written. > Do I have that wrong? I also no longer have a clean machine: > > My Legacy 6 folder is ~1.1 GB, so I'm a bit reluctant to dismember > it. I copied it to a fresh XP install, ran the original setup to > make the Registry entries etc., and all seemed well, though I didn't > check whether I had reverted the version to 6.0.0.0. I did some > merges, including calling in Intellishared satellites to synchronize > all to the master. I then installed the latest version of Legacy 7 > to a prepared folder by that name and tested it briefly - all well, > but Legacy 6 quit. It seems possible that I could go back and forth > between 6 and 7 by repeated "installs", but the thought of doing that > to a Microsoft Registry stands my remaining hair on end. Risking an > XP reinstall isn't attractive because it's a dual boot machine > (Linux), there's now no redundancy on the Legacy 6 stuff, and I'm > nervous about uninstalls if the Registry is now odd. As I understand > the EULA, running De Luxe versions of the same upgrade chain on > different machines would probably be a violation. Any advice? > > Thanks again > > kb > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Ferguson" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 4:51:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Coexistence of Legacy 6 and Legacy 7 > > That is the case, but you can work around it. Say you install Legacy6 > first, > you can then download the full version of Legacy7 to a convenient > folder, > and change the name of the Legacy.exe file to LegacyNew.exe and > install in a > different folder. > > Ron Ferguson > _ > 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
