Suggestion to you, Noelene -- If you cannot open up the older Legacy file that you did not get on a gedcom yet, do you still have your older Legacy program CDs (the version on which you created your file?) If so, you should be able to re-install that version and get your older file open and running. However, someone else can chime in here, but I believe if you have a newer version of Legacy installed on your computer, such as Legacy 7.4, which isn't opening the file for you, the two versions would confllict with each other (i.e., normally not allowing you to have two separate versions on the same computer).
So, your solution may be to: 1. Use a secondary computer to re-install the older version of Legacy and get your older file up and running on it, or 2. If you have the expertise, create a separate partition on your hard drive in which you can isolate the older version of Legacy, older file. But the simplest way would be to just re-install the older version, older file on a completely different computer. If you know your previous file was working fine with a certain version, then you should be able to get it up and running that way, create your gedcom and then transfer to the newer Legacy verson. Jerry in Michigan On 3/27/2010 5:49 PM, Noelene Jenkinson wrote: > > Angelique, > > I’m inclined to agree with you here. I had few problems with Legacy in > the first years actually using the programme and downloads. I’ve > always used deluxe. But since Legacy 7, I have struck troubles. I > cannot open one large family file. I know from the file size and the > extension that it’s my full updated legacy file, I just can’t open it. > Unfortunately I did not save it to a gedcom file as well so I’m stuck > with it in lurkdom and unavailable. Also I’ve uninstalled and > reinstalled 7.4 umpteen times and I still cannot get the programme to > open after the initial download and open session. In that initial > session, I also could not get the reports to work or add a new person > or use descendant narrative etc. I have the legacy 7.4 latest update > on my Start button but it won’t open!! When I last downloaded it – yet > again – I quickly saved all my current working family files to gedcom > so I can now use them with other programmes. I’ve had nothing but > frustration and trouble in recent times with legacy and like others am > wondering if I really should bother with it any more. It seems the > bigger the programme, the worse it becomes. > > The main reason I use Legacy is because of it’s publishing book > creation functions and it all worked beautifully up to about 2006 when > I published my last big family history. I’ve gone back to FTM > temporarily to see how the latest version compares in its publishing > features but have joined this list to try and get some answers and help. > > Noelene > > *From:* Marvin & Angelique Welch [mailto:angeli...@porphyrins.org] > *Sent:* Sunday, March 28, 2010 6:45 AM > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Passage Express Button Not Working > > Thats just not feasible when I am supposed to leave in 20 minutes with > the project in hand. I think I am done with Legacy after this project. > It was great for the first 3-4 years, but these last two have geared > me toward finding another program. Sure, all the features are great. > But I am running into things left and right that are only taking hours > of my time. Time is money. > > BTW, I am also using XP with SP3. > > Angelique > > Ron Ferguson wrote: > > Marvin& Angelique Welch wrote: > > > I am down to the wire on a project and went to click on "Create CD" > > with Passage Express (I have the program) and it asked whether I > > wanted to use the entire family or a subset. I chose entire family > > and absolutely NOTHING happens afterwards. I have tried repeatedly > > for a different result, but get NOTHING. I have used this option > > plenty of times, but not since updating to 7.4.0.25. > > > > What is going on here? > > > > > Sorry, but I do not know, mine works fine with Windows XP SP3. If you are > using a different o/s then perhaps someone else can try it. You may like to > try File>File Maintenance>Check/Repair to see if that works. Otherwise I can > only suggest that uninstalling/reinstalling may resolve the problem. > > 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/ > ____________________________________________________ > > > > > > 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
