Hi About 7 or 8 months ago I changed over from Vista to Windows 7 64Bit and had no problems with Legacy locating my images. I have about the same number and type as you do. All I did was to direct Legacy to the folder where I keep all my Legacy images and they all appeared as before.
To do this you need to keep all your Legacy images in the same folder. If you do it makes it much easier for Legacy to locate them again, rather than having Legacy search all over the hard drive which can take a long time. Here are some things to try, Perhaps you have already tried them. Have you chosen the option to search for the pictures yourself? What was the outcome? Could you locate them on your hard drive using this method? When Legacy doesn’t locate an image with a broken link I often choose this option. If you can located your image files doing it this way then you do not have a problem. If you cannot located your image files you have a problem with WIN7 and not Legacy. Before your changed over to WIN7, did you back up your files, particularly your Legacy files and did you restore them or did you just re-load legacy and go from there? Backing up your legacy files should also have backed up your image files which would have been restored when you restored Legacy to your hard drive. The only setting for images in Legacy that I am aware of is under <OPTIONS>, CuSTOMISE> , <locations tab> Picture Files. You can customize the setting to have Legacy store all your pictures in a certain folder, which is what I generally do. It can be any drive. However, when image links have been broken I have not found this setting an issues in re-locating images to reconnect the links as long as the images are on the hard drive Kind Regards Garry Howard From: Mike Bridgeford [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 6:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Probelms changing to Windows 7 Dear Forum members, I have had several problems with the Legacy program after changing over to Windows7. Most of these I have managed to solve one way or the other. One problem persists and I would ask for some advise and suggestions from the learned panel of experts. A large number of pictures have not been located by the program. These are pictures of BMD certificates and census documents, which were attached to the relevant event on an individuals’ page. If the picture is highlighted, then a question mark occurs, asking whether you would like legacy to search for the file or browse for it yourself. I must have about 500 of these!! If I ask the legacy program to search for the missing picture – it immediately searched the E drive [ an external back up drive] and will not search the C drive, where the file is located. I have to then do it manually. I have been into options/locations and set all the defaults to read the C drive, where the documents are stored. But, the legacy program search still only wants to read the external E drive. If I disconnect the E drive, it finds nothing at all. Is there a setting that I am missing here? Please help – this will take me weeks to get it all back to where it was. I have over 6000 people on my data base. Regards, Mike Bridgeford (M.B.A.,B.Sc. Mech. Eng.,F.S.A.I.Mech.Eng.,M.S.A.I.M.M.,Pr.Eng.) P.O. Box 325 Plettenberg Bay 6600 South Africa tel: +27445359434 fax: +27865151814 email: [email protected] alt1 email: [email protected] alt2 email: [email protected] mobile: +27832667634 DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. 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 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
