When you physically find a photo from a SubDirectory, and 'show' legacy the place, all in that SubD will be located. when I did this it also found other SubD 'nearby'. for about 1k count, were found with my finding 8 photos. You shouldn't need to find more than 10%. Rich in LA CA
--- On Wed, 12/29/10, Mike Bridgeford <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mike Bridgeford <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Probelms changing to Windows 7 > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 9:10 AM > Hi everyone, > Thanks for all the info. However, I still cannot get legacy > to find the files. > The files are all stored in > C:\Users\User\Document\Ancestry\'family file name' [there > are several folders of family file names - Bridgeford, Wood, > Main, Noonan, etc etc. > I have set the picture files in Options/Customise page to > the same link - but when a missing file is shown with the > blue question mark, Legacy will not search there - but looks > for the external hard drive E. I can search for the file > myself and find it. But - I have far too may files to do > this all manually. > Why does the Legacy picture finder not search the C drive > and look for the files? It certainly used to do this prior > to Windows7!!!! And, why does it not search for the files in > the default location? > 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. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 29 December 2010 06:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Probelms changing to Windows 7 > > Actually, I've found that if I use the option to let Legacy > search > after moving from one computer to another, it amazingly > relinks > *everything* that didn't have a name change. > > This is one of the reasons why we recommend multimedia > files be kept > in their respective sub-folders in Legacy - when you switch > computers > or share your files with someone else who has Legacy, there > are > absolutely *no* problems with the files going missing, > unless you > forget to copy them over or send them! > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Richard Van Wasshnova > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Mike, > > > > Go to: Options> Customize> Locations> Click > on the button: View > > Current List of Multimedia Locations. > > All paths should begin with C:\Legacy\ the Docs or > Picture or Sounds or videos. > > Is Legacy installed at C:\Legacy\ ? > > > > When you see the "Question Mark" icon you should never > select "Have > > Legacy Search for the File"!!!! > > This button is totally useless in Legacy as it says > Legacy cannot find > > the file then asks if you want Legacy to search for > the file. > > Duh!! > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > -- > > Richard Van Wasshnova > > http://www.gencircles.com/users/vanwasshnova > > http://gw.geneanet.org/vanwasshnova > > > > > > 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 > > > > 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
