Yes, all of mine are checked except two as well – including the “reminder to a make backup when exiting”.
I restarted my computer and then prompted me for a backup -- once. I thought it had repaired itself, so I entered an obituary and exited with no prompt that time. I'm fumbuzzled. Lana From: Kathy Meyer Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Automatic Backup Click on the box that says 'turn on or off optional reminder messages', then make sure you check the box third from the top 'reminder to make a backup when exiting Legacy'. And I'd take the time to go through all of the reminders and see what else you might want. Virtually all of mine are checked, all but 2. Kathy On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Bain Family <[email protected]> wrote: I am using version 7.5.0.89 and just transferred my Legacy and data to my new computer. Now when I exit, it does not prompt me to backup my data like it did on my old computer. I checked the Help files and found what I thought would be the solution. It says: If not already done, we recommend that you set your Legacy options to automatically prompt for backups each time you exit the program. Here's how: 1. Click Options on the menu bar and select Customize from the options menu. 2. At the Customize screen, click on the Other tab. 3. Next, check mark the box to Automatically Prompt for Backup and then click the Save button. Now, each time you quit the Legacy program, you will see a message asking if you want to backup the family file(s) you had open. Just click the Backup button and the process will start. Here are the steps: [following in information about where to backup and how to test the backup] My problem is that my Other tab has no option to Automatically Prompt for Backup. I have: Message boxes Report Credit Warning Custom User ID Numbers Geo Location Database Button Bar Location Button Bar Size Toolbar Picture Sizes Printer Private Individuals, Events, Notes Nothing about Automatically Prompting or Backup. Can someone tell me what I am doing incorrectly? Has this option been changed to a different location? Thank you. Lana PS I did remember to change this to Plain Text. Hopefully it comes through as such. My apologies if it does not. 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
