Laird, Whilst we are aware of that, and how to reassign, it should be remembered that many of Legacy Users are not as familiar with the working of the Windows o/s. It is for this reason that I tend to give cautions even when I know how to overcome various problems. After all, this list for Legacy and its associated programs rather than the o/s.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Laird Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 12:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Correct file path for media Hi Ron, Below you said "Remember also that the drive letter of an external drive can vary depending on the order in which external drives are added." That is true. But there is an easy way to reassign/force drive letters to any valid letter D: through Z: that you want. You may have to be logged in as Administrator to do this, but I am not sure. Open "Control Panel" Next open "Administrative Tools" Next open Computer Management" Next open Disk Management" In the top or lower part of the window, select and RIGHT click on the drive you want to reassign. Then select :Change Drive Letters and Paths..." A small window will open, click the "Change..." button Another small window will open and there you can select a new drive letter. If an unwanted HDD is already assigned the letter you desire, you will need to reassign it to something else FIRST then go back to the drive you want to reassign. Laird On 1/21/2012 11:47 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Julia, > I knew that I shouldn’t have got out of bed today!! I thought that Tony > had > put his Legacy program into his Program folder. So forget all the > irrelevant > parts of what I have written. > There is no problem with your set up as it stands, although if you > transfer to > another PC the drive letters will need to > be the same for Legacy to find the data etc. Remember also that the drive > letter of an external drive can vary depending on the order in which > external > drives are added. > 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 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
