Sherry I use gedcom to send to other family members, some of whom use a different family history program. Sheila
-----Original Message----- From: Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 27 April 2012 17:56 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Backing Up and Exporting Gedcom I hope you're not using a gedcom as a backup. You should use File > Backup Family File. The gedcom doesn't include associated files, changes dates modified and added and loses the History list when you import it back into Legacy and changes all your SourceWriter sources to the Standard format (since there is no SW format for gedcoms) Gedcoms should only be used when transferring data between different genealogy programs, i.e., Legacy to PAF, TMG to Legacy, etc, but *not* from Legacy to Legacy. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Sheila Maynard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > My backup location as always been C:\Legacy\Data\ but it has started backing > up to an external HD I have changed it back to C:\ but it keeps changing back > to the HD. > Thanks > Sheila > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian/Support [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 27 April 2012 17:37 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Backing Up and Exporting Gedcom > > Sheila, > > Do not worry about the change to an Adobe file. All that means is that > Windows "thinks" that files with extension .ged should be opened by Adobe. > Telling you how to change file associations to change this is not really a > topic for this Legacy Users list. but right click on the backup file and > select Open with. If you do not see the correct program in the list you can > browse for the correct program. Note: a GEDCOM file is really a text file so > you should associate it with a text editor like Notepad. > > How are you "changing" the backup location? What is the original location and > where do you change it to? > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > We are changing the world of genealogy! > When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. > Thanks. > > On 27/04/2012 10:12 AM, Sheila Maynard wrote: >> Hi >> >> Is anyone else having trouble exporting a gedcom file from Legacy >> everytime I try to do this it converts to an adobe file, also since >> the latest update I am have trouble backing up my family file, the >> backup location keeps changing, I keep resetting it but it just >> reverts back. Is anyone else have this trouble. >> >> Thanks >> >> Sheila 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 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
