Yes it can, but deleting can lose information not noticed in either one of the merge-e's. It is more safe. Neither is wrong.
________________________________ From: Vera <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Frozen screen But when doing that, doesn't it leave a lot of duplicates (I experienced that) in the file? --- On Thu, 5/10/12, RICHARD SCHULTHIES <[email protected]> wrote: >From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Frozen screen >To: [email protected] >Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 11:20 AM > > >I have found that when cleaning up a merge, I need to unlink instead of delete. > >________________________________ > From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:36 AM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Frozen screen > > > >From: Vera >Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 12:49 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [LegacyUG] Frozen screen > I recently merged two family files together and it did not go well. I > started deleting the incorrect marriage mergers BUT when I attempt to delete > a file (that was linked elsewhere that I didn't know), an error message > appears that states "file not found" and the screen freezes. In order to get > out, I have to reboot my computer and all changes I've previously made are > lost. Any suggestions? > >Vera, > >I suspect that I am not alone in saying that I have difficulty in fully understanding exactly how the problems have arisen, and the exact steps taken to try and resolve the matter. > >May I suggest that you take a look at the On-Line Trouble Shooting Help>Error By Description, you will find the link under the Legacy Home Tab. > >By all means come back to us with more detail regarding how you merged, and the deletions. > >Ron Ferguson >http://www.fergys.co.uk/ 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.aspArchived 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.aspFollow 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.aspArchived 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.aspFollow 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
