I hate to have a fire storm about this one. :-) I have installed in \Program Files with XP and Win7. My data is somewhere else as I mentioned earlier and have not had ant troubles. When a new build come out (which I get many), Legacy finds my Legacy in \Program Files without any work on my part. If Legacy is meant to only be installed in C:\Le... , then it should be _forced_ there, and not give the user any opportunity.
I see Sherry's point, we have worked support together and it is hard at times to troubleshoot issues with some crazy installs. We have had this discussion so many times. Take a peek at the archives On a side note, I tried to install Legacy on my thumb drive just for the heck of it. It worked to my surprise. It did however write some files to \windows somewhere. I was just fooling around and probably wouldn't suggest it. :-) Tim Rosenlof From the good ol state of Utah, USA On 5/29/2012 8:06 AM, Sherry/Support wrote: > Tim is correct that you can chane the file name and redirect the install. > > Normally we only recommend this file name change to users who have > installed Legacy to the Program FIles folder and find out the hard way > why we have specific instructions for installing Legacy to the default > c:\Legacy folder on a Windows 7 or Vista computer. > > Now they need to uninstall Legacy, reinstall to the default c:\Legacy > folder using the renamed file, move their data and other files out of > the c:\Program Files\Legacy folder before they can delete the folder. > Otherwise, Legacy will just install on top of the existing folder. > > If you put Legacy in the Program FIles in Windows Vista or Windows7, > you will run into problems with the program not runnign correctly. > > Vista and Win7 does not allow programs to write data to their folders > when they're in the Program Files - which seriously blocks a lot of > Legacy's functions. > > To allow Legacy to work correctly in the Program FIles folder in Vista > or Win7, it will mean some major reprogramming of Legacy and the > installation process. > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 6:52 AM, Tim Rosenlöf<[email protected]> wrote: >> On 5/28/2012 10:39 PM, Tony Rolfe wrote: >>> I just hope that, one day, the developers will see fit to make Legacy >>> just like every other Windows program and stick it in Program Files >> Tony, >> >> You may already be aware, but just change the name of Legacy7Setup.exe >> to LegacyNew.exe and put it where you wish. >> >> No worries. I am a beta tester and past employee and I would not lead >> you astray. >> >> Tim Rosenlof >> Utah, USA > 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
