Sherry, Thank you !
I had a rather long and probably rude reply to his last long and boring post. Just as you say the files were put there by the *User* at one point or another. -- Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA Swedish Research On 9/1/2012 12:33 PM, Sherry/Support wrote > No. The Color Schemes folder is for Color Schemes with the file extension > .LCS. > > If this folder shows up when you save a tag list or report options, > that's because you saved them there once upon a time. > > The default for saving any settings or lists is the c:\Legacy folder. > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 10:30 AM, CE WOOD <[email protected]> wrote: >> So Color Schemes is an appropriate folder for saved tag lists and customized >> report options, and who knows what else? What have they to do with color? >> >> Since those are created by the user, it would, to many non-programmers, seem >> logical that those would be saved in as USR files. Why ever would one think >> they might be saved in the Color Schemes folder? They have nothing to do >> with the color schemes! >> >> I discovered that when I had to reinstall Legacy and found that the arduous >> work creating and saving Tag Lists and Report Options was lost because they >> were not saved as USR files. Sleuthing led to the fact that, as the OP >> discovered, they are saved in the Color Schemes subfolder. Now, when >> backing up, I make sure to copy not only all my IST files, but also my Color >> Schemes subfolder. That way, my work is not lost. >> >> It would be most helpful if this was made public, just as the necessity of >> backing up one's USR files has been. It would be even more helpful if >> Legacy would include in Help a section devoted to what files and subfolders >> are important to back up. The ifo about backing up USR files came from this >> list, not Legacy. Since programmers do not think the way users do, they >> should give us that info. Problems do happen; people do have to reinstall. >> It would be so simple to tell us where the personalized lists are stored, >> and maybe even include them as check boxes for backups. >> >> CE >> >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Saving report options >>> Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 07:13:51 -0600 >>> >>> On 8/31/2012 6:49 PM, CE WOOD wrote: >>>> Legacy does save several files there, such as Tag lists. Really >>>> strange, and a total pain because you should really back up those files >>>> too in case of any problem with Legacy. Yet nowhere does Legacy tell >>>> you that! You would think all such files, Tag Lists, Report Options, >>>> etc., would be saved in a USR file. But no - they're in the Color >>>> Scheme folder! Be sure, if you are compulsive about saving your USR >>>> files in case of a problem, that you save the Color Schemes folder too. >>>> >>>> CE >>> >>> >>> I have 'No' clue what you are talking about. All my .usr files and .rs0 >>> are in my Legacy folder, as well as the files mentioned above in their >>> appropriate locations. >>> >>> -- >>> Tim Rosenlof >>> Utah, USA >>> Swedish Research 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
