It seems simple to me. I back up my entire Legacy folder every day. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/
On 9/1/2012 10:30 AM, CE WOOD 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 > > 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
