I find it easier to do just that, after having made a backup with *all* the boxes ticked. This will ensure that all your data relating to your family is carried across.
However, this backup does not include your Legacy settings - colours, fonts etc. i.e. in effect all your Legacy customisations, these are contained in the .usr files which, as Sherry said, also need to be copied across. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 "JLB" <[email protected]> wrote: >Is it better then to just restore a backup file from the older computer? >--- >JL Beeken >JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists >http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ > >On 11/2/2012 9:44 PM, Sherry/Support wrote: >> The install.log file will be different. There could be problems >> uninstalling since the install.log registers the installation process. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> Sherry >> Technical Support >> Legacy Family Tree >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:29 PM, JLB<[email protected]> wrote: >>> He did say he'd already installed Legacy on his new computer. I did not >>> suggest that it's an alternative to installation but there's no reason I >>> can think of why he can't overwrite the new folder with the old one as >>> long as they're the same version number and it's not years down the road >>> which it didn't sound like it is. >>> --- >>> JL Beeken >> >> 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
