Quoting Ron below, "If you have told Legacy to save it elsewhere then only you will know where it is." If you saved it to your thumb drive it won't show up in your data file - unless I'm not understanding what it is that you are doing. ----- Original Message ----- From: MJ SA To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy problems
I went to Data, there is about 10 files there and the last date was Sept 9. 2012. I keep having the same problems, ever since Legacy updated to the newest version. On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > It does take time to learn how to use your program. You say that you have set it to open with your family tree, presumably using Options>Customise. For me, this setting does work. > > You ask where is your family file, provided Legacy is installed to the default, and you have not told legacy to save it elsewhere (like a thumb drive), you will find it in C:\Legacy\Data, so using File>Open Family File you should set the box at the top of the Open Screen to that location. You should then find your family file in the large box below: it is of the form *.fdb where the * is your file name. If you have told Legacy to save it elsewhere then only you will know where it is. > --- > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk > GOONS #5307 > > "MJ SA" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>I am so over this program! I have set Legacy to open up with my >>family tree. Now I am spending the little time I have (I am disabled) >>trying to find where Legacy put my family tree. Last night when I >>opened Legacy, my family tree opened automatically. this is happening >>too many times. How can I find my family tree, the one that opened >>last night when I opened Legacy? >> >>On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Mike Fry <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 2012/11/22 19:03, MJ SA wrote: >>> >>>> Why is it every time I back up my family tree onto a thumb drive, the >>>> next day when I open legacy, my family tree is not there? This >>>> happens all the time. How do I find the family tree that I set to >>>> open every time I open legacy. >>> >>> Because Legacy can't directly open a backup? >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Mike Fry >>> Johannesburg (g) >>> > > 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.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.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
