OMG! I found, well not the one I saved last night, but close to it, before I screw it up, tell me what I need to do.. LOL!!
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:24 PM, MJ SA <[email protected]> wrote: > so now i am on my new laptop with Windows 8, I downloaded Legacy and > put the family tree on this computer also. There is only the sample > file in data. I put in my thumb drive and I got an alert that there is > issues with the thumb drive, it is scanning it now. What a bummer this > is for me. But still on my other computer when I open llegacy my > family file should just open up, like it did last night, This is very > frustrating. > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:08 PM, MJ SA <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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
