Sorry about my last post - I'm not 100% sure this will work either! Exactly what have you found: your backup which will have the form *.zip, or your family file, *.fdb? And where is it located?
Without this information I'm afraid that we cannot really answer your question. --- Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk GOONS #5307 "MJ SA" <[email protected]> wrote: >I know the one I found is the one I saved right before Hurricane Sandy >hit us, the only thing I added last night was the death date of a >g..g.uncle someone found for me who died in WWI. > >On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:27 PM, MJ SA <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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
