Bert found it. It's Option 12.5. Thanks to all who tried to help.
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Kurt Kneeland <kurt-kneel...@sbcglobal.net > wrote: > Sherry, > > I don't think that is what Randy was referring to. He was talking about > the action of the File->Open File function. By default, it asks if you > want a list of Legacy Files or to use the Windows File Manager. It also > has options to say always use one or the other. The problem is once you've > chosen one of those Always options, you seem to be stuck with it. There's > nothing under File->Open File or under Customize to change or undo the > selection. > > I did find that Restore Legacy Defaults will reset the function of > File->File Open. However, that also wipes out any other customizations. > Tried getting around that by saving my customizations before resetting to > Legacy defaults, but when I then restored my User Defaults, it also > returned the File->File-Open action to the locked in mode. > > An alternative that might work is to save customizations on a section by > section basis, excluding the General Settings, then do a global reset to > Legacy Defaults, and then restore each section of customized settings, and > manually reset the General Settings. This of course assumes that the > File->File Open option setting is saved and restored with the General > Settings even though there is no function to set/reset it on the General > Settings list. > > Randy, > > Another workaround for you might be, with Legacy closed, to go to Windows > file manager, find your .fdb file and double click it. It should open in > Legacy. Thereafter, it should be on that Legacy File List that your > File->Open File function is locked in to. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:07 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] open file Legacy8 > > Go to Options > Customize > General Settings to select your option for > "Starting Family File" > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Randy Clark <ceddaco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I mistakenly told it to always show me a list of files from which to > pick. > > How do I let it allow me to navigate to the file? > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
