I'm thinking maybe I should uninstall and reinstall under Program Files now after seeing this and other posts. I vaguely remember a problem I was having years ago with Legacy7 and somebody said just install it to the root directory.
I don't use UAC. It's turned off because it's annoying. I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. Thanks for the correction. Bill Boswell -----Original Message----- From: Mike Fry [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 11:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Directory structure On 2013/11/28 17:11, William Boswell wrote: > That's where I put mine. I changed the default to put it in > "C:\Program Files (x86)" to "C:\Legacy 8". I had my 7.5 in the root > directory because some said long ago it runs better. The reason Millennia said to install Legacy 7.5 and earlier in the root of the C: drive, was to get around the security facilities that Microsoft introduced in Vista. Whoever said that it would run better, doesn't know what they're talking about. It's a fallacy that installing the program in the root of the C: drive will make it run better. All this does is circumvent UAC that is present on Vista and later and make it easier for the program directory to be corrupted. Anything installed below C:\Program Files needs administrative rights before it can be tampered with. -- 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
