We must have different setups that create a difference, then. My images were in place when I opened the v8 file without having to do anything to find them.
Perhaps someone else can help with this problem for Roxanne? Wendy Roxanne said the following on 1/12/2013 6:56 p.m.: > Wendy, > It worked for my sources, but not for any of my images. Looks like I > have to relink my images all over again. Thanks for the suggestion, > though! > > Roxanne Wolfe > > > On Saturday, November 30, 2013 9:40 PM, Wendy Howard > <[email protected]> wrote: > Just open your v7 file in v8, and you will see prompts to save a copy > (or backup) of your v7 file, so a new one is created for v8 while > leaving the v7 one unchanged. Everything will be transferred with it. > > Give your v8 file a different name, or put it in a different folder, so > you know which is which and don't confuse them in future. I renamed the > folder my v7 files were in to "Legacy Data v7 and earlier" (there are > older files there that have never been converted to v7), and the new one > "Legacy Data v8". > > Hope this helps. :-) > > Wendy > > Roxanne said the following on 1/12/2013 6:25 p.m.: > > Dear Group, > > It's been a long time since I went from an older version to 7, and now > > from 7 to 8. Is there an easy way to transfer data and media files > > from 7 to 8? I have a lot of census images, as well as docs and > > photos, and hate to think that I have to start from the beginning again. > > > > Thanks, > > Roxanne Wolfe 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
