Thank you John. That was not it, so I installed it again to find out. It defaults to:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Legacy Family Tree\GeoDB. Don't ask me why I didn't do that in the first place. :-) Joseph Leavitt On 12/3/2013 10:04 PM, John B. Lisle wrote: > Joseph, > > The Locations DB is wherever you set as the Installation folder when > you installed it. > > The default location is in, I believe, C:\Program Data\Legacy Family Tree\ > > john. > > At 07:52 PM 12/3/2013, JV Leavitt wrote: >> I have a question about this that I haven't seen answered yet. Where is >> the new location database file, that I installed a few days ago hiding? >> Before that, my v8 program was getting its location data okay, so I >> supposed it found it in the old Geo folder under the v7 Legacy folder. >> Out of curiosity, I changed the name of that to find out, and my >> locations in v8 still appear. The locations db file I have been using >> in v7 was downloaded in 2011, and is over 400 MB in size. So, were is >> the file now, and what is its name, if I may ask? >> >> Joseph Leavitt >> >> >> On 12/3/2013 3:41 PM, John B. Lisle wrote: >>> Tony, >>> >>> The content of the GeoDB has not really changed since it was first >>> introduced. It definitely did not change between L7.x and L8. >>> >>> What I do not understand from your note is whether or not your L8 >>> installation is able to use the GeoDB without re-installing it. >>> >>> Go to Tools Ribbon / Location Database and see if it is working >> for you or not. >>> ALSO, were you using the GeoXXXCodes-alt.txt in L7.x? Those files you >>> had must be manually moved from your L7.x folder to the [My >>> Documents]\_App Data\Misc to use those customization in L8. >>> >>> john. >>> >>> >>> At 06:21 PM 12/3/2013, Tony Rolfe wrote: >>>> I haven't done anything except download and install V8 and then backup >>>> and convert my V7 file to v8. >>>> >>>> All the locations seem to be there. I've checked the folder containing >>>> the old V7 Geo database and the dates there are all earlier than 2010 - >>>> some as early as 2003. >>>> >>>> So, am I using the old files, or has v8 automagically installed the >>>> database somewhere else? >>>> >>>> Also, according to my database there are no counties in England. They >>>> all appear as states/provinces - which is nonsense. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Tony > > > > 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
