Margaret: Legacy 8 has been updated to install the software in the more traditional areas of Windows which provided enhanced security.
The older version 7.5 installed at the root level of drive C at C:\Legacy\ and this by-passed the normal security built into Windows. I recommend you use the latest L8 standard for installing and saving all your new files. Legacy 8 installs its program files in C:\Program Files (x86)\ which is where they should be installed. You should not mess with any of these files in this location. The Legacy 8 user data have been moved to: C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/ There are subfolders under this directory that you should use: 1. \_AppData\ -- this is where your usr settings and Books and iSearch, etc settings are stored 2. \Data\ -- This is where you should keep your Legacy 8 data files (Carter.fdb, etc) 3. \Media\ -- This is where all your pictures, pdfs, videos, etc should be placed (Note: In Legacy 7, this folder was called \Pictures\) The other 2 folders, Legacy FS and LegacyCharting are for those applications within Legacy. The only real folders you need to worry about are: 1. C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/Data/ 2. C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/Media/ I recommend you copy (and I mean COPY and not MOVE) your old Legacy 7 data files from: C:\Legacy\Data to the new folder: C:\Users\myname\documents\Legacyfamilytree\Data\ I recommend you copy (and I mean COPY and not MOVE) your old Legacy 7 picture files from: C:\Legacy\Pictures to the new folder: C:\Users\myname\documents\Legacyfamilytree\Media\ Note: Copy you the Legacy 7 files so you retain the original Legacy 7 files in their original location. This will allow you to run both Legacy 7 and 8 on your computer and it "sort of" provides a backup of your Legacy 7 original files. Once you open a Legacy 7 database in Legacy 8, you cannot go back to Legacy 7, unless you use a GEDCOM format. After you have copied your Legacy 7 database files and pictures to the new Legacy 8 locations, then open Legacy 8 and do a File, Open, and browse to the file and open the "Carter.fdb", in your case. It will convert your database to the new Legacy 8 format. Good luck. Leon Chapman ___ Leon Chapman [email protected] ----- On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Margaret Gagliardi <[email protected]>wrote: > Folks, > I really need some help. My old PC died, but I had my files backed up. I > just bought a Samsung Windows 8 PC and am trying to load everything onto > it. I DO NOT understand Windows 8, so when I purchased Legacy 8, and > downloaded it, it went to: > > C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/ - and put Legacy Charts and > Legacy Family Tree with _AppData, Data, Media under this location. > > This gave me a shortcut to the new Legacy8 icon. > > I knew that something went wrong because I could not get my Legacy files > to come up correctly. I have used Legacy for many years and have never had > an issue when I upgraded to Legacy6 or Legacy7 etc.. > > I tried to uninstall it, but it kept the folder out there and would not > completely uninstall it all. > > However, I tried to reinstall it on the "C" drive - Legacy where I thought > it originally went and have since discovered that I can force everything to > work OK (I think) on the "C" drive. I see all my families and photos etc > just fine. When I open a file now at the very top of my screen it says: > :Legacy - {C:\Data\Carter.fdb] > > However, what I don't know is, if I just leave the Legacy8 that is filed > under "document" alone, is it going to interfere down the road with the > installed version of Legacy 8 on the "C" drive? > > Everything I have tried to do keeps sending me to the > C:/Users/myname/documents/Legacyfamilytree/. So I am concerned that it is > where the program really is and not on the "C" Legacy drive. > > Can anyone help me with this? > Thanks so much for any guidance you an give me. > Margaret > > > 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
