Margaret: I forgot to tell you when you open and convert your Legacy 7 database using Legacy 8, you will need to run: Tools > Media Relinker and then Gather Media.
This will location and link all of your old picture files and the Gather Media allows you to make a copy of your picture files in the correct Legacy 8 Media location. C:\Users\myname\documents\Legacyfamilytree\Media\ Good luck. Leon Chapman ___ Leon Chapman [email protected] ----- On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Leon Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > 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). 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