Much against my will, I'm probably going to follow this for Data, if
not for media, but I would like to propose that hereafter all user data be
allowed to be put somewhere else besides the Microsoft categories. Doesn't
anyone else resent the patronizing, over-possessive "My Documents" and "My
Pictures"? It makes you want to throw up to begin with and then the contempt
it shows for Windows users seals the deal. It is easy enough to copy over
the necessary folder and sub-folders to a dedicated custom directory without
all the other MS trash in it. Please don't do this again.
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From: Leon Chapman [[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 01:30 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues
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
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Leon Chapman
[email protected]
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