Hi Pat, There has been a change in how media are handled in Legacy 8 which we discovered in testing could change whether media was found even if it was all in the same folder. This is especially true for people who added some media many years ago.
Otherwise making sure that all the Media Folders seen either at Customise 6.2 under View Multimedia folders or at View - Master Lists - Media Folders have the correct path can be enough to fix all links in a file in Legacy 8/ For Legacy 8 to know where you keep your media you need to set Options - Customise 6.2 to your Media folder (or the parent folder if you use a set of sub-folders) While you are there, check the View Multimedia folders to see that all your Media really is all in one folder. Then go to Tools - Media Relinker You can restrict the Relinker to a drive but not to a folder. It takes awhile but not forever. Go and get a cuppa or stand up and stretch while it collects the list. Is this what is giving the errors? I'm not sure about that. I've only had trouble with the Media Relinker when I've gone on to discover a problem with a particular file that was crashing the Media Relinker. I'm not saying there aren't any other problems - just that I haven't seen any others since release. I haven't seen your particular error. I wonder if you temporarily move that folder whether that would clear the error of creating the list? Re the rebuilding of the Media List - If you click YES, it will rebuild the list. If you click NO, it will use the existing list. Cathy At 12:10 PM 16/12/2013, you wrote: >I recently upgraded to Legacy 8 -- so far I'm using the standard version. > >Before importing my main database into Legacy 8, >I ran a media check (Options > Customize > Locations > etc. > >All of my pictures were in one folder (which is >in Dropbox) and there were NO missing pictures. > >But after importing the file into Legacy 8 about >half my pictures are missing (almost 800 of >them!), although the folder is the same one I used in Leg 7.5 ! > >So what can have happened? > >The filename is precisely the same.  But each >time it starts looking for the right folder, it >goes to the default location of my family >folder, instead of the default location of the >media (i.e., picture) folder.  Why?? > >Then I am told: >"There is an existing Legacy Media List.  This >list can be used if you have not >added more media files since your last relink (and will save a lot of time). > >"Do you want to rebuild the Media List?  Click >Yes to rebuild the list or No to >use the existing list." > >So I clicked "Yes" and instead of going to the >aforesaid "existing Legacy Media List" Legacy >proceeded to collect "media file names from the >entire computer"!!!  Why on earth did it not go >to the "exiting list" it had referred to??? > >The result was that I got an error message: >âError gathering media list with Folder >C:\Users\Pat-PC\Documents\my genie-P . [full >path and filename]. . .Step-9 Error 3163: The >field is too small to accept the amount of data >you attempted to add.  Try inserting or pasting >less data.  Would you like to try again?â > >So I click âYesâ and get exactly/precisely >the same error message (over and over again). > >What on earth was Legacy doing plowing around in >my Documents folders anyway?? instead of going >to the "existing Media List" in Dropbox where >the pictures are with precisely the right >names?  And where I have told Legacy they are located? > >I fail to understand what is going on. > >Pat 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
