Hi Dee, Installing the programs -----------------------
You want both v7 and v8 on your computer, so go ahead and install the two programs onto your new computer. For each version, download the installation files from the Legacy web site and run them to install them properly - don't try to copy the program from one computer to another, that won't work. Download v8 from http://legacyfamilytree.com/DownloadLegacy.asp and v7 from http://legacyfamilytree.com/helpDownloadVersion7.asp#7 For each of them, once the file is downloaded, locate that file (in your Downloads folder), and double-click on it to run the installation. This installs the program onto your computer. Copying the data files ---------------------- Then you need to decide how you're going to manage the two sets of data files. The v8 data file, once you've opened it in v8 and it's converted to the new format, will not open in v7, so you need to take a little care to ensure you don't loose the v7 file in the process. On my computer, I've set up two folders, one for Legacy v7 data, the other for Legacy v8 data. If you do the same, copy the v7 data files you have now to both folders - at this point, before doing anything else, you have two sets of identical copies of your data files. Don't forget to also copy the ancilliary files if you have them - the files with the same name but end in .TC, .RGD and so on - to retain your previous customisations. You might want to give the v8 files a different name so you don't confuse them, even if it's just slightly different by adding v8 to the end of the filename. (I discovered by chance the other day that if you select all the various files with the same "filename" (the name of your data file) in Windows Explorer, then press F2 to edit the name and change the one filename that it offers, all the highlighted files will be altered - it's a quick way of updating when you're going through this exercise.) Opening the data files in their respective programs --------------------------------------------------- The v7 data file is ready to be opened in Legacy v7. In v8, open the data file in the v8 folder - you will be asked how you want it handled. There are three choices: --> Copy my family file to the My Documents folder, convert it to the new format, and open it --> Make a backup of my family file before converting it and then open it where it is --> Just convert my family file and open it You've already taken steps to protect the original data (by making a copy for v8), so select the third option and let Legacy do its work converting the file to the new structure. Note that you don't have to put the data file under the My Documents folder, though it is the default. But it's a good idea to put it there, unless you've got your own filing system that you know how to manage adequately (ie backups, etc). Remember also that any changes you make in one file won't automatically update in the other. You may like to label one data file as a test, so you don't confuse which one is the current, working file. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Dee Ziegler said the following on 6/01/2014 8:57 a.m.: > New computer, Windows7. Advice, please: In what order should these be > done? > > * Load Legacy7, standard, from flash drive. (Flash drive has two > separate families, which I'd like to keep separate for now.) I do want > to have both Legacy7 and Legacy8 on this computer. > > *Load Legacy8 software, standard, from website. > > *Load the INFORMATION from Legacy7 into the Legacy8 software. > > Thanks for sharing your experience with a technotimid user. Dee in > Maryland 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
