The answer to reverting Deluxe to Standard is simple on the one hand and complex on the other.
The simple answer. Delete or move your Legacy8.lic file found in Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData The complex answer. It was possible to install Legacy 7 more than once on the same computer for the same user by 1) Renaming the installation file to LegacyNew.exe and then choosing a different folder to install to. This was possible because the user settings were kept in the Program Folder - which is why on later versions of Windows, Legacy 7 could not be installed to the Windows Programs Folder. Legacy 8 is different. Legacy 8 by default is installed to the Windows Program Folder. The Legacy 8 user settings are not kept in the Program folder but in ...<username>/Documents/Legacy Family Tree/_AppData The result is that even if you rename the installation folder as LegacyNew.exe and choose to install it into a different folder, the USER SETTINGS are STILL in the same folder - so it will open knowing your deluxe status and your preferred family file etc etc. So, you can have ANOTHER user account on your computer and switch to that to run the same installation of Legacy with different settings. Two people who use the same computer but sign in with different user accounts can have completely different settings for Legacy 8 though Legacy 8 has only been installed once on the computer. Or you can just delete, move or rename the Legacy8.lic file to revert to standard. Renaming it is probably the easiest. You need to close and reopen Legacy. Note that beta testers can switch on and off the Deluxe version of the program while within the program but it isn't envisaged that ordinary users would want to do that. Cathy At 02:49 PM 24/03/2014, you wrote: >I have NOT tried this, it might not work (depends on how the customer >number is "registered"). > >Have you tried installing Legacy twice, 2nd time to a different >directory(folder)? And on that second install do not put in the reg number? > >Or, if you play with any of the "VM" emulators, you could install a >version of Legacy inside of a VM box that is not registered. (of course >that requires a 2nd Windows license - ugh). > >Bob > >On 03/23/2014 14:06, Genealogy Bob wrote: > > Don't have access to my version 8 right now. > > > > But, trying to remove ID on version 7.5 now, appears to be a Read Only > > field.à How do I remove/modify it? > > Will this be the same method when I get to my copy of 8? > > > > > > On 3/22/2014 9:11 PM, C.G. Ouimet wrote: > >> > >> Actually, any character in the Customer Number field seems to revert > >> to standard ââ¬Ã¦ > >> > >> à > >> > >> A little checkbox for Standard or Deluxe features might be handy for > >> some people who share files with others > ââ¬Ã¦ Hint hint ââ¬Ã¦ > >> > >> à > >> > >> à > >> > >> C.G. Ouimet > >> > >> Kingston ON > >> > >> à > >> > >> *From:*Richard Van Wasshnova [mailto:[email protected]] > >> *Sent:* March 22, 2014 08:27 PM > >> *To:* [email protected] > >> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Multiple versions installed? > >> > >> à > >> > >> Not quite that simple. It would need to be changed to "Legacy8" I > >> think for standard vers an back to your private code for Deluxe. > >> > >> à > >> > >> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 5:01 PM, BobsTree2-Gmail <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> Too obvious, could not possibly be that simple. à ... whatt is the > >> real answer? à <g >. > >> > >> à > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Bobà > >> > >> > >> On Mar 22, 2014, at 19:40, "C.G. Ouimet" <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> You could always remove your customer number when you want to > >> test something ââ¬Ã¦ > >> > >> à > >> > >> à > >> > >> C.G. Ouimet > >> > >> Kingston ON 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
