Roger, As Cathy has said, you cannot run Legacy from an external drive, but you can use external drives for your data.
If you could tell us a little more about what you are trying to do, perhaps we could assist with other options. If you have two computers (like a desktop and laptop) and just want to be able to move between them, you can install Legacy on both and synchronise the database between them. However, if you want to be able to take the drive to multiple 'unrelated' computers, no you can't do that. Paul -----Original Message----- From: Cathy Pinner [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: April-17-14 12:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy on external drive Hi Roger, No Legacy has to be installed onto the actual computer. I know a few programs these days can be installed and run from external drives but not many. I assume you are asking because you want to move from computer to computer. You can have your databases and media on an external drive. However the program and your settings will be on the computer. With Legacy 7 the program and settings will be in the Legacy program folder and needs to be outside of the Windows Program Folder. With Legacy 8, the program itself is by default installed under the Windows Program Folder. Your settings are placed in <username>/My Documents/Legacy Family Tree/_AppData This folder cannot be changed. Depending on your version of Windows it will be called My Documents or just Documents but it's the windows designated place for Documents for a particular user. You could have the installation file on your external drive so that when you use a different computer you can install Legacy on that computer if necessary. Cathy At 02:04 PM 17/04/2014, you wrote: >Greetings, >Â Can I install and run Legacy Family Tree from an external hard >drive, Thanks, Roger 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
