Yes, thankfully Legacy is smart enough to create its files in wherever Windows has established the user's Documents folder, in this case under the OneDrive folder.
It seems that I was right in that Microsoft is pushing their OneDrive cloud service onto users whether they want it or not. Now we know why the upgrade to Windows 10 was free. It will be interesting to see if existing users of previous versions of Windows 10 will have their Documents folder moved into a OneDrive folder. OneDrive indicates my free storage capacity is 15 GB. But if one were to click on their link to add more storage, that page says that the current free plan is 5 GB. Maybe it’s the Win10 Pro version that gets 15 GB over the Home version. Brian in CA -----Original Message----- From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian/Support Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:27 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] File locations on new installs Legacy will use whatever path Windows says is the location of your My Documents for the location of your Legacy Family Tree\_AppData folder. The Legacy installer asks Windows where My docs in located then creates the Legacy Family Tree folder in that location. On first start up of Legacy by a new user on the system a similar process creates a new set of Legacy folders in the new user's My Documents folder. It is very interesting that New Windows 10 computers use One Drive in the user's path, especially considering that I was recently advised by One Drive that Microsoft is going to reduce the allowed storage for One Drive in the near future. Free accounts will only allow 5 GB of data, it was 15 GB. Amounts above 5 GB must be paid for with a subscription or by paying for a Office 365 license. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 25-May-16 11:52 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > Confirmed by Microsoft just this morning: Files save to OneDrive by > default in Windows 10 > > > > https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Files-save-to-OneDrive-by-def > ault-in-Windows-10-33da0077-770c-4bda-b61e-8c8e8ca70ac7?wt.mc_id=rm_on > edrive_default-save-location_bodycopy-here > <https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Files-save-to-OneDrive-by-de > fault-in-Windows-10-33da0077-770c-4bda-b61e-8c8e8ca70ac7?wt.mc_id=rm_o > nedrive_default-save-location_bodycopy-here&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US> > &ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US > > > > In comparing my new computer against some other Windows 10 computers that > were UPGRADED instead of a CLEAN install, there is no OneDrive in the file > path for the Users\Documents on the UPGRADED systems. > > > > What this means is that the old file path most of us are used to > > “C:\Users\YourName\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData” may now appear to > users doing a clean install as: > > “C”\Users\YourName\OneDrive\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData” > > > > What’s not yet clear to me if it’s the installation of Microsoft Office on my > computer that forced this new default location or if it happens to all NEW > installation doing a CLEAN install instead of an upgrade in place. The fact > that the above URL is a MS Office Support web page, leads me to believe that > it may be the existence of Office that does this dirty trick. I know most > users running Windows 10 that were upgraded do NOT have the OneDrive in the > Documents path. I even got an email from Microsoft this morning saying > welcome to One Drive…you’ve chosen to take advantage of OneDrive…. I did no > such thing. I think it’s being forced by MS just like the GetWindows10 > downloads. > > > > So far, Legacy seems happy with dealing with a file path that contains > OneDrive for all the “_AppData” --- something that caught Legacy support by > surprise. With multiple versions of Windows 10 now in use and the upgrade > differing from the clean installs, who knows where this leads. > > > > Let the games begin. > > > > > > Brian in CA > > > > > > From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 8:48 PM > To: Legacy User Group > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] File locations on new installs > > > > Brian, > > Check where your Windows Documents is located. Has it been located in One > Drive? One Drive used to have its own Documents folder separate to the > default Windows Documents folder but maybe it's different in Windows 10? I'm > using Windows 10 but haven't used One Drive on it yet. > Legacy uses the Windows Document folder where ever that is located. > > Note Sherry has given the default location of the Documents folder but it can > be moved if you use the proper methods. > Mine is simply D:\Documents > I've similarly moved the Windows Pictures folder to D:\Pictures but > this time I've left the Desktop at c:\<user name>\Desktop ;-) > > Cathy > > Sherry/Support wrote: > > > > > Your data and media files and web pages can be anywhere you want them. > Default is in c:\<user name>\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\ < BR> > Everything else in the Documents\Legacy Family Tree\folder has to be > there.... it can't be moved. That's where the program will look for > the _AppData and other files and if it's moved, then it will just be > recreated on c:\. > > Y > our media files can be on the hard drive and not in the OneDrive > folder. > > > > > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]%20%3cmailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Just built myself a new computer system and decided to give > Windows 10 a second chance with a clean install. So far, I’m happy > with the revised Windows 10 but when I re-installed Legacy > something strange happened.____ > > ____ > > I had saved my complete cus tom data and media location folder from > my previous install and copied onto the new system (it is all on a > different drive than the C: drive; the program itself was > installed to the usual default location on the C: drive.) I ran > the new Legacy and pointed it towards my custom location for the > family file. Everything is there. However in checking my > customization options, I noticed the following strange things.____ > > __ __ > > Items 6.1 through 6.3 were all pointing towards > C:\Users\(name)\OneDrive\Documents\LegacyFamilyTree\_AppData\ with > the final sub-folder being “Data” for 6.1 Family File, “Media” for > 6.2 Media Files, and “Temp” for 6.3 Temp files. ____ > > __ __ > > & nbsp; Notice the “OneDrive” in the path.____ > > __ __ > > I know the OneDrive was not part of the Win7 OS and that Win10 > gives users “free 15 GB” of cloud storage called “OneDrive” but > maybe I fell asleep at the switch and didn’t realize that Legacy > would attempt to set up the cloud storage for file locations by > default. Previously it was set up for the Legacy created > “_AppData” folders in the User folders.____ > > __ __ > > Clicking on the RESET button for each item did not change > anything. And clicking on the Options button at the bottom for > Legacy Defaults or User Defaults did not change anything. (I am > capable of manually changing the path to eliminate the “OneDrive” > &nb sp; reference from each thus reverting to the “old” path that I am > accustomed to and moving the necessary files to the usual > location.)____ > > __ __ > > Did my system somehow burp on this install or was there a change > in Legacy’s defaults of File Locations for Win10 installations? My > 75 GB of media files will never fit on the “free” OneDrive from > MS.____ > > __ __ > > __ __ > > Brian in CA____ > -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list [email protected] To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
