Brian Why do you say "it is good computing to move your personal data off the C:\ drive"? I've never heard this before. Legacy defaults the data files to the user's documents folder, which is usually on the main C drive. Mary Young On 26 May 2016 00:36, "Brian L. Lightfoot" <[email protected]> wrote:
> My clean install was based on the most recent release of Win10 from less > than one month ago. Older versions of Windows 10 such as upgraded from Win7 > or clean installs from a few months ago will not be showing OneDrive in the > Documents path….just yet. > > > > It’s amazing that we have to talk about “older versions of Windows 10” !! > > > > Here is what MS says: > > > > Thank you for contacting OneDrive Support. The path > C:\Users\Name\OneDrive\Documents is created by default and using a clean > install of Windows 10 because the file explorer system is intricately tied > with OneDrive. For personal home users of Windows 10 OneDrive is the file > system they would be using for their computer. I understand that it will > require some changes in file paths and in any guides that reference those > file paths however we did this to better incorporate file hosting and being > able to access your files from any device not just when you are at home or > at work. > > > > > > Brian in CA > > > > > > > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Sherry/Support > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 25, 2016 2:16 PM > *To:* Legacy User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] File locations on new installs > > > > I'm puzzled - I just got a new laptop a couple of months ago with Windows > 10 on it. Legacy's default folder was in the c:\users\<user > name>\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\. > > Same with the Windows 10 upgrade over Windows 7 on my desktop. Since I did > the Win10 upgrade, I installed a fresh copy of Legacy. > > > > The default folders for Office 365 on the laptop (I got a free copy of it > for a year and had to install it myself) did go to the OneDrive folder, but > not the Legacy installs - and I have two different versions installed. > > Legacy was installed after Office 365 on the laptop and after the OneDrive > folder was installed on the desktop. > > > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot < > [email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > -- > > 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]/ > >
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