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--- Begin Message ---My PC was just upgraded to Windows 10 weekend before last. (Windows 10 Pro from Windows 7 Pro) I was not and am not a OneDrive user. I have no problems with my path for Legacy and it is NOT in or contain a OneDrive folder as part of the path. But I am also still using Ver 7.5 not Legacy 8 Just FYI Jay On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Brian/Support <br...@legacyfamilytree.com> wrote: > 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 > br...@legacyfamilytree.com > 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-default-in-Windows-10-33da0077-770c-4bda-b61e-8c8e8ca70ac7?wt.mc_id=rm_onedrive_default-save-location_bodycopy-here >> < >> https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Files-save-to-OneDrive-by-default-in-Windows-10-33da0077-770c-4bda-b61e-8c8e8ca70ac7?wt.mc_id=rm_onedrive_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:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] >> 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 >> <br...@the-lightfoots.com <mailto:br...@the-lightfoots.com% >> 20%3cmailto:br...@the-lightfoots.com> <mailto:br...@the-lightfoots.com>> >> 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 > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >
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