This re-direct is part of Windows 10. It has nothing to do with Legacy. Microsoft is promoting their own cloud storage. Programs & files have no choice in the matter - totally controlled by the OS
Personally, I prefer Dropbox & Google Photos. OneDrive is pretty darn invasive overtaking your settings without your permission or knowledge. I disabled the OneDrive on my computer. Here are a few URLs from dependable sites which (I hope) will give you some additional information. http://www.howtogeek.com/search/?q=One+Drive http://www.pcworld.com/article/2993360/windows/how-to-stop-windows-10-from-saving-files-to-onedrive.html http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/onedrive-will-work-windows-10/#:Oywo6OMyQb4kNA On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot < [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 custom 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. > > > > 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” 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]/ > >
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