One problem you may have run into with Legacy 6 and Win7: Windows 7
"protects" some of the folders that used to be open. By default, the
older Legacy versions (I forget when they changed it) used to install in
some of these folders that are now "protected".
I got around this by overriding the Legacy install. If you install
Legacy 6 on Windows 10 (or Win8 or Win7), instead of accepting the
normal "C:\PROGRAM FILES", instead tell Legacy to install into something
like: "C:\winprog\legacy". Since you are creating that "winprog"
folder, windows has no rules about it and won't protect it. So the
older programs should run fine out of that location.
I have a C:\winprog, and C:\wingame, and a C:\winutil - I install any
"old style" programs in those folders instead of in "C:\PROGRAM FILES"
and it works pretty good. And I store data from "old style" programs
into C:\windata. As much as I appreciate Microsoft "trying to protect
us from ourselves", I don't like being told "you don't have permission
to mess in folder xyz"!!! I'm the administrator of this computer, darn
it - I can do (or should be able to do) whatever I want where ever I
want . . . as long as I understand the consequences. Or, as a poster I
once saw said:
"When my computer tells me I don't have admin privileges . . . Aren't we
forgetting one teensy weensy but ever so critical little tiny detail? I
OWN YOU"
Bob
On 02/02/2017 14:16, Barb Ford wrote:
Okay, thank you, James. My incorrect assumption that Legacy 6 would
not play well with Windows 10 was based on this: When I started with
Legacy 6, I used XP. A few years ago, I changed to Windows 7. At that
time, my Legacy program simply would not open with the new operating
system. I was able to utilize the help of someone from this group, at
that time, who spent a lot of time off-group, even with a Skype
session, helping me to get everything to work. It was my understanding
that the problem was because of the operating system and that I should
consider upgrading to a newer Legacy version if I encountered further
problems. As I say, that was my understanding at the time; perhaps I
misunderstood, or perhaps I was given incorrect or incomplete
information. Either way, it has been in the back of my mind that when
I changed operating systems again, I should be ready to upgrade to the
latest Legacy version. I see now that I was laboring under a false
assumption/conclusion.
Thank you,
Barbara
------ Original Message ------
From: "James Smith" <[email protected]>
To: "Legacy User Group" <[email protected]>
Sent: 2/2/2017 1:03:46 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Big Question
Barbara, Legacy 6 works perfectly well with Windows 10, I notice no
difference since Windows XP and 8.1. As someone else indicated, if
you upgrade to Legacy 8, make a copy of your Legacy 6 file to
transfer to Legacy 8, keeping your Legacy 6 file intact. Once your
file is transferred to Legacy 8 it will be unusable on Legacy 6. As
stated, you can run both programs on the same computer until you are
comfortable with the new Legacy.
James Smith
On 2/2/2017 1:46 PM, Barbara Ford wrote:
Brian, then if I kept both, would they access the data from the same
data file, or does Legacy 8 put its data in a different location,
and does it save it "on the fly" like Legacy 6? My Legacy 6 data is
all in a folder named Legacy that resides directly on the C hard
drive. I don't have a real reason for wanting NOT to use Legacy 6,
except that I fear it would not work well with Windows 10. Am I
right on that?
O
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