Now that makes perfect sense. I'm flagging this note to perhaps save me some pain when I do a new install into Windows 10.
Agree about the admin thing--I currently cannot get rid of a folder (a Western Digital folder) I do not want on an external hard drive, because it says I don't have administrative privileges. Enfuriating. Thanks, Barb > On Feb 2, 2017, at 10:36 PM, Robert57P_gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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]/ >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> > > > -- > > 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]/ -- 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]/
