Oh, wow, good information. If I may ask further, then...my understanding was that if I did not intend to use the Western Digital software for automatic backups (which I do NOT), and I only wanted to use the WD passport drive simply as an external hard drive, that I would not need the WD software that is on the passport drive. I was wrong on that?? (I wasn't worried so much about space taken as about trying to remember what the heck all those folders were about).
> On Feb 3, 2017, at 1:46 PM, Chris Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would be very careful about wanting to remove a folder, created by WD, on > a My Passport. These files include the software installs to enable Windows > and Mac to access the rest of the device. On my 2TB drive they are using > 241MB, about .01% of it. Otherwise, they are because you are using the > device as a backup to your PC. > > Regards > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Barbara Ford > Sent: 03 February 2017 14:40 > To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Big Question > > 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. 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