If you have not renamed any of the media files and if you are using
Legacy 8 or 9 go to Tools > Media relinker.
It will first identify all your broken media links and then will let you
view the list in your text editor if you wish.
Use the drives to search button to limit the search to the drive where
you put the media. Unfortunately you have to click the button each time
you change a check mark.
When the drive list has been set click relink my media to have Legacy
search for your missing files.
If there is only one copy of each file the media relinker should
complete without intervention but if you have the same file name in
multiple locations (some people do name different files with the same
name in different folders) you will be given a chance to choose which
file is correct.
When the relinker is finished all your media links should be correct.
Brian Kelly
On 18-Feb-18 4:42 PM, Sheila Burks wrote:
Nothing seems to be working as far as the media goes. My data is fine,thank
goodness but I had over 12,000 media items
attached.Pictures,census,military and all kinds of vital records. That is
why I needed to move them to an external hard drive as my C drive is only
120 Gigs. But it seems like I didn't do it properly. I thought I could just
move them to the external hard drive and change where Legacy looked for
them but that hasn't worked. It seems like I have all the right locations
listed for it to look in but something is still off. I hadn't done as Cathy
suggested - choose Properties, then the Location tab - but it was too late
for that. I should have asked before I moved things. Thanks all for the
suggestions but does anybody have any more ideas?
Sheila
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 6:40 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote:
You can move your entire Documents file to another drive so long as you
use the right method.
I only have one physical hard drive but it is partitioned into 2.
The Windows standard location for Document, Pictures, Downloads, etc are
in C:\Users\<yourusername\
But they can all be moved to another drive if you right click on them and
choose Properties, then the Location tab.
Mine are all on my D drive. D:\Documents D:\Downloads etc.
Windows has to know where these special folders are so you have to use
this method to move them (or I guess know how to edit the Registry).
Legacy, as you know, uses Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\ for your
settings. This cannot be changed. So if you want it on another drive you
have to move Documents properly. When they've been moved properly they
still have the special folder icons for these folders and their content
shows in File Explorer under the special entries for these folders.
Cathy
Leonard J. McCown <mailto:[email protected]>
Saturday, 17 February 2018 7:00 AM
Sorry Brian, Personally, I do feel it is a subject
for this group as it still involves Legacy and
using the program. I thought it was a user group.
Leonard McCown
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From: LegacyUserGroup
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On Behalf Of Brian Kelly
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2018 4:22 PM
To: Legacy User Group
<[email protected]>; Sheila Burks
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Changing Drives
This is not really a subject for this group
because moving programs and
data to another Drive is a general windows
question not related to using
Legacy.
In order to answer your question you will need
specify which version of
Windows you are using. I can tell you that in
windows 10 you do it like
this:
Open Setting
Select System settings
Select Storage
Under more storage settings click "Change where
new content is saved"
There you can select which drive to use for new
Apps, New documents,
Music etc.
Click the topic and select the drive to be used.
I do not think that this will move any existing
files but will affect
where new data and programs are stored.
To move existing data you will have to use windows
to move the files.
If you are not using windows 10 then you will have
to use your windows
version to do this. Maybe searching Windows help
will give you an idea
of how to do what you want.
Brian Kelly
On 16-Feb-18 4:11 PM, Sheila Burks wrote:
Hi, help please, Can I move my whole program and
Data file as well as Media
Files to another drive? My C drive is small and
I have a large external
hard drive?? I am haveing trouble relinking the
media. These files are
already on the external hard drive.
Brian Kelly <mailto:[email protected]>
Saturday, 17 February 2018 6:22 AM
This is not really a subject for this group because moving programs and
data to another Drive is a general windows question not related to using
Legacy.
In order to answer your question you will need specify which version of
Windows you are using. I can tell you that in windows 10 you do it like
this:
Open Setting
Select System settings
Select Storage
Under more storage settings click "Change where new content is saved"
There you can select which drive to use for new Apps, New documents,
Music etc.
Click the topic and select the drive to be used.
I do not think that this will move any existing files but will affect
where new data and programs are stored.
To move existing data you will have to use windows to move the files.
If you are not using windows 10 then you will have to use your windows
version to do this. Maybe searching Windows help will give you an idea of
how to do what you want.
Brian Kelly
Sheila Burks <mailto:[email protected]>
Saturday, 17 February 2018 5:11 AM
Hi, help please, Can I move my whole program and Data file as well as
Media Files to another drive? My C drive is small and I have a large
external hard drive?? I am haveing trouble relinking the media. These files
are already on the external hard drive.
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Sheila
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