Thank you Cathy, Your explanation was very clear and helpful. As a not very computer-literate person I have found that some of the Legacy Help explanations hard to understand. Jen H Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10
________________________________ From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 1:35:50 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Back Up Problem Jennifer, The Legacy data backup zips all the files related to your family file together. How many there are depends on which features of Legacy you have used. I have about 30. In previous versions you were given some control over which ones were included but that was confusing to many and the option has been removed. If you have Set Relationships you'll have a .Rc3 file as part of your backup. To see what most of the extensions mean search Legacy Help Index for "file extension" (without the quotes). eg: familyfilename.Rc3 Relationship term spill file familyfilename.Rc3.Rc3 Backup of Relationship spill file If only the .fdb was included in the backup you would lose your relationship settings and clipboards etc when you restored a backup. Cathy Jen nifer Hardess wrote: Hello Cathy, With regard to the: Rc3.Rc3 that Marie has on her back-up, can you please explain whether this is a regular “extension” (not sure what to call it) or a problem that has occurred. I have noticed this on my back-ups also. Thanks, Jen H. Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 4, 2018 2:25:42 PM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Back Up Problem Marie, I suspect on your new computer the associations to files are different. Legacy backup files have always been a zipped file and show the icon for the program that is associa ted with .zip files. If you haven't added another program this is a folder icon that has a zip on it. Within that zip file are most of the other files you list. I'm not sure what you mean by the Ancestry logo one. It may be that you have something that associates a gedcom file with Ancestry and you have a gedcom in that same folder? I'm not familiar with the apps available for Ancestry. But it wouldn't be included in the Legacy data backup. Or did you mean the Legacy logo? If so that's your main family file - <yourfamilyfilename>.fdb You do not use the files within the Legacy data backup zip directly. You go to Legacy and use File - Restore File when/if you need to use a data backup. If you open files from within the backup zip you create a mess with the file going into a temp folder. If you extract the files using Windows File Explorer or another program you are creating copies of your file that have the same name but are in different folders, that most likely will confuse you later. You use File - Restore File either overwriting your current file of that name OR renaming the file during the restore process. Cathy mvmcgrs--- via LegacyUserGroup wrote: > I'm using Legacy 8 and Windows 10 home. I had to buy a new computer > but now when I backup my Legacy file it has a zipped file icon with > the date. There are several other files with that family name with > several extensions. The other files are: Ancestry logo [Family Name]8; > [Family Name]8.FG; [Family Name]8.SC; [Family Name]8.TC; [Family > Name]8.Rc3.Rc3 > > When I was using Win 7 Pro and I backed up my Legacy files there was > only a Name and a date not the zipped file icon. > > What am I doing wrong? And how do I correct it? > > Marie -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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