All have extensions. And I just rechecked Documents/Legacy Family Tree/Data and HDB, PPL, RGD are missing now. When I “Refresh List” it does not complete. It gets to a file with a name something like Windows old Windows Software Distribution/Download 9313387aba23b13… then closes Legacy. It goes so fast I can’t get the complete file name. I think Legacy is so messed up it will take an expert to fix it.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Brian Kelly Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 4:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Lost family file after name change Is there one in the list with no extension? That is your data file and it does not need to be restored, Just double click on that one and Windows will start Legacy and load that file. Windows will suppress the extensions for files it knows how to open so that even though your data file has a .fdb extension Windows does not display the .fdb in the filename. The files with those other extensions are support files created by Legacy when you use certain features. PPL is the potential problems list, FG is for focus groups etc. The dates on those support files come from the last time the file was used so you may not have used the feature for those 2013 and 2017 dated files. Brian Kelly On 23-May-18 4:11 PM, donna1 wrote: > I found the file in Documents/Legacy Family Tree/Data. There are 9 entries > with the new name but different types: FG, FSD, H1, H2, SC, TC, HDB, PPL, > RGD > None are zipped. SC, TC, HDB are dated May 22, 2018. All others have earlier > dates – 2013 and 2017. > > Can any of these be restored? If so, how? > > Thanks. Donna > > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Susan Osborne > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 2:04 PM > To: Legacy User Group > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Lost family file after name change > > You may have messed up the 3 digit file extension when you renamed it. > Legacy stores the files in Documents. The main executable file is shown with > a blue dot with a letter L in the middle. The file name is shown with no > extension in the list of files in the Data File but when the file is open on > the desktop the file is shown to have a .fdb extension. > > If you left this file in the Legacy folder when it was renamed, you should be > able to rename it again correctly so that it will work. The place to look > would be in the Data file which is found in the Legacy folder. It is found > in Documents/Legacy Family Tree/Data. > > Susan > > On Tuesday, May 22, 2018 2:58 PM, donna1 <[email protected]> wrote: > > I changed the name of a family file and thought I did everything correctly. > The file with the original name still appears in the list but it is empty. I > can not find the file with the new name. I did refresh the list. How can I > get my family back? > Thanks. Donna > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > > > --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com -- 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]/
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