Hi
Win 10 will not allow your programs to create files or folders directly
below C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86), since these are
restricted to programs. That is being dealt with by using
C:\Users\.....\AppData\Local\VirtualStore as a way to get around that
limitation, but Explorer does not like following through this unless you
force it.
With Legacy9 they moved the user files away from the program folder,
which I think was C:\Legacy, and into C:\Users\.....\Documents\Legacy
Family Tree\ and this is where your should find the settings and the
sample database. The database would normally be in
C:\Users\.....\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Data and the media in
C:\Users\.....\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Media or
C:\Users\.....\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Data\Sample-Media.
You can change that location within Options 6.1 and 6.2 so that you can
put your files elsewhere, so mine are in
E:\Users\Chris\Documents\Chris\Genealogy\Hill and related
families\Family Tree\ and E:\Users\Chris\Documents\Chris\Genealogy\Hill
and related families\Family Tree\Media.
Regards
Chris
------ Original Message ------
From: "Tom Weiss" <tomgwe...@gmail.com>
To: "Legacy User Group" <LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com>
Sent: 23/04/2020 15:41:06
Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy Files Not showing Up in Windows Explorer
Recent family tree files and pdfs of reports are not showing up in the
proper location.
I googled “files not showing up in Windows Explorer and found this:
The correct answer is because of the "VirtualStore." Programs are
permitted to write to their "Program Files" folder for legacy reasons,
but they do not have privileges to do so, so they get transparently
redirected to "C:\Users\"User"\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files
(x86)" This causes the files a program saves to its Program Files
folder to appear there WHEN IN THAT PROGRAM(or other programs that have
saved to the Program Files before), but not in Explorer, making you
question your sanity.
Here is where my files are:
C:\Users\tomgw\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files
(x86)\Legacy9\Data
They should be in C:\Programfiles (x86)\Legacy9\Data
I tried to copy one of the files to the proper location and it said I
needed administrator privileges to do so. What the heck is going on?
How do I fix this and stop it from recurring?
Tom Weiss
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