Thank all of you. I am using Legacy 9. I created a folder called c:\Legacydata, copied the files from C:\Users\.....\AppData\Local\VirtualStore there, and modified the file location in customize 6.1. Everything seems to be fine now. If I am emailing a file, this is a lot quicker that burrowing down the User path to identify the attachment.
Does this sound correct? Tom Weiss On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 11:47 PM Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tom, > > You can save things wherever you like, but never in a Programs Files > folder. > > I think if you mistakenly open your database from within a backup zip, > it goes to a temp folder rather than the Virtual Store but I may be > mistaken. > > Which version of Legacy are you using? If you install a version of > Legacy before Legacy 8 into Program Files then all sorts of things will > end up in the Virtual Store as previous versions constantly wrote to the > Program folder. > > For Legacy 8 and up, wherever you keep your Legacy data file, you should > tell Legacy at Options > Customise 6.1 if you are not using the Legacy > default of C:\Users\<yourusername>\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Data\ > > Note you cannot delete or rename this folder: > C:\Users\<yourusername>\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\ as the \_AppData\ > folder within it is used for your Legacy settings. That folder is > hardwired into the program. > If your Documents folder has been properly moved, the section before > \Documents\ will be different. > > Cathy > > > Tom Weiss <mailto:tomgwe...@gmail.com> > > Friday, 24 April 2020 12:06 AM > > Never mind - figured it out. > > > > > > > > Tom Weiss <mailto:tomgwe...@gmail.com> > > Thursday, 23 April 2020 11:53 PM > > Thanks for your reply. I created a folder C:\Legacydata and copied all > > data files there. So far so good. > > > > I then opened a file, created a descendant report and attempted to > > save it as a pdf - now that doesn't work. Not saving to Legacydata. It > > wants to save to ThisPC>Document>LegacyFamilyTree>Data (or four other > > choices. > > > > Is there a setting in Options/Customize I missed? > > Tom > > > > > > > > Chris Hill <mailto:chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com> > > Thursday, 23 April 2020 11:09 PM > > 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 <mailto:tomgwe...@gmail.com>> > > To: "Legacy User Group" <LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > > <mailto:LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com>> > > Sent: 23/04/2020 15:41:06 > > Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy Files Not showing Up in Windows Explorer > > > > > > > > Tom Weiss <mailto:tomgwe...@gmail.com> > > Thursday, 23 April 2020 10:41 PM > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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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