Thank you Cathy, That makes it clear for me. Now I can go ahead and remove the 2 copies carefully and know it will be OK. I appreciate your help John R.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 9:20 PM Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > Jack, > When you use File > Delete File, it deletes the currently open file only. > If you still have the file without Copy in the name, it will remain when > you delete the ones with Copy in their name. > It sounds like there's not a problem if something does go wrong as you > still have the file on an external drive. > Cathy > > Jack Reynolds wrote: > > > Hi Everyone. I have a question about deleting a Family File.The > instructions in Help are easy but I want to make sure of what else I > am deleting. Here is the situation. > In Jan 2022 I purchased a new laptop PC. I had a lot of problems with > it. I took a backup before hand of everything on a seperate hard drive > and the old PC also had a copy of everything. Support in both the > manufacturer and Windows worked on it. Windows Support on two > different occasions replaced the Windows 10 program. As you know even > though you are prepared this is devastating. In the end the > manufacturer agreed to take the PC back for a full return of funds and > I purchased a PC of a different manufacturer. The new one is running > perfectly fine. I didn't lose any data but deleting and reinstalling > the Windows 10 twice as I mentioned left me with two additional copies > of a family file, shown as Copy and Copy 2. > With *copy" Family open when I click on DELETE FAMILY FILE. and it > does so, and follow up with deleting Family "copy 2" my question is: > Question-will the actual file still remain in documents in the > "Legacy Family File."? That is what I want to end up with. I also have > the original of this family still in tack and go to it once in a > while. I don't want both copies shown on the list of family files. > I am just being cautious so I don't delete the whole family. > I will appreciate all thoughts sent me. > > Jack Reynolds > > > -- > > 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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