The FIRST rule on Legacy images is to ensure that they are located in
the Media folder, or its sub-folders, as specified in Options /
Customise / 6.2.
The SECOND rule is to never rename or relocate them, since all that
Legacy remembers are the folder and the file name.
The THIRD rule is to have a standardised structure for file and folder
names.
From Customise / 6, use the View Current List of Media Folders. In an
ideal situation it will list one or folders with the structure [Default
Media Folder], followed by its sub-folders if necessary. The [Default
Media Folder] is that specified in 6.2. Against each entry in that list,
you have a number of Options.
1. Show List will show you a list of the individuals connected to that
folder.
2. Add will allow you to add a new folder and Change will allow you to
change it. Personally, I would not change it but use the next option to
restructure it.
3. At the bottom, there is an option to combine one entry into another.
Using that, Legacy will work through the entries in the folder and
change the entries in the individual to point to the new folder. What it
will not do is to physically relocate the files, which would be nice.
4. The Test All Media Folders will scan through the system and identify
files that it cannot locate, listing the expected file.
That leaves you with the question of relocating the files. From Tools /
Media Relinker you can get Legacy to scan through for PC and try to
locate the missing files, assuming that you have not renamed them. Once
scanned, they will show you, one at a time, each matched file showing
where it is and where it should be. You have the option to link to the
matched file, and possibly for other files in the same folder, or to
skip it. Again, the files do not get relocated and only the link is
modified, and it would be nice if Legacy could relocate them.
If you have a missing file and double click on it you will get the Find
File option. That will give you the option of running the Media
Relinker, or get Legacy to search for the file or, and often better, of
doing the search manually on the basis that you probably know where the
file is. Once found, you can quickly link to it.
Personally, I would not run the Media Relinker on the basis that from
the Test All Media Folders report I can quickly identify that I have
either just renamed a file or that I have a folder which I can quickly
use Windows Explorer to put in the correct location. Also, with my PC it
can take a long time to scan and I generally know where my media are or
should be. It would be useful to limit the Relink My Media to start at a
folder and not at the top of the drive.
With renamed files you have the issue of resetting them to match what is
set in Legacy. If it is correctly linked in Legacy, then the Picture
Centre will allow you to rename it, but it does not work the other way
round.
It would be nice if Legacy gave you better tools to manipulate the links
and files. In my case, I used Access to modify the Legacy datebase and
Explorer to relocate the folders and files.
Hopefully, all that you need to do is locate the correct folders and
relocate them to the correct positions, and ensure that they are
correctly linked within Legacy.
Really, it comes down to getting the structure correct at the beginning.
Regards
Chris
------ Original Message ------
From "Dave Johnson" <[email protected]>
To "Legacy User Group" <[email protected]>
Date 15/12/2022 15:39:20
Subject [LegacyUG] Serious problem with Legacy 9.0.0.414
Somehow my Legacy is all screwed up. I can run a clean Compact Family
File and a Check/Repair with no problems. But I lost many of my census
images because of stupidity on my part. When I run a Test All Media
Files. I get a list of
26870 lost census images. So I begin getting new copies of the census
images and attach them to the correct individual. Lo and behold! When
I run a Media Linker or a Test All Media Files, the corrected
individuals still show up as missing their media links. I can go into
the individual sources and verify that the census images are correct.
They are correct. So somehow Legacy cannot find them.
Any suggestions?
--
Dave Johnson
Happiness is a CHOICE!!!
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