Thanks, Chris. I have already moved my Legacy Data files directly on my C drive. but I still have lots of problems which I have detailed in the dozen emails I sent this morning.
Dave On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 10:09 AM Chris Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I rather suspect that you have moved to a new PC with Win 11 installed, > perhaps to Win 10, and fallen into the TRAP that Microsoft have given us > (if you let it). This is one which I will NEVER do. > > They had the idea that they would provide you will a small, maybe 200MB, > of off-site disk space and have placed all or part of > C:\Users\zzzz\Documents to map to that area. That would be a good idea > since you can share those files with other users, under your control, or > across your own PCs, but actually most users would not need to do that. The > only benefit is that you can access those off-site files from a web browser > while away from home. > > The other half of the issue is that many users will have a lot of files > which Microsoft, or Google and the other offerings, would want to move to > the off-site basis. My media takes 4GB for 4100 files, but my photo > collection needs 400GB for 45,000 files. So we need to make sure that we > can control which files go off-site and which must stay locally. > > Now this will be based on what I am seeing on my Win 10 system, which has > been growing from Win XP and earlier. On that they have created a > E:\Users\Chris\OneDrive folder (note that I relocated my Users folder to a > second disk) with some folders, including a Documents folder. Now I don't > use that and my genealogy files are actually in > E:\Users\Chris\Documents\Chris\Genealogy\Hill and related families\Family > Tree. The double layered Chris folder is one issue that occurred when I > merged two PCs and which I need to resolve. > > My guess is that your C:\Users\zzzz\Documents is actually a reference to > the one within the OneDrive structure, but you will need to identify that > this is true. It would also be worth doing searches on Google and the > Microsoft web pages on how to manage a OneDrive solution. > > What I would do is to create a C:\Users\zzzz\Genealogy folder, which > should be outside of OneDrive, and then relocate your database and files > there. Before you do this I would take a Legacy backup, for both data and > media, and save it away from OneDrive. > > If you have taken the default Legacy structure for files they should be in > C:\Users\zzzz\Documents\Legacy Family Tree, and therefore within the > OneDrive structure. One of my rules is to never work with default folder > structures - my data and under my control. You need to locate all of the > files related to your tree, which all begin with the same prefix, so mine > are all Hill*.*, and copy those to the new folder. I would then copy the > Media folder, or where your media files are, into the new folder. Then I > would use Legacy Customise 6.1 and 6.2 to point to the newly copied > folders. Unfortunately, you cannot relocate the Legacy files away from > ...\Documents\Legacy > Family Tree and under there you will find the settings that 6.1 and 6.2 > maintain. Alternatively, you could get Legacy to restore from the backup > file and locate them into the new folder. > > Hopefully, that will resolve your issues and you can finally remove the > old files within the OneDrive structure. > > Hope this helps. > > Regards > > Chris > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From "Dave Johnson" <[email protected]> > To "Legacy User Group" <[email protected]> > Date 16/12/2022 15:49:45 > Subject Re: [LegacyUG] Serious problem with Legacy 9.0.0.414 > > All of my files are in OneDrive. How would you suggest I store them > locally? > > Dave > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 3:00 AM Chris Hill <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I know that there are issues with OneDrive, and potentially with any >> off-site storage. >> >> The question is whether OneDrive wants, or can, maintain a duplicate set >> of files across its own system and on your PC, or if it will keep them >> remotely and just download those which you need to access locally. Running >> that with 24K files may cause networking and performance issues. >> >> Personalty I would never use an off-site solution for a lot of files and >> insist that they are stored locally, with the option to make off-site >> backup copies. >> >> Regards >> >> Chris >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From "Dave Johnson" <[email protected]> >> To "Legacy User Group" <[email protected]> >> Date 15/12/2022 20:40:30 >> Subject Re: [LegacyUG] Serious problem with Legacy 9.0.0.414 >> >> Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately Legacy knows where all my files >> are. They are stored in OneDrive. Customize/Locations have been set >> correctly.. But the problem persists. >> >> Dave >> >> On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 11:12 AM Chris Hill <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> 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!!!* >>> >>> -- >>> >>> 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]/ >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Dave Johnson* >> >> *Happiness is a CHOICE!!!* >> >> -- >> >> 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]/ >> > > > -- > *Dave Johnson* > > *Happiness is a CHOICE!!!* > > -- > > 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]/ > -- *Dave Johnson* *Happiness is a CHOICE!!!*
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