Some decent thinking from Gordon, thanks. You're probably right that one oughta just let apps install in their chosen default locations, but I'm from the old school were we made our own decisions about how we wanted to organize our computer files. Upgrading to XP and having to endure "\Documents and Settings\...\...\" continues to drive me crazy(er!)
My current Legacy is from 26 October 2004. I would mention that up until trying to do this 14 April Build, Legacy always gave the option for "where", and/or also always found the existing Legacy program set within "\program files\"and built the upgrades in that existing folder. So I'm still asking for a workaround to install the 14 April Build into my usual folder, and thus avoid redoing all my custom settings. Please? RonKZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:23 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Installing upgrade April 14th I would like to add a couple comments here. I agree the program installation should be defaulted to the "Program Files/Legacy" folder. I also think that all the user files should be defaulted to "My Documents/Legacy" (with some appropriate subdirectory structure). This would include all data files, picture files, sound files, etc. The Sample.fdb and all it's associated files could be in some subdirectory in the program files/Legacy Structure so it doesn't get mixed in with the users family data. It would be nice if each family.fdb had it's own set of defaults, i.e. it's own set of .usr and .wfo files that get loaded whenever the database is opened. It would also be nice to have the option of changing where the .usr and .wf0 files are located. Just my $.02 Of course now we have to ask ourselves. Would we rather have the S/W gurus working on restructuring the S/W or fixing report issues? I think they have a full plate and are doing a terrific job. I'm really not complaining..... Oh, and by the way, whenever I install software I always take the defaults specifically because of the problems you are having. I was thinking of uninstalling Legacy and reinstalling in Program files but you have convinced me that I probably don't want to mess with a working package. So, thanks Ron. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Klotz-Zellhoefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Legacy User Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:09 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Installing upgrade April 14th Hello LUG I'm running Legacy 5 Deluxe, which is installed in c:\program files\Legacy5. I will first grumble a bit that Legacy seems out of step in it's default installation location of c:\Legacy and would ask that be changed to the norm within \program files. But this morning there was a new wrinkle when I upgraded using the application's upgrade link, creating and installing into new folder c:\Legacy\ without asking or giving any opportunity to change the installation folder. The installation did not incorporate any of my .USR settings nor my registration for the Deluxe version. Needless to say, I went thru some hoops and got rid of the upgrade installation, going back to the current version from last October. So the question is how one might get this to install properly? Thanks, RonKZ now in New Mexico Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
