Re: [LegacyUG] File savng and charting

[sarah hughes]

Thank you for that. I will look at the 1.2 option


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On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 at 10:12, Cathy Pinner  wrote:

> Sarah,
> The recent file list will probably tell you where your file is. Put that
> location in Options > Customise 6.1. If you want it somewhere else, you
> can move a family file by using File > Rename File and instead of
> renaming it, choose a different folder. You can save a copy of your
> family file in a different location by using File > Save File As.
> However it's best to not have multiple copies of your family file
> scattered around your computer. Instead have multiple backup data zips
> and make sure you know how to use File > Restore File.
> You can set Options > Customise 1.2 to open the last used file
> automatically. That I think is the default setting. I set it to open a
> particular file in a particular location and do open the Sample file as
> I'm a beta tester and mainly using a beta version of the program. But
> when you're not a beta tester you can set it to open your preferred
> family file.
> Cathy
>
> > sarah hughes 
> > Thursday, 28 December 2023 5:31 PM
> > Thanks so much for your help, Cathy, especially since it was
> > originally someone's else's query
> > I clicked the big blue "L" as you suggested, and it worked. It showed
> > two sample files, anyone with my name, so Ican get to it easily.
> > I might still look into Option, from top menu, and then 1.2, and see
> > if there is somewhere to save my family tree, for all time!
> >
> > Kind regards, Sarah
> >
> >
> >
> > Cathy Pinner 
> > Thursday, 28 December 2023 7:41 AM
> > Sarah,
> > Another way to find your file is to use the Recent File List but do
> > check your setting at Options > Customise 1.2. It must be set to open
> > the Sample file or you are somehow doing something that is losing your
> > settings every time. Do make sure that there is are local copies for
> > the files in the active/Windows recognised Documents file and that
> > some sort of occasional syncing isn't overwriting that with old
> > copies. I guess if that is what is happening it may interfere with the
> > Recent File list.
> > The Recent File List is found by clicking the L top left corner of the
> > Legacy screen if the L is larger than the title bar. If it isn't,
> > you'll see a System Ribbon tab and it's on that instead. It depends on
> > the Design Style you are using. You'll see a list of the files that
> > have been opened recently in order of opening and you click on the one
> > you want.
> >
> > Cathy
> >
> >
> > sarah hughes 
> > Wednesday, 27 December 2023 9:14 PM
> > I have had the same problem for ages, when it comes opening your file
> > afresh. I thought that changing to a new laptop, but no. Mine always
> > seems to open to the sample tree Goeff's, which is no help to me. So
> > then it is a game of hit and miss, until I find my own tree. I guess
> > it must ne saved somewhere, and at the moment I just find the correct
> > file, and carry on. But it is a bit annoying!
> >
> >
> >
> > aj.ru...@xtra.co.nz 
> > Wednesday, 27 December 2023 8:08 AM
> >
> > Somehow, When I open Legacy it doesn’t give the option of which file
> > to open I need go to a list of files then open the one I want to work on.
> >
> > Also when I close legacy it doesn’t give me the option of saving to
> > back up or just closing.
> >
> > Finally when I went to create a chart the charting facility also did
> > not open up.
> >
> > I think my data files are in a different place in that they don’t seem
> > to be correctly linked.
> >
> > Thanks for your help in advance.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] File savng and charting

[Cathy Pinner]

Sarah,
The recent file list will probably tell you where your file is. Put that 
location in Options > Customise 6.1. If you want it somewhere else, you 
can move a family file by using File > Rename File and instead of 
renaming it, choose a different folder. You can save a copy of your 
family file in a different location by using File > Save File As. 
However it's best to not have multiple copies of your family file 
scattered around your computer. Instead have multiple backup data zips 
and make sure you know how to use File > Restore File.
You can set Options > Customise 1.2 to open the last used file 
automatically. That I think is the default setting. I set it to open a 
particular file in a particular location and do open the Sample file as 
I'm a beta tester and mainly using a beta version of the program. But 
when you're not a beta tester you can set it to open your preferred 
family file.

Cathy


sarah hughes 
Thursday, 28 December 2023 5:31 PM
Thanks so much for your help, Cathy, especially since it was 
originally someone's else's query
I clicked the big blue "L" as you suggested, and it worked. It showed 
two sample files, anyone with my name, so Ican get to it easily.
I might still look into Option, from top menu, and then 1.2, and see 
if there is somewhere to save my family tree, for all time!


Kind regards, Sarah



Cathy Pinner 
Thursday, 28 December 2023 7:41 AM
Sarah,
Another way to find your file is to use the Recent File List but do 
check your setting at Options > Customise 1.2. It must be set to open 
the Sample file or you are somehow doing something that is losing your 
settings every time. Do make sure that there is are local copies for 
the files in the active/Windows recognised Documents file and that 
some sort of occasional syncing isn't overwriting that with old 
copies. I guess if that is what is happening it may interfere with the 
Recent File list.
The Recent File List is found by clicking the L top left corner of the 
Legacy screen if the L is larger than the title bar. If it isn't, 
you'll see a System Ribbon tab and it's on that instead. It depends on 
the Design Style you are using. You'll see a list of the files that 
have been opened recently in order of opening and you click on the one 
you want.


Cathy


sarah hughes 
Wednesday, 27 December 2023 9:14 PM
I have had the same problem for ages, when it comes opening your file 
afresh. I thought that changing to a new laptop, but no. Mine always 
seems to open to the sample tree Goeff's, which is no help to me. So 
then it is a game of hit and miss, until I find my own tree. I guess 
it must ne saved somewhere, and at the moment I just find the correct 
file, and carry on. But it is a bit annoying!




aj.ru...@xtra.co.nz 
Wednesday, 27 December 2023 8:08 AM

Somehow, When I open Legacy it doesn’t give the option of which file 
to open I need go to a list of files then open the one I want to work on.


Also when I close legacy it doesn’t give me the option of saving to 
back up or just closing.


Finally when I went to create a chart the charting facility also did 
not open up.


I think my data files are in a different place in that they don’t seem 
to be correctly linked.


Thanks for your help in advance.






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Re: [LegacyUG] File savng and charting

[sarah hughes]

Thanks so much for your help, Cathy, especially since it was originally
someone's else's query
I clicked the big blue "L" as you suggested, and it worked. It showed two
sample files, anyone with my name, so Ican get to it easily.
I might still look into Option, from top menu, and then 1.2, and see if
there is somewhere to save my family tree, for all time!

Kind regards, Sarah

On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 at 23:43, Cathy Pinner  wrote:

> Sarah,
> Another way to find your file is to use the Recent File List but do
> check your setting at Options > Customise 1.2. It must be set to open
> the Sample file or you are somehow doing something that is losing your
> settings every time. Do make sure that there is are local copies for the
> files in the active/Windows recognised Documents file and that some sort
> of occasional syncing isn't overwriting that with old copies. I guess if
> that is what is happening it may interfere with the Recent File list.
> The Recent File List is found by clicking the L top left corner of the
> Legacy screen if the L is larger than the title bar. If it isn't, you'll
> see a System Ribbon tab and it's on that instead. It depends on the
> Design Style you are using. You'll see a list of the files that have
> been opened recently in order of opening and you click on the one you want.
>
> Cathy
>
> > sarah hughes 
> > Wednesday, 27 December 2023 9:14 PM
> > I have had the same problem for ages, when it comes opening your file
> > afresh. I thought that changing to a new laptop, but no. Mine always
> > seems to open to the sample tree Goeff's, which is no help to me. So
> > then it is a game of hit and miss, until I find my own tree. I guess
> > it must ne saved somewhere, and at the moment I just find the correct
> > file, and carry on. But it is a bit annoying!
> >
> >
> >
> > aj.ru...@xtra.co.nz 
> > Wednesday, 27 December 2023 8:08 AM
> >
> > Somehow, When I open Legacy it doesn’t give the option of which file
> > to open I need go to a list of files then open the one I want to work on.
> >
> > Also when I close legacy it doesn’t give me the option of saving to
> > back up or just closing.
> >
> > Finally when I went to create a chart the charting facility also did
> > not open up.
> >
> > I think my data files are in a different place in that they don’t seem
> > to be correctly linked.
> >
> > Thanks for your help in advance.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] File savng and charting

[Cathy Pinner]

Sarah,
Another way to find your file is to use the Recent File List but do 
check your setting at Options > Customise 1.2. It must be set to open 
the Sample file or you are somehow doing something that is losing your 
settings every time. Do make sure that there is are local copies for the 
files in the active/Windows recognised Documents file and that some sort 
of occasional syncing isn't overwriting that with old copies. I guess if 
that is what is happening it may interfere with the Recent File list.
The Recent File List is found by clicking the L top left corner of the 
Legacy screen if the L is larger than the title bar. If it isn't, you'll 
see a System Ribbon tab and it's on that instead. It depends on the 
Design Style you are using. You'll see a list of the files that have 
been opened recently in order of opening and you click on the one you want.


Cathy


sarah hughes 
Wednesday, 27 December 2023 9:14 PM
I have had the same problem for ages, when it comes opening your file 
afresh. I thought that changing to a new laptop, but no. Mine always 
seems to open to the sample tree Goeff's, which is no help to me. So 
then it is a game of hit and miss, until I find my own tree. I guess 
it must ne saved somewhere, and at the moment I just find the correct 
file, and carry on. But it is a bit annoying!




aj.ru...@xtra.co.nz 
Wednesday, 27 December 2023 8:08 AM

Somehow, When I open Legacy it doesn’t give the option of which file 
to open I need go to a list of files then open the one I want to work on.


Also when I close legacy it doesn’t give me the option of saving to 
back up or just closing.


Finally when I went to create a chart the charting facility also did 
not open up.


I think my data files are in a different place in that they don’t seem 
to be correctly linked.


Thanks for your help in advance.






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Re: [LegacyUG] File savng and charting

[aj.rudge]

Cathy 
Thanks for your help. Will try some of the options you have suggested.

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From: LegacyUserGroup  On Behalf Of 
Cathy Pinner
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 1:41 PM
To: Legacy User Group 
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] File savng and charting

What file, if any, opens when you open Legacy is controlled by Options > 
Customise 1.2 The folder Legacy expects your data file to be in is the one you 
specify at Options > Customise 6.1.
You do not have to use the Legacy Default of ...\Documents\Legacy Family 
Tree\Data\ folder If you have your data file in folder that is syncing with the 
Cloud, make sure it is keeping local copies on your computer.
The Documents folder may be in OneDrive depending on your OneDrive settings. If 
OneDrive is on your computer, you often have to check regularly whether it is 
keeping local copies and whether it has your Windows Documents folder inside of 
it or not. It will have a Documents folder probably but it may not be the one 
Windows is recognising. I don't sync my Documents folder with OneDrive so the 
one Legacy uses is not in OneDrive but there is still a Documents folder there.
Your Legacy settings are stored in ...\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\ 
folder in whichever Documents folder is being recognised by Windows. If you 
move the Legacy Family Tree folder or rename it, it will be recreated with 
Legacy defaults.

I'd start by restarting your computer. That's a Restart which is a complete 
clearing our of memory and starting. Unless you've turned off Fast Start, the 
operating system is simply hibernated when you ShutDown.

The Restart may solve your Charting issue. If not, you may need to reinstall 
Legacy. I'd first try reinstalling without uninstalling first. 
Note Charting settings are held in ...\Documents\Legacy Family 
Tree\LegacyCharting  So this is another thing that will be mixed up if the 
\Legacy Family Tree\ folder has been moved or renamed or is syncing with a 
cloud without a local copy being kept on the computer.

If Legacy isn't asking you to backup your file when you exit, then either you 
haven't made any changes to the database or you have lost the setting in 
Options > Customise 12.5 on the Prompts/Reminders tab.

Hope that helps.
If it doesn't, contact Support. supp...@legacyfamilytree.com

Cathy
> aj.ru...@xtra.co.nz <mailto:aj.ru...@xtra.co.nz> Wednesday, 27 
> December 2023 8:08 AM
>
> Somehow, When I open Legacy it doesn’t give the option of which file 
> to open I need go to a list of files then open the one I want to work on.
>
> Also when I close legacy it doesn’t give me the option of saving to 
> back up or just closing.
>
> Finally when I went to create a chart the charting facility also did 
> not open up.
>
> I think my data files are in a different place in that they don’t seem 
> to be correctly linked.
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.
>
>
>


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Re: [LegacyUG] File savng and charting

[sarah hughes]

I have had the same problem for ages, when it comes opening your file
afresh. I thought that changing to a new laptop, but no. Mine always seems
to open to the sample tree Goeff's, which is no help to me. So then it is a
game of hit and miss, until I find my own tree. I guess it must ne
saved somewhere, and at the moment I just find the correct file, and carry
on. But it is a bit annoying!

On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 at 00:09,  wrote:

> Somehow, When I open Legacy it doesn’t give the option of which file to
> open I need go to a list of files then open the one I want to work on.
>
> Also when I close legacy it doesn’t give me the option of saving to back
> up or just closing.
>
> Finally when I went to create a chart the charting facility also did not
> open up.
>
> I think my data files are in a different place in that they don’t seem to
> be correctly linked.
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.
>
>
>
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] File savng and charting

[Cathy Pinner]

What file, if any, opens when you open Legacy is controlled by Options > 
Customise 1.2
The folder Legacy expects your data file to be in is the one you specify 
at Options > Customise 6.1.
You do not have to use the Legacy Default of ...\Documents\Legacy Family 
Tree\Data\ folder
If you have your data file in folder that is syncing with the Cloud, 
make sure it is keeping local copies on your computer.
The Documents folder may be in OneDrive depending on your OneDrive 
settings. If OneDrive is on your computer, you often have to check 
regularly whether it is keeping local copies and whether it has your 
Windows Documents folder inside of it or not. It will have a Documents 
folder probably but it may not be the one Windows is recognising. I 
don't sync my Documents folder with OneDrive so the one Legacy uses is 
not in OneDrive but there is still a Documents folder there.
Your Legacy settings are stored in ...\Documents\Legacy Family 
Tree\_AppData\ folder in whichever Documents folder is being recognised 
by Windows. If you move the Legacy Family Tree folder or rename it, it 
will be recreated with Legacy defaults.


I'd start by restarting your computer. That's a Restart which is a 
complete clearing our of memory and starting. Unless you've turned off 
Fast Start, the operating system is simply hibernated when you ShutDown.


The Restart may solve your Charting issue. If not, you may need to 
reinstall Legacy. I'd first try reinstalling without uninstalling first. 
Note Charting settings are held in ...\Documents\Legacy Family 
Tree\LegacyCharting  So this is another thing that will be mixed up if 
the \Legacy Family Tree\ folder has been moved or renamed or is syncing 
with a cloud without a local copy being kept on the computer.


If Legacy isn't asking you to backup your file when you exit, then 
either you haven't made any changes to the database or you have lost the 
setting in Options > Customise 12.5 on the Prompts/Reminders tab.


Hope that helps.
If it doesn't, contact Support. supp...@legacyfamilytree.com

Cathy

aj.ru...@xtra.co.nz 
Wednesday, 27 December 2023 8:08 AM

Somehow, When I open Legacy it doesn’t give the option of which file 
to open I need go to a list of files then open the one I want to work on.


Also when I close legacy it doesn’t give me the option of saving to 
back up or just closing.


Finally when I went to create a chart the charting facility also did 
not open up.


I think my data files are in a different place in that they don’t seem 
to be correctly linked.


Thanks for your help in advance.






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