Re: [LegacyUG] Lost family file after name change

2018-05-23 Thread Susan Weaver
The default view setting for folders in Windows Explorer used to have "Hide extensions for known file types" checked. I don't know if it's still the default, but whenever Windows does an update, I confirm that I can see all file extensions. It helps alleviate the file confusion problem. In

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost family file after name change

2018-05-23 Thread Brian Kelly
Is there one in the list with no extension? That is your data file and it does not need to be restored, Just double click on that one and Windows will start Legacy and load that file. Windows will suppress the extensions for files it knows how to open so that even though your data file has a

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost family file after name change

2018-05-23 Thread donna1
Not in recycle bin – that would have been too easy! Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Leo MacDonald Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 3:03 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Lost family file after name change Just a thought, have you checked in your computer's recycle bin, just in

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost family file after name change

2018-05-23 Thread donna1
I found the file in Documents/Legacy Family Tree/Data. There are 9 entries with the new name but different types:FG, FSD, H1, H2, SC, TC, HDB, PPL, RGD None are zipped. SC, TC, HDB are dated May 22, 2018. All others have earlier dates – 2013 and 2017. Can any of these be restored? If so,

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost family file after name change

2018-05-23 Thread Leo MacDonald
Just a thought, have you checked in your computer's recycle bin, just in case you hit the delete button instead of save, may be worth a look. If so you can restore it. From: LegacyUserGroup on behalf of Susan Osborne

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost family file after name change

2018-05-23 Thread Susan Osborne
You may have messed up the 3 digit file extension when you renamed it.  Legacy stores the files in Documents.  The main executable file is shown with a blue dot with a letter L in the middle.  The file name is shown with no extension in the list of files in the Data File but when the file is

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost family file after name change

2018-05-23 Thread Susan Osborne
You may have messed up the 3 digit file extension when you renamed it.  Legacy stores the files in Documents.  The main executable file is shown with a blue dot with a letter L in the middle.  The file name is shown with no extension in the list of files in the Data File but when the file is

Re: [LegacyUG] V 9.0.0.226

2018-05-23 Thread Carrie Pillow
It’s a Blip Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater Legacy by far is the best product on the market, if a issue comes along that causes crashes, the programmers at legacy sort it as fast as they can. This happens in all software and a lot of us use one of the worst on the market for it

Re: [LegacyUG] V 9.0.0.226

2018-05-23 Thread lfague
THANK YOU !!! From: Ronald Bernier Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 8:10 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] V 9.0.0.226 QA = quality assurance. MH = My Heritage. On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 9:08 AM wrote: Just so I know what this issue is all about could

Re: [LegacyUG] V 9.0.0.226

2018-05-23 Thread Ronald Bernier
QA = quality assurance. MH = My Heritage. On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 9:08 AM wrote: > Just so I know what this issue is all about could someone tell me what QA > and MH stand for? > > *From:* Alan Jones > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2018 7:07 PM > *To:*

Re: [LegacyUG] V 9.0.0.226

2018-05-23 Thread lfague
Just so I know what this issue is all about could someone tell me what QA and MH stand for? From: Alan Jones Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 7:07 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] V 9.0.0.226 Jan, If you are going to stop with Legacy v9 what are you going to move

Re: [LegacyUG] V 9.0.0.226

2018-05-23 Thread Jan B. Hansson
Alan Legacy is and will continue to be my favorite tool for documenting my genealogy, but unfortunately Version 9 is the last version I will pay for but will continue to use as long as posible. My decision is not new and was announced (along with many others) when Legacy started to work with