Can Legacy family files be shared between two computers with different
Windows operating systems? For instance XP and Win7 with Dropbox or
just with USB drive?
Erin
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:
Legacy files can be shared between any two computers no matter which
version of Windows are installed. Before anyone jumps on me though I
better say the Windows system has to be Windows 95 or later.
I personally would not use Dropbox for the file sharing but many users
here have used it with
I have shared between a 64 bit Win 7 and an XP netbook using Sugar Sync. I
use the Magic Briefcase in Sugar Sync. The free version is enough for this
purpose.
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Erin Bradshaw eb_pa...@hotmail.comwrote:
Can Legacy family files be shared between two computers with
One other thing to consider when using Legacy on two computers is the location
of multimedia files. The links in your Legacy file must be the same on both
computers. Generally, this means you should not use 'My Documents', 'My
Pictures' etc. as they are part of your user profile, and that path
Paul,
Thank you for that extra tip. Using the default Legacy folders
C:\Legacy\Data.. works fine, as will anything up in the 'root
folder', often C:\something. I actually use Dropbox, but have installed
it as C:\Dropbox, rather than the normal default C:\My Documents\Dropbox
precisely because
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