Re: [LegacyUG] Family file in use

2020-11-02 Thread Gillian Häkli
Thanks, Chris. That sounds interesting and I'll bear it in mind if the problem is repeated. Gillian On 02/11/2020 11:41, Chris Hill wrote: I have noticed that one solution to this problem is to close Windows with a Restart instead of Close. It appears that Close saves the current status of

Re: [LegacyUG] Family file in use

2020-11-02 Thread Chris Hill
I have noticed that one solution to this problem is to close Windows with a Restart instead of Close. It appears that Close saves the current status of the system, which might include which files are open, while Restart will close everything. I don't know why MS do it that way round and I would

Re: [LegacyUG] Family file in use

2020-11-02 Thread Gillian Häkli
Thanks, Loren. No I don't. I wrote to Brian (off list) to tell him that his suggestion about closing .ldb files hadn't worked, that I'd closed any found and the message was still appearing. But now it's a new day, my computer's had a good night's sleep and when I opened Legacy this morning,

Re: [LegacyUG] Family file in use

2020-11-01 Thread Loren Johns via LegacyUserGroup
Do you have Legacy charting open? That opens and uses your database too. Loren Johns Stuart, FL > On Nov 1, 2020, at 6:01 AM, Brian Kelly wrote: > > This can happen if Legacy does not close down correctly. A filename.ldb file > is left in the folder where your file is stored. It can also

Re: [LegacyUG] Family file in use

2020-11-01 Thread Brian Kelly
This can happen if Legacy does not close down correctly. A filename.ldb file is left in the folder where your file is stored. It can also happen if you have Legacy Charting or Legacy Family Search running when you try to open Legacy because those modules also open your family file. Shut down