Thanks John, Is there a way for a program (BK7) to know which drive it is running from, and to then plug that information into the BKOPTION.P7 file? If so, that would then make the program and data standalone. Regards, Ray On 29/10/2019 11:07 am, John Steed wrote: > To Ray Schmidt > > There is a file BKOPTION.P7 that has some options and also has the name of the most recent data folder. > > So that file tells BK what drive letter and folder to open. > > If you move the program and data to a different drive, it will still try to open it on the drive that you used the last time. In other words, when you start BK, it tries to reopen the most recent database. > > So it does not notice what drive letter the program is on, it just looks at the same BKOPTION.P7 file to know which folder to open. > > I think I understand what you want, but currently it is not designed to do what you are trying to do. > > John Steed > > > > ________________________________ > From: Ray Schmidt <rayschmidt@ozemail.com.au> > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2019 9:22 PM > To: bk@rootsweb.com <bk@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [BK] Re: Splitting a Data Base > > Hi All, > > I have been trying to run BK7 on a memory stick. > The program runs no matter which USB port I plug it into, but can only > find the data if I plug it into the same port. > Does anyone know of a way to get BK7 to look for the data on the memory > stick regardless of which port is used? ie, whichever drive the program > is run from? > > Regards, > Ray > > _______________________________________________ > Remember - Use the Archives at https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Farchiver.rootsweb.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsearch&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf3dfa3a6498d4a73fdfb08d75bed0053%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637078945781255637&sdata=NGoGSs7Geyall58xC5hj1gAYMukz5GkYEvbS9uSdncU%3D&reserved=0 > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Frootswebpref&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf3dfa3a6498d4a73fdfb08d75bed0053%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637078945781255637&sdata=y7Oi3Q0EdmwFjoQ6a1k3sg%2FaYETiXpM1jLvZw5%2FRpdA%3D&reserved=0 > Unsubscribe https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.rootsweb.com%2Fpostorius%2Flists%2Fbk%40rootsweb.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf3dfa3a6498d4a73fdfb08d75bed0053%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637078945781255637&sdata=8YcSMKD3YZxgQa2bbBKP1C3oMGQqMIoA91304aUQsDQ%3D&reserved=0 > Privacy Statement: https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancstry.me%2F2JWBOdY&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf3dfa3a6498d4a73fdfb08d75bed0053%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637078945781265646&sdata=YJU1wz1R5RVQJVbbUKZ2xJiXke2t5zKwjYReu2uDD94%3D&reserved=0 Terms and Conditions: https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancstry.me%2F2HDBym9&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf3dfa3a6498d4a73fdfb08d75bed0053%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637078945781265646&sdata=DceDUrlfGFkwJ3X8f5IsWa2zpwi6CpR26EF8UfLEHR8%3D&reserved=0 > Rootsweb Blog: https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frootsweb.blog&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf3dfa3a6498d4a73fdfb08d75bed0053%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637078945781265646&sdata=EdZXy18ntbDiZQcP5uakTCRJj1cNPrrVbb9%2FZg8RTKc%3D&reserved=0 > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community > > _______________________________________________ > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/bk@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community >