In a message dated 8/25/2001 8:50:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, adeller@santel.net writes: > If you install one version in a different directory than the other, then > there is no overwriting done. > > I did install FO 10 in a different directory than FO 9.02. When installation was complete, it seems to me the new program had already found my 9.02 files and asked if I wanted to convert, which I did. What I am guessing is that it left the database in the 9.02 directory, which I had as a subdirectory of version 9.02. So when I deleted the version 9.02 directory, it took the database, too. In other words, converting the file did not move it to the version 10 directory. I suppose a good way to set up files would be to have the program in one directory (C:\FamilyOrigins) and the database in a different directory (C:\genealogydata). That way, when you change versions of the program, you are still using the same database when you convert and won't be deleting your data when you delete the old version of the program.

Right on! Never place data in a software folder or subfolder ... At 2001-08-25 12:41 PM, you wrote: >In a message dated 8/25/2001 8:50:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >adeller@santel.net writes: > > > > If you install one version in a different directory than the other, then > > there is no overwriting done. > > > > > >I did install FO 10 in a different directory than FO 9.02. When installation >was complete, it seems to me the new program had already found my 9.02 files >and asked if I wanted to convert, which I did. What I am guessing is that it >left the database in the 9.02 directory, which I had as a subdirectory of >version 9.02. So when I deleted the version 9.02 directory, it took the >database, too. In other words, converting the file did not move it to the >version 10 directory. I suppose a good way to set up files would be to have >the program in one directory (C:\FamilyOrigins) and the database in a >different directory (C:\genealogydata). That way, when you change versions of >the program, you are still using the same database when you convert and won't >be deleting your data when you delete the old version of the program. > > >==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== >GETTING THE MOST OUT OF FAMILY ORIGINS by Bruce Buzbee - FO DEMO >http://formalsoft.com NO WEB ACCESS? Write to FormalSoft@aol.com for >ordering information. > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com C.G. Ouimet Kingston, Ontario