Allan, Yes you could. After the new version first runs it would create the new folder and copy the files to it. All you would then need to do is to click the option on the Files menu and navigate it back to your original folder and WinBMD would continue to use that from then on with no further intervention required. You could/should delete the folder in My Documents, just to keep things tidy. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Raymond" <allan_raymond@btinternet.com> To: <freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 3:51 PM Subject: Re: re Windows Wish List > Ian > > So by choice I could still have a WinBMD created files stored in Output > folder which is isteslf a subfolder of the WinBMD folder? > > Personally I have no interest in having my files which have been created > by > WinBMD stored in a folder within a My Documents folder. > > Allan Raymond > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Brooke" <ianbrooke@hotmail.com> > To: <freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 10:38 PM > Subject: Re: re Windows Wish List > > > So here's what I would like to change WinBMD to do: > If the folder has not been created (so I would check a registry flag); > Create a new folder under My Documents (I'd like to call it > "WinBMD_Output_Files"); > Set the registry flag to show it's created. > If the files have not ben moved (check another flag) > Copy all the files from the existing Output folder to the new folder; > Create the 2nd flag. > Switch the Output path to use this new folder > > The existing Output folder could stay where it is and all the files would > remain in it?? > > People could then move this new folder if they really wanted (using the > existing Setpath feature on the Files menu). > > The only minor problem would be if people have installed WinBMD elsewhere > (for examply on a drive of their choice) then their output folder would be > changed to the new one, although again it's easy for them to switch back. > I > really don't want to mess about checking where their current folder is and > then dciding whether to move it or not, it's probably error prone and > overly > complex. > > Any comments? > > Ian > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Archer Barrie" <Barrie.Archer@uk.fujitsu.com> > To: <freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:02 PM > Subject: RE: re Windows Wish List > > >> Exactly! Just as I have been saying, the *default* should be a folder >> under Documents (My Documents in earlier Windows) then, as you imply, it >> would be easy for users to find. >> >> Barrie >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: freebmd-syndicates-bounces@rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:freebmd-syndicates-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of >>> Keith Simpson >>> Sent: 28 January 2009 18:00 >>> To: freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: re Windows Wish List >>> Importance: High >>> >>> After reading all the messages regarding where files of >>> transcripts are >>> stored when saved . I would just like to say that a picture is worth a >>> thousand words. When I have a new transcriber who is having >>> problems I send >>> them a screenshot of WinBMD . Along with the screen shot I >>> send detailed >>> instructions on how to change the default settings to a place >>> they would >>> recognise more easily. i.e. Storing their TRANSCRIBED FILES >>> in the DOCUMENTS >>> folder. >>> >>> So far this has worked and everybody seems quite happy. They >>> don't have to >>> go searching their hard drives for folders, which can prove >>> daunting for new >>> users of computers. >>> >>> >>> >>> Keith >>> >>> Gandalf Syndicate >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word >>> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body >>> of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >