WA Davis I would like to discuss this subject further with you since I am unable to find the registry that you describe for PAF 5. You say: "The generic tags are stored in the registry at "My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LDS Church\FamilySearch\Personal Ancestral File 5\Note Tags". " Am I to understand the the various Tag designations, ie. (MARRIAGE: or TO-DO:), or any other tag that I decide to add in the "Select Notes" window, I use on my PAF5 program are stored in that location? 1) Does that include that actual verbiage that I insert as a Note, or just the designation? 2) In your suggestion you don't identify if there is a necessity to select a Drive. Am I to assume that after I select My Computer, that I then select Drive C? If that is correct, I can't find "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" Also I can't find the rest of the words in the string. I do know that in my case the various files for my PAF5 program are stored in Drive C\Program Files\FamilySearch\Paf5. None of the program files shown at this location are designated "Note Tags". In addition I have elected to separate my data from the program files so have created a separate file for the PAF5-data in Drive D, so that I won't lose the data, in case of a computer crash. I would be interested in your response, either on the list or separately. Ross GH Cotton, Burlington, ON, CAN 905)639-2929 Genealogy of the Cotton surname is my Enigma I haven't sent an attachment if the details are not mentioned above GOONS member responsible for tracking the family name, COTTON, #1437 Coordinator for Cotton DNA testing Project, Worldwide see http://home.comcast.net/~cottondna/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Where are NOTE TAGS stored? > Here is the information I think you want. Be sure to read the second > paragraph as messing > with the registry is not recommended and is not needed for your request. > For those added to > an individual, I think they are stored in the PAF file. However the > generic tags are stored in > the registry at "My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LDS > Church\FamilySearch\Personal Ancestral File 5\Note Tags". Just as a trial > I added the tag > "JOB:" to the list and it worked fine. I do not know if there is a limit > to the number > > However, you can do the same addition by going to the Selector Screen and > just adding the > tags there (the Add button). That should convert any tags you have with > that name to a > regular tag automatically. If you do not add the tag, but type it in under > the ALL, it will show > up as a tag but be in a light gray color on the tag selector and not show > up on other folks tag > selector lists. > > The reason your custom tags are gone is that they were stored in the > registry that you lost. If > you have an individual with most of those tags, simply go in and Add those > tags as regular > tags. Be sure to backup first in case anything goes haywire. > >> I had maybe 20 to 30 note tags that I frequently used. When my >> computer died and I had to rebuild the system, I copied over my PAF >> files to the new harddrive. The program runs fine and will let me >> add notes to an individual, but only the default 6 tags are showing >> in the "Select Notes" window. >> >> Where were my custom note tags stored and why isn't PAF using them? >> Any ideas? Can I get them back? >> >> Sandy >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > Dr. William A. Davis > VA Tech Antenna Group (Director) & Wireless @ VT > Bradley Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering > 302 Whittemore Hall (0111), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 > (540)231-6307 (231-3362FAX); http://antenna.ece.vt.edu >