Can someone help me create a Filter & Report that will find all people who have a certain source # used as a Name or Relationship citation? I have a List of Events filter & report that will find everywhere where a certain source # is used, but it does not include the Relationships or Name citations. I have tried many, but nothing seems to find Names & Relationship sources. Thanks, Jim

I run TMG on both a desktop and a laptop, doing all the data entry and editing on the desktop, and using a backup file to get the data to the laptop. This has worked for years, but recently, after having to replace both computers with new ones with Win 10, crazy things are happening on the laptop. I can restore a backup (even that's not easy) but if I make any changes I can't save them. Possibly I configured the backup/restore process wrong, copying to the laptop some configuration that belongs only to the desktop. I think I've fixed the backup now, but still living with the damage I've done. The combination of my age, the weirdness of Win 10, and the fact that I've never been a computer professional, is limiting my ability to solve it. I think, but I'm not sure, that the desktop TMG paths have been copied to TMG on the laptop. I want to fix them, using Preferences - Advanced, but I don't know how to find out the correct path for the laptop. Any advice will be appreciated. I hope all will be OK after I get the paths fixed. Joan Lince

It does - how did I miss that? Thanks very much, it worked as intended. Carol -----Original Message----- From: Sheila Beaudry via TMG <[email protected]> To: Carol Boggs via TMG <[email protected]> Cc: Sheila Beaudry <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jul 12, 2019 11:42 pm Subject: [TMG] Re: Periodic Need to Reenter License Info If you right click on the icon on the task bar, does it come up with The Master Genealogist v9 in the list?  If so, then right click on the name of the program and then select Run As Administrator.     On ‎Friday‎, ‎July‎ ‎12‎, ‎2019‎ ‎11‎:‎27‎:‎47‎ ‎PM‎ ‎EDT, Carol Boggs via TMG <[email protected]> wrote:  I've been having the same problem for some time. Windows 10 and TMG 9.05. In looking to see what you describe, I've right clicked on the TMG icon on the task bar as well the one reached via the Windows icon and there is no "Run as Administrator" to be seen. What am I missing? Carol -----Original Message----- From: John Cardinal <[email protected]> To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jul 12, 2019 5:16 am Subject: [TMG] Re: Periodic Need to Reenter License Info Carl, As Sheila suggested, right clicking the TMG program shortcut, selecting Run as administrator, then entering the registration information should solve the problem. However, IIRC, you must follow that procedure *after* TMG prompts you for the license info and you must not enter it at that time. So; 1 - You start TMG one day and it prompts you for license info. 2 - Do not enter anything. Click cancel or whatever choice allows you to continue without entering registration info. 3 - Quit TMG. 4 - Right-click TMG icon and select “Run as Administrator”. 5 - You should be prompted to enter your registration details. Enter them now. 6 - Quit TMG. 7 - Start TMG again *without *using the “Run as Administrator” option. The point is, you must enter the license info when running as an admin *and *when TMG is unregistered. John _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] 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 _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] 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   _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] 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

John Cardinal's method works. I followed his procedure and haven't needed to enter the registration key since. However I occasionally have a different problem. Sometimes some of the configuration files get reset to defaults and I have to go to settings and correct them. Like the report configuration location for example. It happens more often when I open a different project after closing another one. I have 3 projects and they all have different location settings. But sometimes it happens when I have not been changing projects. > > > > - >

Hold the shift key and right click to run as administrator from the taskbar. Thanks, Kevin L. Sholder sent from mobile device > On Jul 13, 2019, at 8:20 AM, Terry Reigel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 7/12/2019 11:27 PM, Carol Boggs via TMG wrote: >> I've been having the same problem for some time. Windows 10 and TMG 9.05. In looking to see what you describe, I've right clicked on the TMG icon on the task bar as well the one reached via the Windows icon and there is no "Run as Administrator" to be seen. What am I missing? > > Carol, > > You can't use the shortcut on the taskbar; as you note it doesn't offer that option. You have to use one on the desktop or on the start menu. > > Terry Reigel > > > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > 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

On 7/12/2019 11:27 PM, Carol Boggs via TMG wrote: > I've been having the same problem for some time. Windows 10 and TMG 9.05. In looking to see what you describe, I've right clicked on the TMG icon on the task bar as well the one reached via the Windows icon and there is no "Run as Administrator" to be seen. What am I missing? Carol, You can't use the shortcut on the taskbar;  as you note it doesn't offer that option. You have to use one on the desktop or on the start menu. Terry Reigel

If you right click on the icon on the task bar, does it come up with The Master Genealogist v9 in the list?  If so, then right click on the name of the program and then select Run As Administrator. On ‎Friday‎, ‎July‎ ‎12‎, ‎2019‎ ‎11‎:‎27‎:‎47‎ ‎PM‎ ‎EDT, Carol Boggs via TMG <[email protected]> wrote: I've been having the same problem for some time. Windows 10 and TMG 9.05. In looking to see what you describe, I've right clicked on the TMG icon on the task bar as well the one reached via the Windows icon and there is no "Run as Administrator" to be seen. What am I missing? Carol -----Original Message----- From: John Cardinal <[email protected]> To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jul 12, 2019 5:16 am Subject: [TMG] Re: Periodic Need to Reenter License Info Carl, As Sheila suggested, right clicking the TMG program shortcut, selecting Run as administrator, then entering the registration information should solve the problem. However, IIRC, you must follow that procedure *after* TMG prompts you for the license info and you must not enter it at that time. So; 1 - You start TMG one day and it prompts you for license info. 2 - Do not enter anything. Click cancel or whatever choice allows you to continue without entering registration info. 3 - Quit TMG. 4 - Right-click TMG icon and select “Run as Administrator”. 5 - You should be prompted to enter your registration details. Enter them now. 6 - Quit TMG. 7 - Start TMG again *without *using the “Run as Administrator” option. The point is, you must enter the license info when running as an admin *and *when TMG is unregistered. John _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] 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 _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] 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

I've been having the same problem for some time. Windows 10 and TMG 9.05. In looking to see what you describe, I've right clicked on the TMG icon on the task bar as well the one reached via the Windows icon and there is no "Run as Administrator" to be seen. What am I missing? Carol -----Original Message----- From: John Cardinal <[email protected]> To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jul 12, 2019 5:16 am Subject: [TMG] Re: Periodic Need to Reenter License Info Carl, As Sheila suggested, right clicking the TMG program shortcut, selecting Run as administrator, then entering the registration information should solve the problem. However, IIRC, you must follow that procedure *after* TMG prompts you for the license info and you must not enter it at that time. So; 1 - You start TMG one day and it prompts you for license info. 2 - Do not enter anything. Click cancel or whatever choice allows you to continue without entering registration info. 3 - Quit TMG. 4 - Right-click TMG icon and select “Run as Administrator”. 5 - You should be prompted to enter your registration details. Enter them now. 6 - Quit TMG. 7 - Start TMG again *without *using the “Run as Administrator” option. The point is, you must enter the license info when running as an admin *and *when TMG is unregistered. John _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] 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

Many thanks to everyone for their suggestions. The problem now appears to be solved and was related to the process of mapping drives to a NAS device. Ron Stonehouse Family Researcher [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://www.stonehouse.ca/tree -----Original Message----- From: Family Researcher <[email protected]> Sent: July 11, 2019 3:33 PM To: TMG List <[email protected]> Subject: [TMG] Re: Pr0blem when Optimizing TMG 9.05 Lee, re-indexing gives the following "OLE IDispatch exception code 0 from panels: Maximum panels exceed" After the error reindex, optimize and VFI are all greyed out. HTH Ron Stonehouse [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> -----Original Message----- From: Lee Hoffman <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: July 11, 2019 2:18 PM To: TMG List <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [TMG] Re: Pr0blem when Optimizing TMG 9.05 At 7/11/2019 15:13, Family Researcher wrote >Just purchased a new system and reinstalled TMG 9.05. The new system >came with Windows Pro 64 bit (the same software used on my old system.) > >When optimizing I get the following error: > >Alias 'Base' not found 24Filterdata2 > >The only choices I get is to 'Abort', "Retry" or "Ignore" and the only >one that works is abort. At that point all I can do is to exit TMG. > >I can still run the program on the old system but would like to retire >the machine but I can't until I get TMG working on the new one. Anyone >with that can help can post on the list or email off list at the >address shown below. Have you run the other Maintenance routines (Validate File Integrity or Reindex)? Try those and see if that helps. Lee _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] 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 _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] 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

Thanks, John. I will remember that procedure for the next time TMG asks for registration information. — Carl ================================ Carl Jón Denbow 17 Coventry Ln. Athens, Ohio 45701-3718 (740) 592-2133 (home) (740) 591-8471 (mobile) http://www.denbow.org http://www.78ohio.org Paternal Lines: DENBOW, EMMONS, GIGAX/GYGAX, HALDEMAN, HANLEY, ROSE, SHARP, SMITH, STEVENS, TENNER/TANNER, TIPTON, THOMPSON, WILLIAMS. Maternal Lines: BJÖRNSON in U.S., HURDAL or HÖRDAL in Canada (No surnames before 1870 in Old Country, traditional Icelandic naming system used.) ================================ > On Jul 12, 2019, at 5:15 AM, John Cardinal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Carl, > > As Sheila suggested, right clicking the TMG program shortcut, selecting Run > as administrator, then entering the registration information should solve > the problem. However, IIRC, you must follow that procedure *after* TMG > prompts you for the license info and you must not enter it at that time. So; > > 1 - You start TMG one day and it prompts you for license info. > > 2 - Do not enter anything. Click cancel or whatever choice allows you to > continue without entering registration info. > > 3 - Quit TMG. > > 4 - Right-click TMG icon and select “Run as Administrator”. > > 5 - You should be prompted to enter your registration details. Enter them > now. > > 6 - Quit TMG. > > 7 - Start TMG again *without *using the “Run as Administrator” option. > > The point is, you must enter the license info when running as an admin *and > *when TMG is unregistered. > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > 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

At 7/12/2019 06:42, Roger Troutman wrote >However, the problem of restoring a project via a sqz file using the >Restore Wizard on the laptop still fails. (The same sqz file restored ok on >my desktop). It sounds to me like the SQZ file on the laptop is located in a prohibited place. Another possibility is that the File Paths on the laptop are different from the desktop. Compare the File Paths in Preferences on the Desktop with those given in Preferences on the Laptop. The closer those two are to being the same, the easier it is to have a successful Backup/Restore from either direction. Have you tried opening the SAMPLE project, and then doing Backup/Restore operations from both directions? If this works, start comparing the differences between the SAMPLE project on both Laptop and Desktop and for your other Project. Lee

Hi all, SUCCESS! The suggested procedure by John Cardinal i.e. unzip the sqz file using 7zip and then opening the project file (bypassing the TMG Restore Wizard) worked like a charm in getting my project up and running under v9.05 . As a test, I backed up the new project, then transferred it to my desktop, then restored it there. Everything seems to be OK. However, the problem of restoring a project via a sqz file using the Restore Wizard on the laptop still fails. (The same sqz file restored ok on my desktop). Other than reinstalling TMG on my laptop, I have no idea how to correct the situation. In the meantime, I can live with John's workaround Will let the list know if I have any success. Of course any other suggestion on fixing the laptop backup problem is welcome Thanks again for all your help. This is truly a great and extremely helpful llst. Hope your genealogical efforts today are just as successful Roger On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 11:33 PM John Cardinal <[email protected]> wrote: > Roger, > > I am not near my PC at the moment, so I am relying on my memory. > > I have the “.sqz” filetype configured to open with 7zip. You don’t have to > do that, though. You can simply change the extension of the file from”,sqz” > to “.zip”. MS Windows will warn you, but ignore that warning and proceed. > > After changing the extension, right-click on the (now) .zip file. You > should see some 7zip command options, including “extract here”, “extract to > <folder>”, etc. You can also open the archive which allows you to review > the contents before you extract the files. I usually put the file in the > folder where I want the files to be located, so I choose “extract here”. > After the files are extracted, I use the File > Open command in TMG to open > the project in TMG. TMG will build the index files because they are not > included in the “.sqz” file. > > Even if this works for you, you should try to determine why the normal > restore process is not working for you. You may want to post a message on > the Wholly Genes forum. There are some users there who aren’t on TMG-L and > they may have some other suggestions for you. > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > 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 >

Carl, As Sheila suggested, right clicking the TMG program shortcut, selecting Run as administrator, then entering the registration information should solve the problem. However, IIRC, you must follow that procedure *after* TMG prompts you for the license info and you must not enter it at that time. So; 1 - You start TMG one day and it prompts you for license info. 2 - Do not enter anything. Click cancel or whatever choice allows you to continue without entering registration info. 3 - Quit TMG. 4 - Right-click TMG icon and select “Run as Administrator”. 5 - You should be prompted to enter your registration details. Enter them now. 6 - Quit TMG. 7 - Start TMG again *without *using the “Run as Administrator” option. The point is, you must enter the license info when running as an admin *and *when TMG is unregistered. John

Try right clicking the TMG program shortcut and then select Run as administrator. Then enter the registration information as before.  That has worked for me. Sheila Beaudry, NC, USA On Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:02:42 AM EDT, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: I certainly experience that, seemingly randomly and not necessarily related to a Windows update. I too have filed my registration number in a handy place to copy and paste when needed. But it would be great to stop this happening. _______________________ Stuart Park Kerikeri, New Zealand [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Carl Jón Denbow <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2019 3:59 PM To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List <[email protected]> Subject: [TMG] Periodic Need to Reenter License Info There's a minor annoyance that occurs every now and then, which I'm wondering if others are experiencing.  About once every other month, I'm greeted with the welcome new user screen and have to re-enter my registration code and my other credentialing information.  It's not a big deal, as I have my registration number stored in a clipboard manager (ClipMate), and all I have to do is paste it in and add my name and email address, and I'm then good to go.  This seems to happen kind of randomly. The only possible correlation that I've noticed is that it may be more likely after a larger Windows 10 update. Just curious if others are experiencing this regularly, and if anyone knows the cause or causes. Carl ==================================================================== Carl Jón Denbow 17 Coventry Lane Athens, Ohio 45701-3718 (740) 592-2133 (home) (740) 591-8471 (mobile) http://www.denbow.org http://www.78ohio.org Paternal Lines: DENBOW, EMMONS, GIGAX/GYGAX, HALDEMAN, HANLEY, ROSE, SHARP, SMITH, STEVENS, TENNER/TANNER, TIPTON, THOMPSON, WILLIAMS. Maternal Lines: BJÖRNSON in U.S., HURDAL in Canada (No surnames before 1870 in Old Country, traditional Icelandic naming system used.) =================================================================== _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] 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 _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] 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

I certainly experience that, seemingly randomly and not necessarily related to a Windows update. I too have filed my registration number in a handy place to copy and paste when needed. But it would be great to stop this happening. _______________________ Stuart Park Kerikeri, New Zealand [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Carl Jón Denbow <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2019 3:59 PM To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List <[email protected]> Subject: [TMG] Periodic Need to Reenter License Info There's a minor annoyance that occurs every now and then, which I'm wondering if others are experiencing. About once every other month, I'm greeted with the welcome new user screen and have to re-enter my registration code and my other credentialing information. It's not a big deal, as I have my registration number stored in a clipboard manager (ClipMate), and all I have to do is paste it in and add my name and email address, and I'm then good to go. This seems to happen kind of randomly. The only possible correlation that I've noticed is that it may be more likely after a larger Windows 10 update. Just curious if others are experiencing this regularly, and if anyone knows the cause or causes. Carl ==================================================================== Carl Jón Denbow 17 Coventry Lane Athens, Ohio 45701-3718 (740) 592-2133 (home) (740) 591-8471 (mobile) http://www.denbow.org http://www.78ohio.org Paternal Lines: DENBOW, EMMONS, GIGAX/GYGAX, HALDEMAN, HANLEY, ROSE, SHARP, SMITH, STEVENS, TENNER/TANNER, TIPTON, THOMPSON, WILLIAMS. Maternal Lines: BJÖRNSON in U.S., HURDAL in Canada (No surnames before 1870 in Old Country, traditional Icelandic naming system used.) =================================================================== _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] 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

There's a minor annoyance that occurs every now and then, which I'm wondering if others are experiencing. About once every other month, I'm greeted with the welcome new user screen and have to re-enter my registration code and my other credentialing information. It's not a big deal, as I have my registration number stored in a clipboard manager (ClipMate), and all I have to do is paste it in and add my name and email address, and I'm then good to go. This seems to happen kind of randomly. The only possible correlation that I've noticed is that it may be more likely after a larger Windows 10 update. Just curious if others are experiencing this regularly, and if anyone knows the cause or causes. Carl ==================================================================== Carl Jón Denbow 17 Coventry Lane Athens, Ohio 45701-3718 (740) 592-2133 (home) (740) 591-8471 (mobile) http://www.denbow.org http://www.78ohio.org Paternal Lines: DENBOW, EMMONS, GIGAX/GYGAX, HALDEMAN, HANLEY, ROSE, SHARP, SMITH, STEVENS, TENNER/TANNER, TIPTON, THOMPSON, WILLIAMS. Maternal Lines: BJÖRNSON in U.S., HURDAL in Canada (No surnames before 1870 in Old Country, traditional Icelandic naming system used.) ===================================================================

Roger, I am not near my PC at the moment, so I am relying on my memory. I have the “.sqz” filetype configured to open with 7zip. You don’t have to do that, though. You can simply change the extension of the file from”,sqz” to “.zip”. MS Windows will warn you, but ignore that warning and proceed. After changing the extension, right-click on the (now) .zip file. You should see some 7zip command options, including “extract here”, “extract to <folder>”, etc. You can also open the archive which allows you to review the contents before you extract the files. I usually put the file in the folder where I want the files to be located, so I choose “extract here”. After the files are extracted, I use the File > Open command in TMG to open the project in TMG. TMG will build the index files because they are not included in the “.sqz” file. Even if this works for you, you should try to determine why the normal restore process is not working for you. You may want to post a message on the Wholly Genes forum. There are some users there who aren’t on TMG-L and they may have some other suggestions for you. John

Hello John Cardinal, Thanks for your suggestion. Hopefully it will be the solution. However, the knowledge about doing your suggestion is probably "above my pay grade" at least for now. I'm willing to try, given some hints on how to proceed: I downloaded and installed a x64 version of 7-zip but I'm at a loss as to what file to execute (no icon on the desktop installed). I have put my sqz file into a subdirectory on the laptop Do I unzip that file? How? Once unzipped do I use the TMG restore wizard? If so what backup file(s) do I point to. If not how do I do it manually? Thank you for any guidance you can give me.The more cook-bookish the better. Roger On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 9:27 PM John Cardinal <[email protected]> wrote: > John, > > I’ve done this hundreds of times. When people send me a SQZ file, I do not > restore in TMG. Instead, I use an archive utility (7zip) to decompress the > contents. That works well for me and helps me control what changes are made > to my PC as I attempt to diagnose a problem in a TMG project or one of my > programs. > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > 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 >

John, I’ve done this hundreds of times. When people send me a SQZ file, I do not restore in TMG. Instead, I use an archive utility (7zip) to decompress the contents. That works well for me and helps me control what changes are made to my PC as I attempt to diagnose a problem in a TMG project or one of my programs. John

Roger, I don't think I've ever actually done this; I wonder if Lee and/or others might have comments on what I am about to suggest. Given that you seem to be fairly desperate, I don't know of any harm that would be done by fully extracting the .zip version of your backup file into temporary directory somewhere on your computer. Then attempt to open the .PJC file from TMG and see what happens. John Cordes On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 08:56:48PM -0400, Roger Troutman wrote: > John and all, > > All things are working on the newly installed v9.05 (until I attempt to > restore a sqz file) > > As requested, I renamed the sqz file to a zip file and opened it via > explorer. There are several subdirectories some of which contain many > files. No obvious errors. > > I'm not sure how to restore a file onto my desktop as in a nutshell, I > can't restore any sqz file created using v9.04 or 9.05. See above for > details > > The restore process begins failing on Step 5 of the Restore Wizard. > > Could this be a subdirectory problem? > > I have installed many versions of TMG (even before Windows) but ave only > taken the default directories > > Thanks all for considering my dilemma, > > Roger > > > > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 8:19 PM John Cordes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Roger, > > > > I haven't followed all the details in this thread so my apologies > > if this has already come up. > > > > Are other things working OK in the new TMG 9.05 installation on > > your laptop? For example, the Sample project. > > > > Have you tried restoring that backup file into a test area on > > your desktop? > > > > I don't know if it has been mentioned yet, but the .sqz file is > > just a zip archive. If you make a copy and change the extension to > > .zip, a zip utility (probably built into Windows 7? can't remember > > for sure) could be run on it to see if any errors. > > > > John Cordes > > > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 08:04:18PM -0400, Roger Troutman wrote: > > > The semicolon was a typo in my email. Only default directories are used. > > > > > > Worse news: When I tried restoring the file again, the wizard aborted > > > during Step 5. It so doing, all my projects were deleted from the > > default > > > directory. Luckily I had other projects backed up elsewhere and was able > > > to point to them. > > > > > > Just noticed that in the Step 5 window, the entry for "Current File" is > > > blank. Don't know whether this is before but definitely after the first > > > error message.i.e. don't know if it is blank before the process begins or > > > whether it is blank because it can't find a file to work on. > > > > > > Still can't restore any project from a sqz file. > > > > > > Roger > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 7:19 PM TawayGMail <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Roger Troutman > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019 12:31 PM > > > > To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List > > > > Subject: [TMG] Restoration of a SQZ file problem. > > > > > > > > I am attempting to transfer a desktop sqz file from TMG 9.05 to a > > laptop > > > > running 9.04 > > > > > > > > 1) I manually created the above unfound path i.e.: > > > > C;\users\Roger\Documents\the master genealogist v9\exhibits. Of course > > > > this path is empty. Also created similar path for Projects. > > > > > > > > > > > > I assume that the semi-colon in your path after C is a typo > > (C;\use...). > > > > Check that your project defaults and default project locations have a > > > > colon > > > > "C:\use..." in preferences. > > > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > 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