Some state it's quite easy, Lee says you need to be cautious.  I especially noted the statement regarding copying the old files over and overwriting default files produced in the new computer.  How does one find out which files those are? It seems that I actually should attempt to install Win7 professional as one said instead of Win10.  Would that alleviate the file default problems?  Certainly the file structure should be the same, right? Bud From: Lee Hoffman/KY via <tmg@rootsweb.com> To: Walter D Wood <walterwood44@gmail.com>; tmg@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [TMG] New Computer At 10/4/2015 11:20, you wrote: >You can simply install TMG on your new computer and use the key and >other (name and email address) information from when you purchased >TMG to register it. This the correct way. There are two basic methods -- a default installation (that most people use) and a custom method (see TMG Help=>Data File Storage).  Either way, this is the first step. >Then copy all the files in your TMG directory to your new computer. I would _strongly_ caution that this is _not_ the recommended method. There are often subtle differences in computer installations (mostly to do with the installation method above and with the version of Windows used).  If you simply copy folders  from the old computer to the new computer, you may be overwriting a file that has different setting because of the new installation. Also, don;t forget that there are three TMG folders -- Shared Programs Data folder, User Program Data folder, and the User Data folder.  These are in three widely different locations.  See TMG Help=>Access Folders for the actual locations. There may be some files from the old computer that are not by default installed on the new computer.  These can be copied over to the corresponding folder on the new computer.  This might be user-created Accents, Layouts, Report Definitions, etc. These can be copied, but many others should not be copied to overwrite the files installed by default. The next step should be copying over the Backup (.SQZ) files from your old computer to the new one.  Finally, Restore those Backups on the new computer. Lee The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In my experience, many programs fit your summary: Quite easy but you must be cautious. I have one program (unrelated to genealogy) which will install easily and properly IF you follow the directions TO THE LETTER, or it will mess up so badly you might not even remember your own name! With any software, follow the directions exactly. NEVER short-cut. NEVER. Then, 99.999% of the time it'll be "easy". Rick Van Dusen On 10/4/2015 12:43 PM, Russell Dorr via wrote: > Some state it's quite easy, Lee says you need to be cautious. I especially noted the statement regarding copying the old files over and overwriting default files produced in the new computer. How does one find out which files those are? > It seems that I actually should attempt to install Win7 professional as one said instead of Win10. Would that alleviate the file default problems? Certainly the file structure should be the same, right? > Bud

Bud, I don't think there's any TMG-based reason to avoid Win10. Terry's article covers what you need to know, and the circumstances don't change based on the version of Windows. Terry's article explains some of the issues that may arise, and how to deal with them effectively. John