Rick Van Dusen observed: > My cousin reports that when he clicks on the TMG9 desktop icon, > TMG opens with the Select Backup dialog, and shows backups in > the User>My Documents>The Master Genealogist v9>Backups path... > I have no idea how this could happen, let alone how to fix it. And Joan Lince sees the same problem: > But how do I fix it? I also have no real idea how/why this could be occuring, but the first thing I would check is: Preferences // Program Options // General // Default Project Path Is it set to where you expect? Next I would check the details of the desktop icon. RIGHT click on the icon and select properties. Where is the Target of the icon? Is it the folder name you expect? The default location for the program normally is an installation folder named "The Master Genealogist v9" under the default system folder for installing any programs. I believe that TMG then creates a folder with that identical installation folder name in the (normally hidden system) "Application Data" folder specific for this user. TMG will automatically look within that installation named folder within that user's system folder for a file called "app.ini" which is what TMG will use for initialization. Has that user's installation folder name in the (normally hidden system) "Application Data" folder for this user been altered or deleted in some way? By any chance was that folder renamed? [As an aside about opening HELP, in the folder where you installed the TMG program there should be a file "TMG.chm". Double-clicking on that file should open the TMG HELP without having to be in TMG.] Hopefully one of the users more knowledgable of TMG's internals will have an idea. Michael

Thanks, Michael. I copied your message to my cousin, for him to make those checks. Also, with your prompting, I looked at the app.ini file (by default, this is in C:\User\<username>\AppData\Roaming\The Master Genealogist v9--the default "User Program Data" folder). This was on my installation which works correctly, and I didn't immediately see where a problem might lie, except that logically I'd think it might be in the [Startup] section. Joan, if you'd like to contact me offlist and send me either a copy of your app.ini file or a copy of the [Startup], [Database], and [Advanced] sections, I can compare it to mine (working correctly) and see if I can see anything suspicious. (Remember, though, that I don't know what I'm doing, so any feedback I'll be able to give is only a clue, not an answer.) DO NOT MODIFY YOUR FILE. Rick Van Dusen On 8/27/2015 10:30 AM, Michael J. Hannah via wrote: > Rick Van Dusen observed: >> My cousin reports that when he clicks on the TMG9 desktop icon, >> TMG opens with the Select Backup dialog, and shows backups in >> the User>My Documents>The Master Genealogist v9>Backups path... >> I have no idea how this could happen, let alone how to fix it. > > And Joan Lince sees the same problem: >> But how do I fix it? > > I also have no real idea how/why this could be occuring, but the first > thing I would check is: > Preferences // Program Options // General // Default Project Path > Is it set to where you expect? : : :

Michael, Thank you so much for your suggestions, which I'm checking out. Your aside about the TMG.chm help file solves my biggest remaining problem. I've now put a shortcut to it on the desktop, so I have easy access to it. With that, plus always selecting My_Project manually when I open TMG, I have workarounds that I can live with, even though my TMG is still not performing normally, for reasons I don't understand. Joan -----Original Message----- From: tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael J. Hannah via Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 1:31 PM To: TMG-L submission address Subject: Re: [TMG] TMG9 opens to backups? Rick Van Dusen observed: > My cousin reports that when he clicks on the TMG9 desktop icon, TMG > opens with the Select Backup dialog, and shows backups in the User>My > Documents>The Master Genealogist v9>Backups path... > I have no idea how this could happen, let alone how to fix it. And Joan Lince sees the same problem: > But how do I fix it? I also have no real idea how/why this could be occuring, but the first thing I would check is: Preferences // Program Options // General // Default Project Path Is it set to where you expect? Next I would check the details of the desktop icon. RIGHT click on the icon and select properties. Where is the Target of the icon? Is it the folder name you expect? The default location for the program normally is an installation folder named "The Master Genealogist v9" under the default system folder for installing any programs. I believe that TMG then creates a folder with that identical installation folder name in the (normally hidden system) "Application Data" folder specific for this user. TMG will automatically look within that installation named folder within that user's system folder for a file called "app.ini" which is what TMG will use for initialization. Has that user's installation folder name in the (normally hidden system) "Application Data" folder for this user been altered or deleted in some way? By any chance was that folder renamed? [As an aside about opening HELP, in the folder where you installed the TMG program there should be a file "TMG.chm". Double-clicking on that file should open the TMG HELP without having to be in TMG.] Hopefully one of the users more knowledgable of TMG's internals will have an idea. Michael 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