Rick, thank you, but that's a bit of a Catch 22 for me because the problem prevents access to the help files. (That's why I would like to fix this.) The reason I mentioned Data_paths.txt is that I wanted to show that I hadn't intentionally messed with the paths to the file locations. Joan -----Original Message----- From: tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rick Van Dusen via Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 11:28 PM To: tmg@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TMG] TMG9 opens to backups? Joan, the Data_paths.txt file is not needed if you use TMG's default file locations. For those of us who don't, it's a way of making the change. For more information, read the TMG Help topics: Data File Storage Data File Storage for Advanced Users Customizing Data File Storage Rick Van Dusen On 8/26/2015 5:42 PM, Joan Lince wrote: > This seems related to a problem I have posted about, but still haven't > found an answer. I do have preferences set to show the Welcome screen. > In my case, the Welcome screen has the option Open the Last Project > grayed out, and I have to manually select My Project. I also am unable > to access the help files. This began happening a few weeks ago after I > uninstalled and reinstalled the latest TMG v9.04. All my path > preferences are set to the correct default places, which worked fine before the uninstall. > I'm not using a Data_Paths.txt file -- in fact I don't even know what > that is. > > I really would appreciate any suggestions for fixing this. The lack of > ability to access help files is especially a problem. > > Joan Lince 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

Good point. And I'd advise you or anybody to fix a current problem before trying to "improve" things. Rick Van Dusen On 8/26/2015 10:05 PM, Joan Lince wrote: > Rick, thank you, but that's a bit of a Catch 22 for me because the problem > prevents access to the help files. (That's why I would like to fix this.) > The reason I mentioned Data_paths.txt is that I wanted to show that I hadn't > intentionally messed with the paths to the file locations. > > Joan