Terry, you answered another question here, too: "Would I need to install TMG with the desired data path instead of the default?" Since you report installing as I did, by the defaults, the answer would be, "No. That won't change anything." (At least, that's the answer for v9.) Rick Van Dusen On 7/27/2015 10:07 AM, Terry Reigel via wrote: > On 7/27/2015 12:33 PM, Rick Van Dusen via wrote: >> TMG v8 on Windows 7: >> >> After initial installation of TMG and considerable putzing around trying >> to get folder locations correct, I now have TMG pointing at the folder >> D:\TMG8 for data. (Settings in Preferences all point this way plus I've >> made a Data_Paths.txt file and inserted it in the folder which holds the >> operating copy of tmg8.exe.) >> >> Problem is, the log files keep writing to D:\Users\Rick\My Documents\The >> Master Genealogist v8. > Rick, > > I can't vouch for TMG8, but I seriously doubt there was any change on > this in TMG9. In TMG9 I find only a few logs associated with the initial > running of TMG after installation in the My Documents tree. All current > logs are in the Logs subfolder under the folder in which I specified > "UserData" was to be placed in the Data_Paths.txt file. > > Terry Reigel