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FTM 2012 move to new computer

Must one back up and restore to move to a new computer? It is not possible to just MOVE the directory where all the stuff is stored? [not backups, they are somewhere else].

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Re: Family Tree Maker on Linux

I've been playing with Linux Mint Nadia with Wine 1.4 and 1.5. Part of the problem is Wine does NOT (from what I have been reading) support .NET 3.5 or higher. Mono is supposed to be >NET for Linux,...

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Any way to make FTM give you a report of indivuduals with no parents? Or one parent? Yes, someone has said that you just look at your pedigree view and there they are but I'd rather not have to hunt...

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Re: FTM 2012 move to new computer

I just move/copy the associated folders. Personally, I do not like what the full backup / restore does to my directories.If your tree is synced, then you have to copy/move FTM's hidden files.Regards,

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Re: Family Tree Maker on Linux

I can only speak from my experience but once I figured out how to install FTM on my Linux system I am very happy with it. This is the third computer that I have installed this setup on and it has...

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Re: Latest on Merge Box Info Not Refreshing

I understand that a fix for this will be included in the next rollout update which I think goes out "tonight" USA (as I write this it is 723 pm in Provo) time. I would therefore expect it to be be...

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Re: Latest on Merge Box Info Not Refreshing

This issue also occurs on FTM 2010.Regards,

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Re: Report Question

Try thisRun a Parentage report for all individualsThose children without any parents will have a blank in the relationship column.If there are only a few you can simply eyeball them, but you can export...

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Re: FTM 2012 move to new computer

Ok, thanks. Where are the hidden files? I do sync.. In the same directory? or somewhere in the system.. As normal practice I always "show hidden files"...

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Re: Latest on Merge Box Info Not Refreshing

It could well be the same problem as the merge in all the 20008 plus versions would rely on the same Ancestry merge code?So with a bit of luck the fix, whatever it is at the Ancestry.com end, should...

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Re: FTM 2012 move to new computer

I would backup (include your media) and then restore on the new computerSafest way and no hassles and also the way it has been designedJohn D

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Re: File linkage errors (FTM 2012 file maintenance)

Thank you for posting this question. I ran my FTM file through another GED program and got 44 pages of errors. I like FTM enough that I am going to fix them by hand.. but I appreciate your bringing...

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Re: FTM 2012 move to new computer

I'd do a search for the hidden files (used in the sync process). This has been discussed in the forum. The main reason I would copy folders and not the backup archive is that if you use additional...

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Unrelated Orphan Records? Or Everyone Without Parents?

Looking for people without parents is different than looking for "islands" of people not tied into your main tree.Looking for people without parents will be dominated by a list of spouses of people in...

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Re: FTM 2012 move to new computer

I just copied the My Documents, My Pictures, and My Music folders from my old computer (including all excel, word, photos and music, etc files) to an external drive and then copied the files to the new...

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Re: All in one tree?

Hi Thank you for that but i have that on FTM 2012 i used to use FTM 2006 and that had the all in one option but now i am using Windows 7 2006 does not work on that version and i thought there might be...

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Re: FTM 2012 move to new computer

Found them. Thank you! The new computer won't be here until March 5. Lots of time to prepare.

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Re: Exit strategies .....?

I like to do the same thing, work in both. I started with online tree and then got ATM. Before syncing. I did get 2012 just for the syncing even though I had just bought 2011.I downloaded my existing...

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Re: All in one tree?

And the big plus of the Extended Family Tree (EFT) over the all-in-one tree in FTM 16 and earlier is that the EFT preserves generational integrity so all similar generations are on the same row.The...

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Re: All in one tree?

And the big plus of the Extended Family Tree (EFT) over the all-in-one tree in FTM 16 and earlier is that the EFT preserves generational integrity so all similar generations are on the same row.The...

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