I've used FH since v2.1.8 but I'm stumped by this one...
I just installed Win7 on my laptop & I'm using FH on it for the first time. So, because on the old OS I had mapped the network drive where I keep my research stuff & given it a drive letter, none of my multimedia is available. That's OK, I know how to re-map the locations (I thought) but now there are 2 new problems: my NAS doesn't appear anywhere in the re-map dialogue box AND if I try to re-name the path instead FH won't acccept the symbol, which makes it kinda difficult to enter a network address! Moreover, it's lying because in another Gedcom file I use, a few multimedia links are actually showing as at the network address \192.168 etc. etc. I don't want to map the drive so what to do?
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You will probably need to map a drive letter, or create a junction from a location on your local drive.
As an aside where do you backup your NAS drive to.
Remember they are just as likely to fail as an internal drive. So you other option is simply to sync the data locally as well.
As an aside where do you backup your NAS drive to.
Remember they are just as likely to fail as an internal drive. So you other option is simply to sync the data locally as well.
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Working with external file links
When you click on the re-map I assume you'll get a list of locations with 'Desktop' as the root with various nodes such as 'Computer', 'Libraries', etc. under it.
I would imagine you ought to be able to see your NAS by looking in the Network node. This is a standard Windows 7 dialog so if you can't see it I don't think its a FH issue.
I would imagine you ought to be able to see your NAS by looking in the Network node. This is a standard Windows 7 dialog so if you can't see it I don't think its a FH issue.