* New PC Media Links all Broken

Questions about using and managing media in FH
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Ebonyuk72
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New PC Media Links all Broken

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I'm sorry for asking but I have tried looking at the help sections and just can't follow what its telling me. I have some mental health issues which mean I struggle a bit, so need some very BASIC and SIMPLE help.

All my media links have disappeared since I purchased a new PC. I have my Genealogy folder on my desktop, as I did on my old PC, but 99% of my images within FH have now turned into blank boxes.

Do I have to re link every individual link in FH? or is there a simple way to do this.

As I said I've looked it up but it explains, boxes, dialogs etc and my brain just goes 'WTF? huh? Nope' I haven't got a clue what it means. I just need someone to say 'click whatever' then 'click on etc' and so on.
Relinking for Dummies if you like.
Thank you and once I again I apologise for being a Dummy :)
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Re: New PC Media Links all Broken

Post by tatewise »

Can you please confirm that you are still running FH V6.2 as that may affect our advice?

The first thing to try is the Tools > External File Links... command and click the Auto Repair Links button.

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Let us know if that improves things.
If not then we may have to check exactly how you migrated from your old PC to the new PC.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry
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