I 've got Brother's Keeper Programe. Had it a few years.
I have moved the Program from one computer to another, with a bit of hassle but working OK.
What I have noticed is that I have these 6 files / most times its 5 files showing up in many places amongs my Files and also in my Photo Albums Lists.
Somethimes I just wipe them off with no ill effects (I think) but I keep finding more.
These are the Files
BKLOCATE............DT5 file.......5kb
BKMAIL................DT5 file.......4kb
BKMARR...............DT5 file.......3kb
BKPARAM.DTA.......DATA file.....6kb
BKPERSON............DT5 file.......7kb
BKSOURCE............DT5 file.......5kb
Can someone who has Brother's Keeper Program please explain why this happening.
Shall I keep deleteing them ? I think one set is required for the Program.
Thanks
Bill
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14-07-2008, 11:05 AM #1
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14-07-2008, 2:15 PM #2GuestGuest
The purposes of the flies are explained in an appendix of the printed manual I received when I bought v5.2 on CD. There are a total of 10 files where BK stores information
BKPERSON.DT5............information about people
BKMARR.DT5..............information about marriages
BKLOCATE.DT5...........all locations
BKSOURCE.DT5............source information
BKMAIL.DT5...............mailing address
BKOPTION.DT5..........option parameters
ALTKEYS.DT5..........Alt key names/places
REPORTS.DT5.........specifications for suctom reports
BOTTMESS.DTA......message for group sheets
PARAMETR.DTA.......default parameters for group sheets
I never delete them. If the program needs them it will use them. If it doesn't, they are too small to be of any consequence so no need to delete them.
Graham
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14-07-2008, 4:48 PM #3Guy EtchellsGuest
I would suggest saving the Brothers Keeper files in their own folder.
This is for two reasons
1: It keeps all the required files in the one location
2:It makes them easy to back-up or move to a new location or computer.
I store all my BK5 files in a folder named BK5
I store all my BK6 files in a folder named BK6
I don't know how I came to choose those odd names.
Seriously doing this allows text and phot files to be added and stored withing the relevant folder rather than being scattered round the hard drive.
It also allows many different data sets complete with text file and photos to be stored without confusion as each folder would have a different name.
Cheers
Guy
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14-07-2008, 5:00 PM #4GuestGuest
I've always done the same as Guy or my own data.
However, if I am entering data on behalf of someone else, for production of a chart, I create a folder in the person's name and store the files for that job there.
It keeps the data files for the particular person together but separate from others.
Graham
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14-07-2008, 5:09 PM #5busyglenGuest
I also do the same as Guy, and it's very easy to do a back-up this way.
When I changed computers to another one, the chap that did it for me, downloaded BK6 upgrade, and then installed all of my files from my back-up, which was great as I haven't a clue how to do that.
Glenys
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12-08-2008, 9:57 AM #6
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