Personal Books licencing.

Until recently I was running

Logos v8 on Windows 10.(prev Logos v7) and

Logos v4 on Windows 7 which was my main Logos setup. It died but I still have the HDD.

In Logos 8 I went into Personal Books to add a new Title. There I saw listed an old title created in v4. Curious as to what it was about, I tried to open it but Logos 8 refused on the basis that I do not have a license for the very book I created on v4.

What is happening? I am the same person with the same credentials but now on a later version of Logos (v8) and a later version of Windows (v10). Why deny access?

I escaped this situation by deleting the title and recreating it under v8. But that isn't the point. Will other titles I prepared earlier be likewise rejected? Do I have to recreate them all? What if I do not have the original source documents?

Is there a way I can obtain the licenses to my own books?

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NB.Mick

tried to open it but Logos 8 refused on the basis that I do not have a license for the very book I created on v4.

That is only a sloppily worded error message. It just means the PB hasn't been found by Logos. The reason is that PBs are local to a machine unless uploaded. You may scan the compiled PBs from your HDD if you want to avoid rebuilding them.

Len Browne

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1081425#Comment_1081425

Thanks Mick. Makes sense.

Do I look for the newly created substitute and copy them there or do I get a choice where to put them?

NB.Mick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1081428#Comment_1081428

Do I look for the newly created substitute and copy them there or do I get a choice where to put them?

Neither, if you use the scan command. You might try copying them over into your resources folder and hope Logos opens them fine. But the actual scan command will take the PBs from the source location and put them where they belong.

To do this most efficiently, you could take all *.lbspbb files from that HDD (probably located in folder YOURUSERPATH\AppData\Local\Logos\Data\ARBITRARYCHARACTERS\ResourceManager\Resources), put them onto a USB thumbdrive and use scan G:\ or whatever the drive is. You might also scan your complete old HDD if it is attached to the new computer - I'd assume this works, maybe needs unhiding the appdata folder structure first. That might take time but be the most convenient way to get your PBs.

Len Browne

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1081436#Comment_1081436

Hi Mick

I've done both. I copied to USB and scan. I connected old HDD and did a scan on I:\ which was the old Win7 C: equivalent.

Still leaves me plenty to do. I was able to open all but one PB but when I clicked edit, the filenames had exclamation in a triangle error markings. Presumably I have to hook each book up with its source file(s) again before I can edit.

As for the one I cant open :- Clicking edit gives the expected disconnected file symbol but clicking on Open causes a crash and Logos has to be restarted.

Thanks again Mick for your help.

Len

NB.Mick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1081439#Comment_1081439

I was able to open all but one PB but when I clicked edit, the filenames had exclamation in a triangle error markings. Presumably I have to hook each book up with its source file(s) again before I can edit.

Yes. My answer so far referred to giving you access to the compiled PBs (silently assuming that most of them require no further edits). Regarding he PB sources: if you used a certain filepath on the old system to store the PB sources, if you create that same path on the new machine and put the sources there, edit/rebuild will work. Otherwise it's a good idea to have such a path, even if it's C:\Download, and copy all the PB sources from the old HDD there, thus when you later wish to update a PB, you know where to find the source file.

David Ames

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1081444#Comment_1081444

Otherwise it's a good idea to have such a path, even if it's C:\Download, and copy all the PB sources from the old HDD there, thus when you later wish to update a PB, you know where to find the source file.

Warning: (maybe): I Have seen reports that some clean-up programs delete all files under C:\Download. I do not know the details and hope that someone will verify if true.

Len Browne

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1081447#Comment_1081447

Thanks guys,

Under the old setup I used \Logos4\PersonalBooks but for the new I've changed to

\Documents\Logos\PersonalBooks leaving out the version and gathering under the Documents folder to include them in automated document backups. I'll have to do the work to get it all working again but that's just another unforeseen burden from the death of the Win7 box.

Yes Mick, my first concern was with recovery of the compiled PBs rather than editing them but as my understanding increased, other factors came into my focus. You hit the nail on the head and described the situation so well that I am quite confident of recovering all but one title.

David, I keep much in the Download folder and have never lost any. Surely there must be some helpful rogue program somewhere that will oblige.

BTW, one of the other issues that entered my focus during this is that, having had to buy Office again, I find that the current default font in Word is an unacceptable font in PB builder so I now need to establish my template strategy again if I can work out or remember what it was.

Life is never boring. There's always a new challenge lurking just around the corner. Thanks again for your help guys. Nice to meet you.

Len

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1081447#Comment_1081447

I Have seen reports that some clean-up programs delete all files under C:\Download. I do not know the details and hope that someone will verify if true.

If that was so, we would never store anything in the C:\Downloads folder; which is the default location for downloaded files!

Cleanup programs should not do this by default. Take a look at its Options and make sure it doesn't do that unless you specify it (usually as an Included file). If you want to be sure, then add it to the list of Excluded files.

SineNomine

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1081447#Comment_1081447

Otherwise it's a good idea to have such a path, even if it's C:\Download, and copy all the PB sources from the old HDD there, thus when you later wish to update a PB, you know where to find the source file.

Warning: (maybe): I Have seen reports that some clean-up programs delete all files under C:\Download. I do not know the details and hope that someone will verify if true.

There are ones that will do so if you instruct them to. Some people may give such instructions by mistake, of course.