New computer says can't find Personal books in Logos5

Ross & Jan Howlett said:

Downloaded Logos5 into new computer. It has Windows 8.1  Everything worked fine on old computer which runs Windows 8.  On the new computer it does not find my personal books ...it shows a yellow triangle. 

If this is seen in Tools >> Personal Books the source docx files are missing and need to be copied into your Documents folder (or where you stored them on the old computer).

Ross & Jan Howlett said:

I tried deleting one book and then redoing it... adding file and building it... but it won't do it ...says error. 

Where does it say "error"?

Ross & Jan Howlett said:

I have also found that Windows 13 on new computer does not give me the option to save the document as docx file now. 

Do you mean Word 2013? You might have a pre-installed trial version of Office 365 (running Office 2013) that needs to be purchased.

Dan Francis said:

Files can copied over manually without a need to recompile. I know this because i had no need to recompile when i updated computers a year ago.

Ross & Jan Howlett said:

...how do I do that? 

Thread => Personal Books on more than 1 computer??? includes reply using scan command => http://community.logos.com/forums/p/42036/313207.aspx#313207

Wiki => http://wiki.logos.com/Quick_Installation_onto_Multiple_Macs#Copy_Logos_Resources_to_Mac_OS_X includes Resource folder locations.

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Ross & Jan Howlett said:

I had purchased Windows 2013

It would help me if you could explain what Windows 2013 is.

thanks.

Ross & Jan Howlett said:

The files were transferred into my new computer but it doesn't seem to be reading them.

all the answers you need are posted in this thread already (or via a link to other threads). 

For a little clarification:

i assume when you say "the files transferred into my new computer" you mean that when you open the personal book builder tool you see book covers, author's names, etc. That information is called the metadata... And it DOES sync between computers. What doesn't sync currently is the .docx file AND the actual compiled personal book. If you want to read your personal books, you will need to either recompile OR scan the already compiled file into your new installation of L5. The links needed to explain are posted above. 

Here are my thoughts:

1. If you know you will NEVER need to adjust anything in the personal book again (including typos, formatting, etc.), then just grab the already compiled files from your other computer. This will take some concentration in reading and extrapolating instructions, but is the fastest way to move a large number of pb's from one computer to another. 
2. If you might want to change the files, grabbing the .docx files is a MUST. Without them, your pb's are set in cement. 

Ross & Jan Howlett said:

Late last night I finally figured out how to get some of the books back in ... I had to "Add New Book" and give it a similar name.

...but you shouldn't have had to do that. All you needed to do was to recompile the "old" book. Here is an example from my computer. I have not recompiled this file yet, and the .docx file isn't where L5 expects it to be (this is a new installation, just like yours... notice the yellow triangle with exclamation point). If I right click, I can delete the .docx file from the personal book builder tool and then re-add it back with the new location. 

By the way, the reason that you are receiving the yellow triangle is because the .docx files aren't where Logos expects them to be. Since you have changed computers, and likely changed the name of your user account (your windows user account... not your Logos one), the path to your .docx files won't be the same.

We are glad to help, Jan. [:)]

The apps on mobile devices don't handle personal books as yet.