Rename a file

Rename a file 150 150 Heredis Help Knowledgebase

You need to be on the Heredis home page in order to rename a file.

A Heredis file is actually made out of several smaller files within the same folder (or “bundle”) entitled nameofyourgenealogy.hmw.

If any of the smaller files is named differently from the others, Heredis will be unable to launch your file. You’ll encounter an error message telling you “The file nameofyourgenealogy.heredis jas been removed from its original folder or has been renamed. To ensure proper use of your genealogy file, please relocate it in the nameofyourgenealogy.hmw folder or rename it …”

To prevent this from happening, the Heredis team has created a specific tool: on the home page, click the cogwheel located to the right of your genealogy name and select Rename file…

(Windows) Home page

(Mac) Home page

Note: Computers are not very fond of files with long names, special characters and spaces, which can damage your data. Do avoid using accents, cedillas, spaces, and other special characters. Think simple! In lieu of spaces, archives centers (among others) use the _ (underscore) sign. For example: “file_of_francois”.

See also The Heredis file and .hmw folder.