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<p dir="ltr">Thanks Maik, Gilles. Its been 20 years since I took those 30+ years of slides so no problem waiting a bit longer. Good to hear there is a fix. digiKam is the best app I've found for my project. Regards, Alan</p>
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On April 23, 2020, at 3:14 AM, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles@gmail.com> wrote:<br>
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<div class="PlainText">Hi all,<br>
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In fact to be clear, the Maik patch will be introduced in 7.0.0-RC,<br>
that i will bundle now in pre-release repository. official beta3 which<br>
will be released in few days will not include these changes.<br>
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Best<br>
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Gilles Caulier<br>
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Le jeu. 23 avr. 2020 à 11:03, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin@gmail.com> a écrit :<br>
><br>
> Hi Alan,<br>
><br>
> this problem has only been solved for Windows in digiKam-7.0.0-Beta3, even better > Beta3. The Beta3 will be released in a few days. You can already download the snappshots here:<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://files.kde.org/digikam/">https://files.kde.org/digikam/</a><br>
><br>
> Maik<br>
><br>
> Am Mi., 22. Apr. 2020 um 20:13 Uhr schrieb Alan H <webaccounts@live.com>:<br>
>><br>
>> Hello,<br>
>><br>
>> Just as a follow-up, I haven’t heard back if there was a fix for the issue presented below. Basically, if I open a photo in a child folder I cannot rename any parent folder above it. Since I am back into culling and organizing 30+ years of digitized slides
this is quite important to the workflow. I tried downloading and re-installing 6.4.0 (windows) today to see if there has been a fix but it appears not. Can this be fixed or is there another solution? Thanks for your help with this.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Alan<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> From: Alan H<br>
>> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 1:40 PM<br>
>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source<br>
>> Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] Failed to rename Album<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Greetings all,<br>
>><br>
>> After following up on the suggestions provided (except for APIs of which I know nothing), and just trying various renaming scenarios, I rather randomly ended up at Maik’s third point (I think) of “a preview image was previously opened in digiKam”. If, in
a collection, I open/preview a photo I am blocked from renaming (Failed to rename Folder error) any parent folder higher in the hierarchy above the folder in which the photo was previewed. But, I can rename the photo in the child folder in which the photo
was previewed, and all other child folders at the same level, if that makes sense.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Maik, Gilles, have you had a chance to look into this - is this something that can fixed? I understand with the covid-19 pandemic that you may have other priorities. Can I at least safely rename blocked folders in Windows file explorer until there is a fix?
With thanks, Alan.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> From: Gilles Caulier<br>
>> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 1:00 AM<br>
>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source<br>
>> Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] Failed to rename Album<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Maik,<br>
>><br>
>> In my office, i had a Windows computer running under Windows 10 with a<br>
>> huge Qt based program dedicated to record measurement files in local<br>
>> before to upload data in a remote database.<br>
>><br>
>> While this process i remember that local files cannot be cleaned in<br>
>> local when uploading was complete. The file remove was based on QFile<br>
>> class if i remember. The origin of the problem was the desktop search<br>
>> engine from Windows running in background which look files in<br>
>> parallel. In fact when you write a new file somewhere, Windows open<br>
>> files in background to parse contents and reference metadata in a<br>
>> search engine database.<br>
>><br>
>> Possible solutions :<br>
>><br>
>> 1/ disable the search service from Windows<br>
>> 2/ set the search service to ignore specific paths<br>
>> 3/ use a Windows API before to create new file to be ignored by the<br>
>> search engine.<br>
>> 4/ use a Windows API to force to unlock file in all cases.<br>
>><br>
>> Note : the Windows file unlock mechanism is not managed by Qt API for<br>
>> Windows. I remember to see a bug reported in Qt about this problem...<br>
>><br>
>> Gilles<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Le mer. 25 mars 2020 à 02:34, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin@gmail.com> a écrit :<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Yes, renaming or deleting folders can fail under Windows if they are in use<br>
>> > and locked by Windows.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Folders are locked when<br>
>> > - subfolders are open in Explorer<br>
>> > - folders are part of a Windows network share<br>
>> > - a preview image was previously opened in digiKam<br>
>> ><br>
>> > At the last point we have to see if there are still open file handlers and fix<br>
>> > this.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Maik<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Am Dienstag, 24. März 2020, 23:23:34 CET schrieb Alan H:<br>
>> > > Hello,<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > My albums are generally organized as follows:<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > Collection (year)>Parent Album (mm month)>Child Album (dd day)<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > The parent albums are named 01 Jan to 12 Dec and I would like to add a<br>
>> > > location description. When I rename a parent album I get a “Failed to<br>
>> > > rename Album” error. This happens whether right clicking the selected album<br>
>> > > for “properties” or “rename”, or from the Menu bar>Albums>properties/rename<br>
>> > > or from Shift+F2. I can rename a child album but only if it is the lowest<br>
>> > > order (last) child. I can rename an parent album/folder in Windows Explorer<br>
>> > > and the change appears in digiKam but this is an awkward solution.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > I’m running digiKam 6.3.0 on Windows 10 and the folders (albums) are located<br>
>> > > on both a local hard drive and a locally attached USB drive.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > Any solutions or suggestions? Thanks for helping with this inquiry.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > Alan<br>
>> > > Sent from Mail<<a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986</a>> for Windows<br>
>> > > 10<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
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