<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>To be sure to not break something in config files, I recommend to create a new user account, and to start digiKam 7.5.0 from this account as well without touching all settings from the original account. Like this there is no risk of losing/breaking something.</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>Gilles Caulier<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mer. 26 janv. 2022 à 06:24, Ty Mayn <<a href="mailto:tyrus.mayn@gmail.com">tyrus.mayn@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Now returned to digikam, It's time to upgrade from 6.0 to7.5</div><div>Unfortunately I have to use windows10 for the benefit of a non linux collaborator.<br></div><div>i have looked but not found a howto on upgrade. Can I describe my strategy and receive warning away from any wrong assumptions.</div><div> I plan to install new 7.5 with all evidence of the old 6.0 hidden.</div><div>I will hide the existing config file digikamrc and the 4 database files.</div><div> After the install, I guess I will find a new default digikamrc in the path</div><div>User/AppData/Local (if that default has not changed)</div><div> I expect to be greeted by a welcome wizard that will ask to point to some brand new folders to become albumsbut rather than follow the wizard:</div><div> I hope to return the database files into their original location specified in the older digikam RC<br></div><div> I plan to examine the new config file and pause to compare some of its config variables compared to the older. <br></div><div> Then manually edit the path variables in digikamrc which point to the database files.</div><div> I am not trying to circumvent any tools that might be in the wizard and may be its not oriented to starting up an all new album collection from scratch.</div><div> I am guessing the database files can serve the new version and may change or be repaired with ongoing use (unless warned away)<br></div><div> This seems to be a worthwhile approach for pointing a new program install to an existing collection..... unless this helpful list warns me in other directions.</div><div>Thanks</div><div>Ty</div></div>
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