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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">That did the trick! Now I remember I'd
gotten Digikam to present that First Run Dialog back when Gilles
1st detailed using that --config command, and I pointed the
command to the wrong file. So with a couple shortcuts on the
desktop pointing to batch files for each config file, I'm in
business. Making shortcuts to the batch files was the only way I
could figure out how to get into properties and set the
digikam.exe icon. Looks slick. :)<br>
<br>
This is such an incredibly powerful tool for managing graphics
libraries. It's really great to be able to define two separate
instances of it like this. Kudos to all the developers who have
kept it going as an open source project. And thanks so very much
for your help this out Stephen!<br>
<br>
Shel<br>
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On 4/14/2022 11:57 AM, Stephen Leibowitz wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Dear Shel,<br>
<br>
I meant to respond to a different thread that had a post next
to yours in the date order. I apologize for the confusion. I
should stop posting after midnight. But perhaps I can help
with your problem. I have gained some knowledge about the
config and database files by working on a portable Windows
version of digiKam.<br>
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Try this:<br>
<br>
Rename digikamrc to something such as dkrc_library1.<br>
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Run digikam.exe. With no file named digikamrc, hopefully you
will be presented with the First Run Dialog. You will be asked
where to store the database files. Specify a different folder
or drive than you used for your original library of photos.
Exit digiKam. There should be a newly minted digikamrc file,
which you will rename to something such as dkrc_library2. In
short, you will have two config files, each of which will
point to a different set of database files.<br>
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When running digiKam, you will specify the config file that
corresponds to the desired library. This can be done with
Windows shortcuts, but it is easier to illustrate with the
start command:<br>
start "digiKam" digikam.exe --config dkrc_library1<br>
start "digiKam" digikam.exe --config dkrc_library2<br>
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