[Digikam-devel] [digikam] [Bug 361378] Tags are not being removed from files metadata

[wildcowboy via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361378

--- Comment #9 from wildcowboy <aegoreev at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to caulier.gilles from comment #7)
> wildcowboy,
> 
> Can you check if with last stable 5.0.0, the problem still reproducible...
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Gilles Caulier

Ok, I Just tried to play around in stable 5.0.0 for Windows and here is what is
happening:

Test 1. Picasa and Digikam

1. Adding a tag
1.1 Add a tag to a file in Picasa

2. Removing the tag in digikam
2.1 Reread metadata from the file in digikam
2.2. Remove the tag from the file in digikam

3. Checking the results
3.1. Refresh the file in Picasa
3.2. Reread metadata fromthe file in digikam
3.3. Open file properties in windows file explorer

Expected result: the file should have no tags in any of these 3 apps
Actual result: Picasa noticed that the file was updated but still shows the
tag. No tag can be seen in either or digikam.
Comment: The result is acceptable for me since I don't really care about Picasa
database

Test 2. Windows Photo Gallery and Digikam

1. Adding a tag
1.1 Add a tag to a file in Windows Photo Gallery

2. Removing the tag in digikam
2.1 Reread metadata from the file in digikam
2.2. Remove the tag from the file in digikam

3. Checking the results
3.1. Refresh the file in Windows Photo Gallery
3.2. Reread metadata fromthe file in digikam
3.3. Open file properties in windows file explorer

Expected result: the file should have no tags in any of these 3 apps
Actual result: The tag is still there and can be seen in all 3 apps.
Comment: If you remove the tag via Windows Photo Gallery it disappears from the
file properties but still can be seen in digikam. Re-read metadata from the
file does not help. You have to delete the tag from digikam database manually.

Test 3. Windows File Explorer and digikam
Test procedure and results were exactly the same as test 2.

Conclusions:
1. Looks like Windows Photo Gallery or any other windows service is running in
background and overwrites the metadata. If a tag was added via Windows Photo
Gallery or Windows File Explorer it has to be removed via the same software 
otherwise it will keep coming back.
2. Even if the tag was removed via Photo Gallery or File Explorer it will have
to be removed from digikam database manually. Re-read metadata from file does
not help. So you are going to have to remove an unwanted tag twice: 1. In
Windows Photo Gallery or File properties in Windows File Explorer 2. In Digikam

Someone please do the same and confirm the results.

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