Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ???
Adam Skiba
skiba.adam at gmail.com
Wed Aug 2 11:05:58 BST 2017
Why not just shutdown digikam , change P drive letter to something else and
then change A drive letter to P drive letter?
31.07.2017 05:27 "BuckSkin" <dmnmcg60 at gmail.com> napisał(a):
> Yes; Thanks; the way I blunder about I like to be certain of an emergency
> plan; I will make a backup in case I mess up.
>
> On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 9:26 PM, AndriusWild [via digiKam] <[hidden email]
> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702667&i=0>> wrote:
>
>> Don't forget to do a backup
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: BuckSkin <[hidden email]
>> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702666&i=0>>
>> Date: 2017-07-30 3:48 PM (GMT-07:00)
>> To: [hidden email]
>> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702666&i=1>
>> Subject: Re: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ???
>>
>> Okay, Thanks !
>> I can open and read digikamrc; now I just need to see if I can understand
>> what I am seeing.
>> I won't make any changes until I am certain of the outcome.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 3:49 PM, AndriusWild [via digiKam] <[hidden
>> email] <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702665&i=0>> wrote:
>>
>>> Your user probably has no write access to the folder or maybe digikam
>>> isn't closed so it blocks access to the file. I am pretty sure the config
>>> you are looking for is digikamrc
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>>
>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> From: BuckSkin <[hidden email]
>>> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702664&i=0>>
>>> Date: 2017-07-30 2:42 PM (GMT-07:00)
>>> To: [hidden email]
>>> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702664&i=1>
>>> Subject: Re: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ???
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> The first of the list = Notepad said it did not exist; however, Wordpad
>>> opened it.
>>> The rest of the list = I get a pop-up notice saying that the location
>>> does not exist, please check my spelling and try again.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 3:21 PM, AndriusWild [via digiKam] <[hidden
>>> email] <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702663&i=0>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Notepad if you are on Windows
>>>> Or install double commander, navigate to the file and press F4 to edit
>>>> or F3 to view.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>> From: BuckSkin <[hidden email]
>>>> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702662&i=0>>
>>>> Date: 2017-07-30 2:15 PM (GMT-07:00)
>>>> To: [hidden email]
>>>> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702662&i=1>
>>>> Subject: Re: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ???
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Sorry to be such a dumbie; however, when I navigate to the first of the
>>>> four paths you listed, I immediately get a pop-up window that asks me which
>>>> program I want to open the file with; every program I have is listed (and
>>>> there are many); what kind of files are these and what opens them ? Or, am
>>>> I doing something wrong ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks so much.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Andrew Goodbody [via digiKam] <[hidden
>>>> email] <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702661&i=0>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> No, dll files are 'Dynamic Link Libraries' and contain executable code
>>>>> that is needed to make programs run.
>>>>>
>>>>> The digikam configuration files are supposed to be
>>>>>
>>>>> ~/Local Settings/digikamrc
>>>>> ~/Local Settings/digikam_tagsmanagerrc
>>>>> ~/Local Settings/kipipluginsrc
>>>>> ~/Local Settings/kipirc
>>>>> ~/Local Settings/showfotorc
>>>>> ~/Local Settings/digikam/*
>>>>>
>>>>> Where the ~ stands for C:\Users\<username> and you need to use \
>>>>> instead
>>>>> of / everywhere in that list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>
>>>>> On 29/07/17 19:16, BuckSkin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Thanks.
>>>>> > The closest thing I have found resembling a configuration file are
>>>>> these
>>>>> > three:
>>>>> > libKF5ConfigCore dot dll
>>>>> > libKF5ConfigGui dot dll
>>>>> > libKF5ConfigWidgets dot dll
>>>>> > Is one of these what you meant ?
>>>>> > I found them in Windows > Program Files > digiKam
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I have never opened a dll file before so I was afraid to mess with
>>>>> them.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 10:26 AM, AndriusWild [via digiKam] <[hidden
>>>>>
>>>>> > email] </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702583&i=0>> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I think you will need to close digikam, find configuration
>>>>> files,
>>>>> > change the drive letter there and start digikam. It might tell
>>>>> that
>>>>> > drive ID has changed and ask you to confirm whether the new path
>>>>> is
>>>>> > your collection and everything should work after that. I have
>>>>> done
>>>>> > same on Linux but it is a bit easier on Linux since you can
>>>>> connect
>>>>> > a new drive to the same mount point
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > -------- Original message --------
>>>>> > From: BuckSkin <[hidden email]
>>>>> > <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702582&i=0>>
>>>>> > Date: 2017-07-29 9:16 AM (GMT-07:00)
>>>>> > To: [hidden email]
>>>>> > <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702582&i=1>
>>>>>
>>>>> > Subject: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ???
>>>>> >
>>>>> > 64-bit Windows 7 Pro
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I have just installed a new internal secondary HDD, strictly for
>>>>> my
>>>>> > photo
>>>>> > collection and gave it drive letter "A"
>>>>> > At the same time, for a back-up, I added an identical HDD in an
>>>>> external
>>>>> > enclosure and assigned it "Z"
>>>>> >
>>>>> > All of my digiKam collections/albums are associated with the old
>>>>> > out-grown
>>>>> > external HDD with drive letter "P"
>>>>> >
>>>>> > In "settings" > Configure digiKam > Collections, I have tried
>>>>> every
>>>>> > possible
>>>>> > trick that I could think of to change the old drive letter to
>>>>> the
>>>>> > new and
>>>>> > nothing I have tried will allow me to edit the folder path.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > If I could just change all of those "P" to "A", everything else
>>>>> > remains the
>>>>> > same.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I have decided this is just not possible; if it isn't possible,
>>>>> then it
>>>>> > should be; and if it is possible, then I would sure like to know
>>>>> > what I am
>>>>> > not seeing.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > If I hi-lite a collection and double-click, it will allow me to
>>>>> edit the
>>>>> > collection name, but nothing I do will allow me to edit the
>>>>> folder path.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks for reading.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
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