Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ???

Wed Aug 2 14:00:58 BST 2017

So did the trick changing the path in digikamrc config file work ?
Also, for me the letter A: will always be reserved for a floppy drive. Haha, just kidding. Looks like I got old enough to make such jokes.
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-------- Original message --------From: BuckSkin <dmnmcg60 at gmail.com> Date: 2017-08-02  6:56 AM  (GMT-07:00) To: digikam-users at kde.org Subject: Re: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ??? 
Thanks.That was my first thought and would have accomplished everything needed as easily as just reassigning the letters.Your solution is the most sensible means of keeping things on track; however, I wanted my main internal working pictures drive to be "A" and the external back-up drive to be "Z"; and, with all of you guys help, now they are.

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 5:05 AM, Adam Skiba [via digiKam] <[hidden email]> wrote:

	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" <[hidden email]> 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]> wrote:

	Don't forget to do a backup

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-------- Original message --------From: BuckSkin <[hidden email]> Date: 2017-07-30  3:48 PM  (GMT-07:00) To: [hidden email] 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]> 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 

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-------- Original message --------From: BuckSkin <[hidden email]> Date: 2017-07-30  2:42 PM  (GMT-07:00) To: [hidden email] 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]> wrote:

	Notepad if you are on WindowsOr install double commander, navigate to the file and press F4 to edit or F3 to view.

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-------- Original message --------From: BuckSkin <[hidden email]> Date: 2017-07-30  2:15 PM  (GMT-07:00) To: [hidden email] 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]> 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.

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>     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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