DK settings in windows 10

[mik.clucas at bluewin.ch]

After finding and modifying the splash Screen Parameter in digikamrc. digiKam 5.3 appears to be working OK.
Maybe I’ll get away without having to disinfect my System! However, if I do your tips will be very helpful.

And Yes Windows 10 search could be better.

Best regards
Mik Clucas 

From: Andrey Goreev
Sent: Sonntag, 15. Januar 2017 16:23
To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source
Subject: RE: DK settings in windows 10

I had to uninstall Digikam and clean up leftovers.
After I installed Digikam 5.4.0 again it worked and I haven't seen the issue again.
To clean up I used file search by "digikam" and "kde" in the open source Double Commander ran as administrator and CCleaner registry clean after that. CCleaner actually found some links to digikam.exe etc. in the registry.

Windows 10 search is awful that is the reason I used Double Commander.
Please make sure you don't delete the database.db, thumbnails and xmp sidecar files. My database is on a separate drive so that was not an issue for me.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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From: mik.clucas at bluewin.ch 
Date: 2017-01-15 4:35 AM (GMT-07:00) 
To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org> 
Subject: RE: DK settings in windows 10 

Good to know that the registry is not being used!
 
Thanks for the link. I changed the Option «Show Splash» in digikamrc and can now start digiKam 5.3
 
Best regards
Mik Clucas
 
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From: Gilles Caulier
Sent: Sonntag, 15. Januar 2017 10:56
To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source
Subject: Re: DK settings in windows 10
 
There is nothing in Windows registry DB from digiKam. All are text file in hidden area from your home directory.
 
You problem is know and have already report in this mailing list. 
 
Search on Mailing list history a post about this problem titled "Digikam 5.4.0 won't start on Windows" posted on 5 January 2017.
 
Gilles Caulier
 
 
2017-01-15 10:48 GMT+01:00 <mik.clucas at bluewin.ch>:
Hi everyone,
I have been happily using DK in a Linux Environment for many years and recently discovered the Windows port and that you can use a centralised DB repository. There are some Windows PCs in the house that I (and my wife) use for some Photo processing, so what a great opportunity to get everything/everyone working with the same Software and Picture library!
I recently wanted to upgrade from 5.2 to 5.3, at the same time I changed some config settings (show splash screen at startup). Now I have a situation where none of the versions 5.2, 5.3 or even 5.4 show me a gui. I can see the program in the task manager but not using any resources and after a long time, ~6 Hrs, no change! From what I can see it looks like a case of Bug 374368 - Unchecking "Show splash screen at startup" causes no window to display at Launch.
 
So after a Long preamble, here is my question: Does any one know how can I reset this Option without destroying the DK library? (Maybe by editing a config file or the windows registry)
 
Thx i.A for your help
 
Best regards
Mik
 
 

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