Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ???
BuckSkin
dmnmcg60 at gmail.com
Sun Jul 30 21:42:40 BST 2017
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] <
ml+s1695700n4702662h99 at n4.nabble.com> 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.
>
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> 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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