Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ???
BuckSkin
dmnmcg60 at gmail.com
Sun Jul 30 22:48:28 BST 2017
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] <
ml+s1695700n4702664h61 at n4.nabble.com> 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.
>
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> 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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