[digiKam-users] Unable to view any photo information at all

[Gilles Caulier]

Le lun. 2 sept. 2019 à 12:06, Stephen Leibowitz <librestephen at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Using an external hard drive should not be a problem, so long as the drive
> letter of the HDD remains constant. Even if it changes, there is a way to
> make it work with a hack, but it sounds like it is unnecessary in your
> case.
>
> digiKam stores little in the registry. It stores files and folders in
> Users\..\Local\AppData. There you will find a configuration file named
> digikamrc. You can view it inside a text editor. The [Database Settings]
> section may be relevant to your problem. Instead of reinstalling digiKam,
> you can erase digikamrc and any folders in AppData named digikam. But take
> care. There are files and folders for other applications in AppData. Do not
> erase them!
>
> If you opted for the SqLite database, there should be four files with a .db
> extension: digikam4.db, recognition.db, similarity.db, and
> thumbnails-digikam.db. The default folder for them is Pictures. You can
> also
> erase these files, and recreate them when you next run the program. It can
> be a lengthy process to recreate them. But in your case, it may be worth it
>
> If you erase the digikamrc file and then run the program, it should start
> with The First Run Dialog (Welcome to digKam 6.2.0).
>
> Do not erase, just rename this file as .old is enough...

Gilles Caulier
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