[digiKam-users] FW: Failed to rename Album

[Maik Qualmann]

 Hi Alan,

this problem has only been solved for Windows in digiKam-7.0.0-Beta3, even
better > Beta3. The Beta3 will be released in a few days. You can already
download the snappshots here:

https://files.kde.org/digikam/

Maik

Am Mi., 22. Apr. 2020 um 20:13 Uhr schrieb Alan H <webaccounts at live.com>:

> Hello,
>
> Just as a follow-up, I haven’t heard back if there was a fix for the issue
> presented below. Basically, if I open a photo in a child folder I cannot
> rename any parent folder above it. Since I am back into culling and
> organizing 30+ years of digitized slides this is quite important to the
> workflow. I tried downloading and re-installing 6.4.0 (windows) today to
> see if there has been a fix but it appears not. Can this be fixed or is
> there another solution? Thanks for your help with this.
>
>
>
> Alan
>
>
>
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>
>
>
> *From: *Alan H <webaccounts at live.com>
> *Sent: *Monday, March 30, 2020 1:40 PM
> *To: *digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
> power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [digiKam-users] Failed to rename Album
>
>
>
> Greetings all,
>
> After following up on the suggestions provided (except for APIs of which I
> know nothing), and just trying various renaming scenarios, I rather
> randomly ended up at Maik’s third point (I think) of “a preview image was
> previously opened in digiKam”. If, in a collection, I open/preview a photo
> I am blocked from renaming (Failed to rename Folder error) any parent
> folder higher in the hierarchy above the folder in which the photo was
> previewed. But, I can rename the photo in the child folder in which the
> photo was previewed, and all other child folders at the same level, if that
> makes sense.
>
>
>
> Maik, Gilles, have you had a chance to look into this - is this something
> that can fixed? I understand with the covid-19 pandemic that you may have
> other priorities. Can I at least safely rename blocked folders in Windows
> file explorer until there is a fix? With thanks, Alan.
>
>
>
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>
>
> *From: *Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Friday, March 27, 2020 1:00 AM
> *To: *digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
> power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [digiKam-users] Failed to rename Album
>
>
>
> Maik,
>
> In my office, i had a Windows computer running under Windows 10 with a
> huge Qt based program dedicated to record measurement files in local
> before to upload data in a remote database.
>
> While this process i remember that local files cannot be cleaned in
> local when uploading was complete. The file remove was based on QFile
> class if i remember. The origin of the problem was the desktop search
> engine from Windows running in background which look files in
> parallel. In fact when you write a new file somewhere, Windows open
> files in background to parse contents and reference metadata in a
> search engine database.
>
> Possible solutions :
>
> 1/ disable the search service from Windows
> 2/ set the search service to ignore specific  paths
> 3/ use a Windows API before to create new file to be ignored by the
> search engine.
> 4/ use a Windows API to force to unlock file in all cases.
>
> Note : the Windows file unlock mechanism is not managed by Qt API for
> Windows. I remember to see a bug reported in Qt about this problem...
>
> Gilles
>
>
> Le mer. 25 mars 2020 à 02:34, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> a
> écrit :
> >
> > Yes, renaming or deleting folders can fail under Windows if they are in
> use
> > and locked by Windows.
> >
> > Folders are locked when
> > - subfolders are open in Explorer
> > - folders are part of a Windows network share
> > - a preview image was previously opened in digiKam
> >
> > At the last point we have to see if there are still open file handlers
> and fix
> > this.
> >
> > Maik
> >
> > Am Dienstag, 24. März 2020, 23:23:34 CET schrieb Alan H:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > My albums are generally organized as follows:
> > >
> > > Collection (year)>Parent Album (mm month)>Child Album (dd day)
> > >
> > > The parent albums are named 01 Jan to 12 Dec and I would like to add a
> > > location description. When I rename a parent album I get a “Failed to
> > > rename Album” error. This happens whether right clicking the selected
> album
> > > for “properties” or “rename”, or from the Menu
> bar>Albums>properties/rename
> > > or from Shift+F2. I can rename a child album but only if it is the
> lowest
> > > order (last) child. I can rename an parent album/folder in Windows
> Explorer
> > > and the change appears in digiKam but this is an awkward solution.
> > >
> > > I’m running digiKam 6.3.0 on Windows 10 and the folders (albums) are
> located
> > > on both a local hard drive and a locally attached USB drive.
> > >
> > > Any solutions or suggestions? Thanks for helping with this inquiry.
> > >
> > > Alan
> > > Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
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> > > 10
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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