[digiKam-users] Second Copy of digiKam on Windows 7 PC Possible?

[Shel Ritter]

That did the trick! Now I remember I'd gotten Digikam to present that 
First Run Dialog back when Gilles 1st detailed using that --config 
command, and I pointed the command to the wrong file. So with a couple 
shortcuts on the desktop pointing to batch files for each config file, 
I'm in business. Making shortcuts to the batch files was the only way I 
could figure out how to get into properties and set the digikam.exe 
icon. Looks slick. :)

This is such an incredibly powerful tool for managing graphics 
libraries. It's really great to be able to define two separate instances 
of it like this. Kudos to all the developers who have kept it going as 
an open source project. And thanks so very much for your help this out 
Stephen!

Shel

On 4/14/2022 11:57 AM, Stephen Leibowitz wrote:
> Dear Shel,
>
> I meant to respond to a different thread that had a post next to yours 
> in the date order. I apologize for the confusion. I should stop 
> posting after midnight. But perhaps I can help with your problem. I 
> have gained some knowledge about the config and database files by 
> working on a portable Windows version of digiKam.
>
> Try this:
>
> Rename digikamrc to something such as dkrc_library1.
>
> Run digikam.exe. With no file named digikamrc, hopefully you will be 
> presented with the First Run Dialog. You will be asked where to store 
> the database files. Specify a different folder or drive than you used 
> for your original library of photos. Exit digiKam. There should be a 
> newly minted digikamrc file, which you will rename to something such 
> as dkrc_library2. In short, you will have two config files, each of 
> which will point to a different set of database files.
>
> When running digiKam, you will specify the config file that 
> corresponds to the desired library. This can be done with Windows 
> shortcuts, but it is easier to illustrate with the start command:
> start "digiKam"  digikam.exe --config dkrc_library1
> start "digiKam"  digikam.exe --config dkrc_library2


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