[digiKam-users] How do I TOTALLY REMOVE digiKam and Maria DB and start over?

[Maik Qualmann]

For digiKam it is sufficient to delete the configuration file:

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\digikamrc

For MariaDB it is sufficient to delete the digiKam database(s) with HeidiSQL.

Maik

Am Mittwoch, 3. August 2022, 19:40:37 CEST schrieb Glen:
> I'm having such a miserable experience trying to configure my current
> installation of digiKam and MariaDB, I just want to totally wipe them
> both from my hard drive and start over.
> 
> When I try to uninstall and then reinstall digiKam, instead of starting
> over from scratch, digiKam annoyingly "remembers" its previous
> configuration and I've effectively accomplished nothing. I want to
> TOTALLY remove it, along with ALL its configuration data, and start over
> from scratch, as if it had never ever been installed on my system.
> 
> Likewise, I want to do the same thing with MariaDB. At this point, I'm
> pretty certain my database is corrupted.
> 
> After a few days of total misery, I just want to start over, instead of
> trying to fix the corrupted current installation.
> 
> So, how do I TOTALLY remove both digiKam and MariaDB from Windows 10?
> 
> I've looked around online, but have not found an answer for this yet.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Glen