[digiKam-users] Moving Digikam to new Windows PC

[Henrik Hemrin]

Hi,

I agree, do not forget to copy digicamrc-file. Ref this blogpost: https://pixls.us/blog/2019/07/quick-digikam-tip-back-up-digikamrc-file/ <https://pixls.us/blog/2019/07/quick-digikam-tip-back-up-digikamrc-file/> 
Secondly, see this thread (from this mailing list), although you are not migrating between windows and mac, I think it is generally useful. https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/2022-May/033640.html <https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/2022-May/033640.html> 

Best regards
Henrik Hemrin


> 27 juli 2022 kl. 23:07 skrev KRODER Gerhard <gerdst1 at gmail.com>:
> 
> AFAIK you would need to copy also  digicamrc (somewhere in your win %appdata% structure, depends on win version, mabe look at "local").
> 
> If you have a different path setup on new  win system, lets say for for db and fotos,  you would need to edit this in rc file, (and an other config file, i do not yet remember). By this you can manage to move all dk an foto file  to any path, and start with previous resulst existent. (-->"portable")
> 
> cheers, 
> Gerhard.
> 
> 
> 
> Am 27.07.2022 um 22:21 schrieb Rafael Linux User:
>> On origin PC (Linux os):
>> From Digikam, I took note from type of database (Internal MySQL) and where it was located
>> I copied to USB the entire folder where database is located (a folder called "Digikam DB" where there are some ".db" extension files.
>> On destiny PC (Windows OS):
>> I copied folder from USB used in previous PC
>> In Digikam, I configured database options to "Internal MySQL" and pointed to copied folder
>> The first issue I observed, is that despite I locate MySQL binaries and Digikam shows them as correct, each time I reopen DB configuration, binary (executable) MySQL files appears as not located ....
>> 
>> Anyway, I launched Digikam and immediately it shows an error (I can't remember exactly what was, but DB related).
>> 
>> Finally, I scanned again ALL my 20K photos cause no one replied to my question in KDE - Digikam forum.
>> 
>> Thank you
>> 
>> El mar, 26 jul 2022 a las 21:44, jim kidder (<jim_kidder at hotmail.com <mailto:jim_kidder at hotmail.com>>) escribió:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Can you tell me the process of moving from one PC to another without losing any pictures, tags, and other configurations?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> jim
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