Two Autonomous DigiKams on a Windows System?

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

There are 2 solution to your request :

1/ uses 2 accounts where the application settings will be hosted in
different home directory.
2/ uses the CLI "--config" option of digiKam :

$ digikam --help
Usage: digikam [options]
Professional Photo Management with the Power of Open Source - A KDE
Family Project

Options:
 -h, --help                  Displays help on commandline options.
 --help-all                  Displays help including Qt specific options.
 -v, --version               Displays version information.
 --author                    Show author information.
 --license                   Show license information.
 --desktopfile <file name>   The base file name of the desktop entry for this
                             application.
 --download-from <path>      Open camera dialog at "path"
 --download-from-udi <udi>   Open camera dialog for the device with Solid UDI
                             "udi"
 --detect-camera             Automatically detect and open a connected gphoto2
                             camera
 --database-directory <dir>  Start digikam with the SQLite database file found
                             in the directory "dir"
 --config <config>           Start digikam with the configuration file
                             "config"

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le sam. 20 janv. 2024 à 23:24, <plowmail2010 at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> Windows 7
> DigiKam 8.2.0
>
> I'd like to set up two DigiKam environments on the same system, with separate databases and image files.
>
> Would that require juggling digikamrc files, one for each environment, perhaps by switching a soft link between two digikamrc files?
> After setting up the first environment, how would I start DigiKam "clean", i.e. with no knowledge of history?
>
> Bob D
>
>