Two Autonomous DigiKams on a Windows System?

[plowmail2010 at gmail.com]

Thanks, Gilles!
--config works beautifully.

Micro glitch:
"--config <nonexistent file>" annoys DigiKam.
I ran with no digikamrc and without --config, which made a new digikamrc.
I renamed the new digikamrc to "digikamrc1", and "--config digikamrc1" 
worked.

I now have two Windows Desktop shortcuts, one with --config digikamrc1, 
and the other with --config digikamrc2.
Beautiful!

Bob D

On 1/21/2024 7:39 AM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> Note : config files are hosted at these places :
>
> https://docs.digikam.org/en/getting_started/installation.html#configuration-files
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le dim. 21 janv. 2024 à 13:38, Gilles Caulier
> <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>  a écrit :
>> 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 :
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
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