sidecar file names

[frederic chaume]

Hi all


currently the parameter "sidecar file names are compatible with 
commercial products" is set. That means the name I can see is 
basename.xmp and these are the files I can see in the folders where I 
have RAW files

Now seems there are some compatibility issue with another progam (DXO) 
which is exepecting unique xmp names (conflict may occur between RAW 
files and DNG files)

So I started to unset this parameters, the problem is when I start DK , 
it started a long process of "finding new items" and seems some files 
are missing tags and rating in the album view, while the correct 
information is still present in the associated basename.xmp
then I have aborted the process of finding new items, set back the 
parameter "sidecar file names are compatible with commercial products"
and I run a "read metadata from file to database" to recover the 
information in the album view

So question is what is the process to reset this parameter without 
loosing information?
I'm using DK 8.4 on windows

thanks in advance

frederic