Digikam Won't Open - Corrupted Data File

[Marty Ducote]

This is not a direct reply since Maik's response never made it to my inbox.
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I am the network administrator, so I do have all rights to the network collection. The hard drive and file system all check out.

Other ideas welcome.

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If you cannot delete the digiKam4.db with Explorer after restarting, you may
not have rights to this network collection. But if the progress bar in
Explorer stops, I suspect a file system/hard drive error on your NAS.

Maik

Am Freitag, 29. November 2024, 17:44:41 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb
Marty Ducote:
>/After using it for months, I can't open digikam at all. After fighting />/with it for several hours, I've narrowed it down to a corrupted db file, />/possibly two.. I've tried to delete the files and let digikam recreate />/them, but they will not be deleted. />//>/Here's where I am: />//>/* Windows 11 on an administrator account />/* digikam 8.4.0 />/* Photo files are stored in multiple folders and sub folders within a />/parent folder (named All Photos) on an external networked hard />/drive. The database files (digikam4.db and digikam4.db-journal) are />/in the parent folder. All Photos was created by me. It's not a />/Pictures folder that Windows created. />/* File explorer shows that the digikam4.db file is about 10 MB and the />/journal file is 0 KB />//>/What I've Tried: />//>/* File explorer, right clicking and choosing Delete. The "running />/actions" window will run indefinitely showing 0% progress. />/* Same step, using run as administrator. Same result. />/* Uninstalling and reinstalling digikam multiple times, including />/numerous reboots. When I tried to uninstall a couple of times, it />/told me it could not uninstall because digikam was already running, />/even though I had just rebooted the computer and had not started the />/program. />/* I booted into Safe Mode with Networking but my external drive was />/not available. />/* Trying to delete it using the command prompt window />/* Installing the program on a different computer with identical access />/to the external hard drive, but since the corrupted file is in the />/primary photo folder, digikam wouldn't start on that computer, either. />//>/My first computer was a DOS machine, so I'm pretty comfortable in />/Command Prompt. I am less familiar with Windows Terminal, so may need />/more specific help if that's part of the path. />//>/The program did exactly what I needed it to do, albeit a little slowly. />/Any ideas what I can do to get digikam back? />//>/Marty /



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