Digikam Won't Open - Corrupted Data File

[Marty Ducote]

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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