DIGIKAM WILL NOT INSTALL ON WINDOWS 11 - SEARCHING FOR DATABASES

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,
It sounds like former configuration files still present on your
computer and refers to database files missing on your disk.

I recommend to rename the configuration files and try to restart
digiKam as well with the first run assistant. Configuration files are
listed in the online doc :

https://docs.digikam.org/en/getting_started/installation.html#configuration-files

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le lun. 14 juil. 2025 à 14:17, Gary Blandford-Hull
<gary.blandfordhull at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> I am having problems getting DigiKam to install on my Windows 11 PC.
>
> I have today downloaded this version of DigiKam
> 'digiKam-8.7.0-Qt6-Win64' expecting it to install correctly, but when I
> start the program I am getting a message to say that it is searching for
> databases.
>
> I have uninstalled the program several times but when I restart the
> program the same message is popping up on screen. The message has a
> message saying it is searching for the databases with a blue dashed line
> but having left it for an hour it is still searching.
>
> I used to use DigiKam on my old PC (Win 10) and it used o install
> without problems, so why cannot I get the program to install correctly?
>
> Hope to get some help?
>
> Gary.
>