Unable to tell Digikam my pictures location now I've moved them to a new disk

[Maik Qualmann]

One more thing, if you have changed the disk and it now has a different UUID, 
you must now run the "update" function (rounded tool button next to the 
collection) in the digiKam settings and collections, depending on whether your 
previous digiKam version already supported the file UUID, so that the new UUID 
is adopted.

Maik

Am Mittwoch, 24. September 2025, 20:34:57 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit 
schrieben Sie:
> You're probably using digiKam with a Snap package. Snap uses a sandbox, and
> you only have access to your home directory. Snap is completely useless for
> digiKam.
> If your distribution doesn't provide a native digiKam package, use our
> AppImage, built with all the features. Simply download the AppImage and make
> it executable and run it.
> 
> Maik
> 
> Am Mittwoch, 24. September 2025, 14:03:24 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
> schrieb
> Tom Rank:
> > Hi
> > 
> > Having been a happy user of Digikam on Linux Mint for several years, I'm
> > now having trouble after I've moved my pictures to a new hard drive as I
> > need the extra space for the growing collection. Digikam seems unable to
> > see my pictures directory. (My home directory and all other documents
> > remain on the original disk, it's only 'Pictures' that I've moved.)
> > 
> > Digikam is Version 8.7.0
> > 
> > Pictures are now stored on a new NVMe drive in:
> > 
> > /mnt/624bff2d-a499-40ff-985d-2ba2d8e9642a/Pictures [that long string is
> > the UUID of the disk, which is also how it's shown in the directory
> > browser]
> > 
> > This disk is mounted on system startup so it's available straight away.
> > 
> > I followed the advice to delete this file:
> > 
> > /.var/app/org.kde.digikam/config/digikamrc
> > 
> > I then get the same message each time from Digikam's first run wizard,
> > asking me to specify where the pictures are stored. Unfortunately, it's
> > impossible to tell Digikam where the Pictures directory now is [see
> > above] - I can't browse to it in the Digikam window, nor can I paste in
> > the location, even though it says I can choose any folder
> > 
> > 'Find directory' shows the system folder but NOT mnt, even though that's
> > clearly there in the Linux Mint computer directory - for the Digikam
> > list, there's just media, then proc, missing out both the mnt and opt
> > directories
> > 
> > 'The folder to use as the root album path does not exist' (it does).
> > 
> > What am I doing wrong?
> > 
> > Tom Rank
> > 
> > Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon