Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ???
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I have just installed a new internal secondary HDD, strictly for my photo collection and gave it drive letter "A" At the same time, for a back-up, I added an identical HDD in an external enclosure and assigned it "Z" All of my digiKam collections/albums are associated with the old out-grown external HDD with drive letter "P" In "settings" > Configure digiKam > Collections, I have tried every possible trick that I could think of to change the old drive letter to the new and nothing I have tried will allow me to edit the folder path. If I could just change all of those "P" to "A", everything else remains the same. I have decided this is just not possible; if it isn't possible, then it should be; and if it is possible, then I would sure like to know what I am not seeing. If I hi-lite a collection and double-click, it will allow me to edit the collection name, but nothing I do will allow me to edit the folder path. Thanks for reading. |
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I think you will need to close digikam, find configuration files, change the drive letter there and start digikam. It might tell that drive ID has changed and ask you to confirm whether the new path is your collection and everything should work after that. I have done same on Linux but it is a bit easier on Linux since you can connect a new drive to the same mount point Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: BuckSkin <[hidden email]> Date: 2017-07-29 9:16 AM (GMT-07:00) To: [hidden email] Subject: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ??? I have just installed a new internal secondary HDD, strictly for my photo collection and gave it drive letter "A" At the same time, for a back-up, I added an identical HDD in an external enclosure and assigned it "Z" All of my digiKam collections/albums are associated with the old out-grown external HDD with drive letter "P" In "settings" > Configure digiKam > Collections, I have tried every possible trick that I could think of to change the old drive letter to the new and nothing I have tried will allow me to edit the folder path. If I could just change all of those "P" to "A", everything else remains the same. I have decided this is just not possible; if it isn't possible, then it should be; and if it is possible, then I would sure like to know what I am not seeing. If I hi-lite a collection and double-click, it will allow me to edit the collection name, but nothing I do will allow me to edit the folder path. Thanks for reading. -- View this message in context: http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/Associating-Collections-to-New-Internal-HDD-tp4702580.html Sent from the digikam-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
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Thanks. The closest thing I have found resembling a configuration file are these three: libKF5ConfigCore dot dll libKF5ConfigGui dot dll libKF5ConfigWidgets dot dll Is one of these what you meant ? I found them in Windows > Program Files > digiKam I have never opened a dll file before so I was afraid to mess with them. On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 10:26 AM, AndriusWild [via digiKam] <[hidden email]> wrote:
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No, dll files are 'Dynamic Link Libraries' and contain executable code
that is needed to make programs run. The digikam configuration files are supposed to be ~/Local Settings/digikamrc ~/Local Settings/digikam_tagsmanagerrc ~/Local Settings/kipipluginsrc ~/Local Settings/kipirc ~/Local Settings/showfotorc ~/Local Settings/digikam/* Where the ~ stands for C:\Users\<username> and you need to use \ instead of / everywhere in that list. Andrew On 29/07/17 19:16, BuckSkin wrote: > Thanks. > The closest thing I have found resembling a configuration file are these > three: > libKF5ConfigCore dot dll > libKF5ConfigGui dot dll > libKF5ConfigWidgets dot dll > Is one of these what you meant ? > I found them in Windows > Program Files > digiKam > > I have never opened a dll file before so I was afraid to mess with them. > > On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 10:26 AM, AndriusWild [via digiKam] <[hidden > email] </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702583&i=0>> wrote: > > I think you will need to close digikam, find configuration files, > change the drive letter there and start digikam. It might tell that > drive ID has changed and ask you to confirm whether the new path is > your collection and everything should work after that. I have done > same on Linux but it is a bit easier on Linux since you can connect > a new drive to the same mount point > > > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: BuckSkin <[hidden email] > <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702582&i=0>> > Date: 2017-07-29 9:16 AM (GMT-07:00) > To: [hidden email] > <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4702582&i=1> > Subject: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ??? > > 64-bit Windows 7 Pro > > I have just installed a new internal secondary HDD, strictly for my > photo > collection and gave it drive letter "A" > At the same time, for a back-up, I added an identical HDD in an external > enclosure and assigned it "Z" > > All of my digiKam collections/albums are associated with the old > out-grown > external HDD with drive letter "P" > > In "settings" > Configure digiKam > Collections, I have tried every > possible > trick that I could think of to change the old drive letter to the > new and > nothing I have tried will allow me to edit the folder path. > > If I could just change all of those "P" to "A", everything else > remains the > same. > > I have decided this is just not possible; if it isn't possible, then it > should be; and if it is possible, then I would sure like to know > what I am > not seeing. > > If I hi-lite a collection and double-click, it will allow me to edit the > collection name, but nothing I do will allow me to edit the folder path. > > Thanks for reading. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/Associating-Collections-to-New-Internal-HDD-tp4702580.html > <http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/Associating-Collections-to-New-Internal-HDD-tp4702580.html> > Sent from the digikam-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the > discussion below: > http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/Associating-Collections-to-New-Internal-HDD-tp4702580p4702582.html > <http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/Associating-Collections-to-New-Internal-HDD-tp4702580p4702582.html> > > To unsubscribe from Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ???, > click here. > NAML > <http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > View this message in context: Re: Associating Collections to New > Internal HDD ??? > <http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/Associating-Collections-to-New-Internal-HDD-tp4702580p4702583.html> > Sent from the digikam-users mailing list archive > <http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/digikam-users-f1735189.html> at > Nabble.com. |
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Hi, Sorry to be such a dumbie; however, when I navigate to the first of the four paths you listed, I immediately get a pop-up window that asks me which program I want to open the file with; every program I have is listed (and there are many); what kind of files are these and what opens them ? Or, am I doing something wrong ? Thanks so much. On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Andrew Goodbody [via digiKam] <[hidden email]> wrote: No, dll files are 'Dynamic Link Libraries' and contain executable code |
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Notepad if you are on Windows Or install double commander, navigate to the file and press F4 to edit or F3 to view. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: BuckSkin <[hidden email]> Date: 2017-07-30 2:15 PM (GMT-07:00) To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ??? Hi, Sorry to be such a dumbie; however, when I navigate to the first of the four paths you listed, I immediately get a pop-up window that asks me which program I want to open the file with; every program I have is listed (and there are many); what kind of files are these and what opens them ? Or, am I doing something wrong ? Thanks so much. On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Andrew Goodbody [via digiKam] <[hidden email]> wrote: No, dll files are 'Dynamic Link Libraries' and contain executable code View this message in context: Re: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ??? Sent from the digikam-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
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Thanks. The first of the list = Notepad said it did not exist; however, Wordpad opened it. The rest of the list = I get a pop-up notice saying that the location does not exist, please check my spelling and try again. On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 3:21 PM, AndriusWild [via digiKam] <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Your user probably has no write access to the folder or maybe digikam isn't closed so it blocks access to the file. I am pretty sure the config you are looking for is digikamrc Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: BuckSkin <[hidden email]> Date: 2017-07-30 2:42 PM (GMT-07:00) To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ??? Thanks. The first of the list = Notepad said it did not exist; however, Wordpad opened it. The rest of the list = I get a pop-up notice saying that the location does not exist, please check my spelling and try again. On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 3:21 PM, AndriusWild [via digiKam] <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Okay, Thanks ! I can open and read digikamrc; now I just need to see if I can understand what I am seeing. I won't make any changes until I am certain of the outcome. On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 3:49 PM, AndriusWild [via digiKam] <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Don't forget to do a backup Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: BuckSkin <[hidden email]> Date: 2017-07-30 3:48 PM (GMT-07:00) To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ??? Okay, Thanks ! I can open and read digikamrc; now I just need to see if I can understand what I am seeing. I won't make any changes until I am certain of the outcome. On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 3:49 PM, AndriusWild [via digiKam] <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Yes; Thanks; the way I blunder about I like to be certain of an emergency plan; I will make a backup in case I mess up. On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 9:26 PM, AndriusWild [via digiKam] <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Why not just shutdown digikam , change P drive letter to something else and then change A drive letter to P drive letter? 31.07.2017 05:27 "BuckSkin" <[hidden email]> napisał(a):
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Thanks. That was my first thought and would have accomplished everything needed as easily as just reassigning the letters.Your solution is the most sensible means of keeping things on track; however, I wanted my main internal working pictures drive to be "A" and the external back-up drive to be "Z"; and, with all of you guys help, now they are. On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 5:05 AM, Adam Skiba [via digiKam] <[hidden email]> wrote:
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So did the trick changing the path in digikamrc config file work ? Also, for me the letter A: will always be reserved for a floppy drive. Haha, just kidding. Looks like I got old enough to make such jokes. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: BuckSkin <[hidden email]> Date: 2017-08-02 6:56 AM (GMT-07:00) To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ??? Thanks. That was my first thought and would have accomplished everything needed as easily as just reassigning the letters.Your solution is the most sensible means of keeping things on track; however, I wanted my main internal working pictures drive to be "A" and the external back-up drive to be "Z"; and, with all of you guys help, now they are. On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 5:05 AM, Adam Skiba [via digiKam] <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Le 02/08/2017 à 15:00, Andrey Goreev a écrit :
> Also, for me the letter A: will always be reserved for a floppy drive. > Haha, just kidding. Looks like I got old enough to make such jokes. it's the first thing I though of, may be some apps still do this (why first disk should still be C?) jdd -- http://dodin.org |
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I used to think the same way. Now I think that the system should start at "/" and you mount your drives where ever you want. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: [hidden email] Date: 2017-08-02 10:49 AM (GMT-07:00) To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ??? > Also, for me the letter A: will always be reserved for a floppy drive. > Haha, just kidding. Looks like I got old enough to make such jokes. it's the first thing I though of, may be some apps still do this (why first disk should still be C?) jdd -- http://dodin.org |
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Actually what about B: ? I am pretty sure I have used it back in DOS / Windows 3.11 days? Was it the 5.25" floppy ? Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]> Date: 2017-08-02 11:53 AM (GMT-07:00) To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ??? I used to think the same way. Now I think that the system should start at "/" and you mount your drives where ever you want. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: [hidden email] Date: 2017-08-02 10:49 AM (GMT-07:00) To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: Associating Collections to New Internal HDD ??? > Also, for me the letter A: will always be reserved for a floppy drive. > Haha, just kidding. Looks like I got old enough to make such jokes. it's the first thing I though of, may be some apps still do this (why first disk should still be C?) jdd -- http://dodin.org |
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I have the 2TB HDD in my wife's machine divided into three partitions/drives (actually five - counting factory restore and system reserved) On that HDD "C" of course is the OS, then "A" is strictly for pictures, and "B" is for everything else --- documents, music, and video, etc. I used the A to Z approach on my machine so that the internal secondary 2TB HDD "A", no matter what else may be active, is always at the top of the list; and, the identical external backup HDD "Z" is always at the bottom. On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 12:55 PM, AndriusWild [via digiKam] <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Keep in mind that NTFS actually allows mounting other drives to directories :-D 02.08.2017 20:19 "BuckSkin" <[hidden email]> napisał(a):
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