by jonha4711 (Posted Tue May 17, 2016 11:38 am)
Nope, this did not work. I first tried optimise orphaned files, that didn't help (ie the bogus categories were still there). I then tried, just for the sake of it and though I felt it was not to do with the problem, optimise orphaned folders. At that point the whole database and the thumbnails db lost all file information. I will later test this specific scenario again and confirm.
BTW all work done with XnViewMP .79, Win 7.
EDIT: I am now at my main machine and have repeated the steps I did yesterday. When I have the database category count in an inconsistent state due to external deletion of an image, no option in the "Catalog optimization" puts the database back into a consistent state. I've double checked this.
Further I can confirm that, if I check "Remove data for orphaned directories", all file and directory information in the database is removed and all thumbnails are deleted. This is reproducible.
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xnview wrote:XnViewMP can't detect automatically deleted files, so you need to use 'Optimize'
I've tried 'Optimize' and no problem. After pressing the button you have no more entries?? And if you try 'Remove data for orphaned files' only??
Nope, this did not work. I first tried optimise orphaned files, that didn't help (ie the bogus categories were still there). I then tried, just for the sake of it and though I felt it was not to do with the problem, optimise orphaned folders. At that point the whole database and the thumbnails db lost all file information. I will later test this specific scenario again and confirm.
BTW all work done with XnViewMP .79, Win 7.
EDIT: I am now at my main machine and have repeated the steps I did yesterday. When I have the database category count in an inconsistent state due to external deletion of an image, no option in the "Catalog optimization" puts the database back into a consistent state. I've double checked this.
Further I can confirm that, if I check "Remove data for orphaned directories", all file and directory information in the database is removed and all thumbnails are deleted. This is reproducible.
Read Main Topic