Odd behaviour when rescanning folder

Started by Tallpics, December 18, 2015, 05:17:14 PM

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Tallpics

My database has just started misbehaving when a folder is rescanned.

I have tried several times to rescan a folder (containing 6,77 files). I know that just one of all these files is new.

However when IMatch 5.5.6 shows the 'rescan in process' box I can see a new copy of the folder is added to the folder panel on the left.

The complete folder/pics are duplicated in IMatch after the rescan.

After completion I can view my files in either folder however the 'new' folder doesn't show the categories that were allocated to each pic. The original folder view does still show the categories.

The only thing I think might be causing the problem is that I recently changed the disk name and drive letter.

After doing this I used IMatch to relocate where the new drive/folder was now.

Any ideas with this problem?

Thanks

Mario

When IMatch adds a folder again to the database it comes from another media.
Check the media serial numbers shown for the duplicate folder.
This is usually the case when a folder is added again instead of running a relocate.
Remove the duplicate folder from your database and relocate the disk again.
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Tallpics

Thank you Mario for the very fast response. Things are now running correctly again.

I had been using the option to 'relocate drive' from the right click menu hoping to 'find' all the existing folders on the renamed disk with one procedure.

However I have just used the 'relocate folder' option on each separate folder and IMatch doesn't duplicate the folders anymore when a rescan is performed. Sorted!

Sorry it was user error... as usual  :P

BTW, big thanks for the 5.5.8 update. The jaggies (as reported by others) displayed when zooming in have been fixed on my system with this new version. Quality response and support again  :)

Mario

Relocating the disk was the correct thing to do. It will relocate all folders on that disk to the new disk at the same time. Your approach should thus have worked.
I've tested the drive relocate there and it seems to work as designed.
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