XnView Software

Thank you for your help, it worked! "Update files from catalogue" doesn't actually update files for some reason, but I solved it by assigning and unassigning a category, which forced writing of all keywords into images.

Pierre,

So would this solution work?

1. Set base path to c:/photos and build a catalog from small files stored on the laptop.
2. Change the base path from c:/photos to f:/photos, i.e. point it to the external hard drive. All relative paths should match, given that my file names and folder ...

michel038: thank you. If the 2nd suggestion works, it's obviously much simpler as it does not require understanding of the internal structure of the database and bulk manipulation of data in the database. Do you know if there is any description of what "base path" is and how it's used? (a couple of ...

My situation:
I use XnViewMP on a laptop with a small hard drive. Consequently, I store high-resolution originals on an external hard drive and keep a smaller version of all files on the laptop.

The file directory structure and individual image filenames are identical on both the external hard ...