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Felix12
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Transfer category

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Is there any way to move the category settings to an other computer? I already installed xnview and moved the pictures but the category setting got lost.
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You can move the category.db
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but I can not find the file
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In 'Document Settings'
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Re: Transfer category

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Thank you for the quick response. Please can you tell me, where exactly I can find it.
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Felix12 wrote:Please can you tell me, where exactly I can find it.
  • Hit WinKey+R to open the Run... dialog box.
  • Type explorer.exe /select,"%APPDATA%\XnView\category.db" and click OK.
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Re: Transfer category

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Guys you are great, works perfect. Is there any way to change the path of category.db? e.g. to "My Documents"
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Felix12 wrote:Guys you are great, works perfect. Is there any way to change the path of category.db? e.g. to "My Documents"
category.db & xnview .db are saved in same folder (opion/Thumbnail>Cache - Folder)
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Re: Transfer category

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I would like to transfer the settings (categories etc.) from a machine with WinXP to one with Win7. So the structure of the path to the images has changed and just copying the file is no use. Is there another way to manage this transfer? Is there a way to edit the db file?
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jotess wrote:I would like to transfer the settings (categories etc.) from a machine with WinXP to one with Win7. So the structure of the path to the images has changed and just copying the file is no use. Is there another way to manage this transfer? Is there a way to edit the db file?
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yes, do you know sql language?
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Re: Transfer category

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Unfortunately not. But as I know now that it is an sql database I know at least what I would have to investigate.
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jotess wrote:Unfortunately not. But as I know now that it is an sql database I know at least what I would have to investigate.
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if you send it to me, i can make the change...
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