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Remove a file from the catalog

Jun 20, 2012 8:24 AM

How can I remove a picture from the catalog after I have moved or renamed the directory outside of the program?  The only solution I've found so far is to delete the directory and recreate it, but I have over 15,000 pictures on my computer.  This process takes hours.

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  • 99jon
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    1. 99jon,
    Jun 20, 2012 8:33 AM   in reply to garygh44
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    Select it in Organizer and hit delete. Leave the box unchecked (delete from disk also) and that will remove it only from Organizer.

     
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    2. garygh44,
    Jun 20, 2012 8:38 AM   in reply to 99jon
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    Since the directory is no longer there, it won't come up in the organizer and be displayed so I can remove it, but it still remembers that is in the organizer and won't let me add it again.

     
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    Jun 20, 2012 8:41 AM   in reply to garygh44
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    Open the Organizer and click:

    File à Reconnect à All Missing Files

    As soon as you see the first pop-up…Searching… hit the Browse button.

    The Reconnect Missing files dialog should open.

    Highlight the first missing file in the top left window.

    Then scroll to the bottom of the list and shift-click on the last file (to select all)

    Then click the Delete From Catalog button and click OK.

    　 

     

    N.B. This works best for a few hundred files rather than 15,000 but give it a try. You may need to shift-click and select small batches of say 1000 at a time.

     
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    4. garygh44,
    Jun 20, 2012 8:52 AM   in reply to 99jon
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    Thank you.  That worked.  I tried to find it in the user’s manual, but the index isn’t set up to find things unless you already know how to find them.  Again thanks.

     

    Gary Hoffstetter

     
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