2 Replies Latest reply: Jan 8, 2010 2:13 PM by penderra RSS

    Assigned keywords

    penderra Community Member
    penderra Jan 8, 2010 1:50 PM

      I don't know if it is just my aged mind playing tricks on me, or if there is something wrong! I have recently upgraded to Windows 7 from XP. I am sure that in Bridge on XP the keywords panel showed all the keywords, whether assigned in the folder or not. This made assigning keywords just a matter of selection.

       

      Now, in W7, all I get is a handful of keywords which I do not use. If I open a folder which has keywords assigned and select all the photos, the assigned keywords for the folder will stay in the panel. If I open another folder and do the same, more keywords will be added to the panel if they do not already appear. However, when I close and restart Bridge, all the assigned words disappear and I am back where I started.

       

      I think the problem might be something to do with the fact that I keep the cache on a separate disk, and just reused it when I did the install to W7. I have tried purging the cache, to no avail.

       

      Has anyone any idea what I can do here?

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        • 1. Re: Assigned keywords
          Curt Y Community Member
          Curt Y Jan 8, 2010 2:04 PM (in response to penderra)

          For the keywords to be displayed the files have to be indexed.  When you open the folder it indexes everyhing there and keywords are displayed.

           

          You say you keep the cache on a seperate disk.  Not sure that is correct, as without a cache you will have no thumbnails.

           

          Go to edit/preferences/cache.  What does the cache location say?

          • 2. Re: Assigned keywords
            penderra Community Member
            penderra Jan 8, 2010 2:13 PM (in response to Curt Y)

            Yes, I have the cache on a different disk from the program, and it works ok.

             

            I think I have discovered the answer myself - all the keywords were in italics, which indicates they were from another user. I can right-click each italicised item and select Make Persistent