Big mess in Database with new Version and old Version installed

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Hi,
i installed V8 which i’ve purchased. As DXO installs parallel i now have two versions running. Because my projects from V6 were missing in V8, i created a DB-Backup from V6 and imported this to V8. Then i had my projects in V8 back.

But: now there is a big mess in the database. I have from every image a virtual copy, in some folders i have 4 virtual copies of the image. I did not create these virtual copies.

My images are on Drive D:
i accessed some folders with the new version 8, which i had used in V6
they are not running at the same time.
Now i see duplicates (virtual copies) in every folder. Even if i restore the DB from V6 before the update, i have the issue.
How to fix this issue ?

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Maybe this helps. Follow all steps.

  • In PL8 Library view, select a an empty folder (no images, no subfolders)
  • Open the PL8 settings and note the path to the database and cache files
  • Set PL8 to not automatically import sidecar files, then close the settings
  • Quit PL8 (quit PL6 if it is running)
  • Delete the PL8 database and the cache files
  • Open PL8
  • From the menu, restore the PL6 database - no need for a separate backup - and wait until PL8 has restarted
  • search for an image that had an unwanted VC and see if you get just one image or virtual copies too.
  • Restart PL8
  • select a folder with images and see if things work as expected. If they don’t, create a support ticket
  • Tell us if things worked or not

Note that I work with macOS and that on Windows, things can be different…and that the procedure above is based on a few assumptions but should still work imo.

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Thanks for the help. I will try this.
what do you mean with:

  • Set PL8 to not automatically import sidecar files, then close the settings

the menu “Metadata” - sycn sidecar files ?

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and deleting the database, means every file in the folder, or only the *.db ? (i have two *.db and one *.wal and *.shm)

Thanks
Bruno

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…not the metadata sidecars, but the settings sidecars (.dop files). They seem to be in a different tab in PL for Windows…

Delete all PL8 database files - including the .wal and .shm .
Take care to not accidentally delete the PL6 database files.

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ok, i found the setting and tried it.
I still had the virutal copies in some folders (which i accessed with both versions. So i deleted them manually and the rest seems to be ok now.

Can i activate the setting for automatic loading of the .dop files again ?

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You can test this by manually importing the .dop sidecars of a few test images and decide once you see what happens upon import… As a Mac user, I cannot be sure about PhotoLab on Windows. and will therefore not give you a yes or a no. :person_shrugging: