I would like to rename a high level folder that contains many subfolders of pictures stored in my album. I understand that if I rename it in Windows Explorer, I will have to reconnect all of the pictures in the Organizer. The Help menu implies that I can rename a folder using the Browser in the Elements Editor and that will avoid the arduous reconnect process. But I can't seem to get that to work.
Does anyone know if it is possible to rename a folder in Elements?
#1
No. It is not possible to rename a folder from within Organizer.
If there are lots of subfolders, then I cannot recommend any easy way to achieve this unless you want to use MS Access to manually "correct" the catalog [which is a good deal easier than it sounds!].
BTW, you refer to the reconnect process as arduous. Are you speaking from experience? There are people who've had trouble with it, but I have been unable to make it malfunction, if I move pictures around on a particular drive. Why not just take a copy of your catalog file, rename the folder and try it. You can always restore the catalog.
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Colin,
Thanks for the info. Its frustating not being able to rename folders in the Photo Browser, especially since you can right click on a folder and the Photo Browser offers the Rename function. But I can live with that.
I don't find the Reconnect files function to be as automatic as you imply. When I move a folder (using Windows Explorer)and then try to reconnect all missing files, it offers the dialog box listing the files that were moved. I use the Browse tab to identify the new Folder location, but then I have to click on reconnect for each photograph listed. Its a manual process, picture by picture.
The file information shown in the Reconnect dialog box appears exactly the same for the old file so I don't understand why it won't reconnect automatically.
I have my Preferences file set for automatically reconnecting files.
#3
Phil
When I have played with this, I used File/Reconnect/All missing files ...
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