\ \ \ \ \, , and folders can be named anything but it is usually best to name them something descriptive of the drive they must be mapped to. The Virtual Drive mapping requires that the directory to be mapped have the following structure:
Note: Map Virtual Drive function will only work if the directory structure of the drive to be mapped is correct. Click OK to exit the Edit screen, the Run Picasa should start Picasa correctly on that drive. Go to the Virtual Drive section and set the drive letter the pictures should be on, and check the box to allow mapping, If the drive is available. You can use the Map Virtual Drive function in PicasaStarter 2.0: Click Edit to go to the Database Configuration dialog. which would be a problem! One suggestion would be to use the P (for Photos) drive. This way chances are little that you would need to change the drive letter to an already occupied letter. It is a good idea to choose a higher drive letter than A ,B, C, D, E, F, or G. Remark: If you change the drive letter assignment according to the links above, if you disconnect and reconnect the external hard disk Windows will normally reuse the last used letter for this hard disk.
You can change the drive letter using this procedure: or Probably the drive letter assigned to the external hard disk is different on both computers. The only disadvantage to this approach is that the path to the database is more complicated and not very intuitive, but if you must maintain compatibility with PicasaStarter version1.5, the mess may be worth it.ġ) Picasa doesn't find my pictures on my external hard disk when I attach it to another computer. If not, Browse again more carefully.Ĭlick OK to exit the Edit screen, then clicking Run Picasa should result in Picasa running. Verify that the Base Path is now \Local Settings\Application Data. Modify the Base Path by selecting Browse to the right of the Base Path.īrowse in the base path down to the \Local Settings\Application Data\ folder, select the Applcation Data folder, and click OK. If you Really never want to convert a Database to 2.0 format: You can repeat the above steps for each database to convert all of them to PicasaStarter 2.0. The Virtual Drive tab can be ignored for now as there is no equivalent function in 1.5Ĭlick OK to exit the Edit screen, then clicking Run Picasa should result in Picasa running with the converted database. If you want to configure Backups, go to the Backup tab and set up your backup directory, How often, database only, etc. Push the Convert 3.8 Database button, and you should get a message that the database has converted successfully. Look at the Database Name, Description, and Base Path to make sure you have selected the intended database. Select a database and click EDIT to edit that database's settings. Run PicasaStarter by double-clicking on the exe file.
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