Synch and remove none-existing folders from catalogue

Mike Stahl

• February 14, 2024 19:36

What problem do you see this solving?

I deleted thousands of pictures from my catalogue using capture one. This deletion left many (more than 1000) empty folders on my hard drive. Unfortunately, it is not possible to select several folders in capture one for deletion. Therefore, I deleted those empty folders later in windows (outside capture one). Afterwards, I tried to sync my root folder in capture one but the sync operation does not remove the deleted folder from the catalogue view in capture one. Instead the empty folders are shown with a kind of warning icon.

Improvement proposal:

- Improve the sync operation to remove none-exisiting folders from the view in capture one

- Support selection of several folders for deletion.

Related bug report: 219707

When was the last time you were affected by this lack of functionality, or specific tool?
The problem persists as I am not able to remove thousands of folders unless spending several hours by selecting and deleting each folder separately.

Are you using any workarounds or other solutions to achieve your goals in Capture One?
No, I am not aware of a workaround

Are you happy to be contacted further about this suggestion or request?
Yes

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  Stefan Grossjohann

  • February 14, 2024 19:47

  Removing non existing Folders from the favorites would be great.

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  woefi

  • February 19, 2024 09:13
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  I am also disappointed that you cannot mark one specific folder as "ignore" (whether it is empty or not, just to exclude it from a catalog because its content does not belong there anymore)

  I recently ran into this when I tried to split a catalog into two:

  • First I exported the smaller part as a new catalog B,
  • then reopened catalog A and intended to remove the exported folders from it as they now live in cat B.
  • But no way: They would be deleted from disk!

  Possible workaround: "finding" unwanted folders and relinking them with "dummy* folders". (*making several empty new folders on disk which can safely be deleted)

  But I did not try this out, yet.

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  Walter Rowe

  Moderator

  • February 19, 2024 09:59

  

  woefi

  Delete Folder of a folder selected in the Library Folders tool does not delete the folder disk. It only removes it from the catalog.

  

  Notice the second screen grab explicitly says "Remove Collection Name from catalog?"

  

   

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  woefi

  • February 19, 2024 10:39
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  Walter Rowe Thank You! You are correct.

  I tested now and it works as you describe. (Although I could swear the dialog box told me it would delete on disk. So I never tried again... I have no screenshots. So I misremember obviously.)

  So, I retreat back to the OP's requests for:

  • (A) automatic removing empty folders via Sync,
  • (B) make a multi-select function for manipulating several folders/collections at once (also useful for exporting multiple selections in one go) 

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