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Post by michelb on Dec 29, 2018 9:52:51 GMT
I tried to help someone who had deleted an effect by error. My suggestion to delete and rebuild the mediadatabase.db3 did not help  . |
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Post by Sepiana on Dec 29, 2018 10:13:44 GMT
Michel, try deleting both the MediaDatabase.db3 and the ThumbDatabase.db3 file.
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Post by michelb on Dec 29, 2018 14:51:32 GMT
Thanks Sepiana. I have passed that info over... I am not yet ready to test myself by deleting effects  . |
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Post by PeteB on Dec 29, 2018 15:02:38 GMT
This is the time a Back-up of the computer helps. Any missings "parts" can easily be restored.  |
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Post by Bailey on Dec 29, 2018 20:46:10 GMT
This is the time a Back-up of the computer helps. Any missings "parts" can easily be restored. That's interesting. Which files need to be restored to restore the missing effect in PSE? |
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Post by michelb on Dec 29, 2018 21:06:04 GMT
The deleted effect was not mentioned.
I just got an answer (in the Adobe forum in French) that deleting also the ThumbDatabase did not succeed either. He deleted two effects.
I won't get an answer before tomorrow. Seems he wants to install anew on a second computer and try to copy the data of the FR_fr subdirectory in the first computer after taking copies for safety.
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Post by Sepiana on Dec 29, 2018 22:43:31 GMT
I just got an answer (in the Adobe forum in French) that deleting also the ThumbDatabase did not succeed either. He deleted two effects.
Michel, thanks for posting back! It looks like he deleted the effect from their "storage" folder. This explains why deleting/rebuilding those two databases didn’t do the job.
I believe it will work; I have done it before.
I am assuming he is talking about Effects (photo effects) and, if he is on Windows, it is just a matter of navigating the path below and copying/pasting the appropriate files. He will need to copy/paste the .atn file as well as the .xml, .png, and .thumbnail.jpg file.
C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\x.x\Photo Creations\photo effects
If the deleted effect was not a photo effect, can you get more information? Thanks! |
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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 31, 2018 5:42:20 GMT
I am with PeteB on this one; a simple System Restore will put you back to before the effect was deleted --- provided you don't play around too long.
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Post by Major Major on Dec 31, 2018 18:41:58 GMT
Well, not really so simple. You have to have saved a restore point fairly recently.
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Post by Bailey on Dec 31, 2018 20:51:57 GMT
I am with PeteB on this one; a simple System Restore will put you back to before the effect was deleted --- provided you don't play around too long. I don't believe that would resolve the issue. My understanding is that System Backup/Restore only affects the OS system files, not applications' software files and user data files. PeteB was referring to a full backup of the pc in which case you would need to know which individual application files to restore. |
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Post by Major Major on Dec 31, 2018 21:59:06 GMT
System restore definitely affects application software and data files.
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Post by Bailey on Jan 1, 2019 0:37:17 GMT
System restore definitely affects application software and data files. I am not convinced that is even close to being true. |
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Post by michelb on Jan 1, 2019 10:59:30 GMT
I would not trust a Windows restore, but a restore made by my Acronis backup system should work. The trouble is that I don't backup regularly, only at intervals or when there has been some OS or software updates. I may have to reconsider the backup frequency. I have taken care to keep only the OS and software files on my C: drive and to move what I can on other drives: documents (OneDrive and Dropbox...) That way I can keep my C: drive in a 150 GB partition which is backed up in about 45 minutes. I also keep my catalogs elsewhere. Those are saved after each editing session together with my library through Microsoft Synctoy.
Anyway, since that is not my personal issue, I am still waiting for some feedback from the user I was trying to help.
Thanks to all for your contributions and a happy new year to everybody .
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Post by Major Major on Jan 1, 2019 18:22:27 GMT
Probably right about the data files. But my comment on application software stands.
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Post by Bailey on Jan 1, 2019 20:20:30 GMT
Probably right about the data files. But my comment on application software stands. My understanding of the information in the MS help suggests both you and they cannot be correct. Therefore I choose to believe what MS say about how System Restore works to be correct since it is their product and software. |
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