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Hi,

Is there a way to stop a folder being scanned by Photos?
I have a folder "SlideME" (from android dual boot) which has toward 300 little icon which are appearing in my Photo's app and clogging it up.
I don't want to delete the folder.

Thanks!
 
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Originally Posted by kingoddball View Post
Hi,

Is there a way to stop a folder being scanned by Photos?
I have a folder "SlideME" (from android dual boot) which has toward 300 little icon which are appearing in my Photo's app and clogging it up.
I don't want to delete the folder.

Thanks!
Somebody suggested a while ago that the temporary folders are not indexed by default.

Therefore, if you put your folder inside "Temp" then the icons should not appear.
 
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Originally Posted by FifthFreedom View Post
Somebody suggested a while ago that the temporary folders are not indexed by default.

Therefore, if you put your folder inside "Temp" then the icons should not appear.
He can't move or rename the folder since SlideMe will be using it...
Or else SlideMe will make new icons AGAIN....
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create a folder named Private and keep those images there
 

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Originally Posted by kingoddball View Post
Hi,

Is there a way to stop a folder being scanned by Photos?
I have a folder "SlideME" (from android dual boot) which has toward 300 little icon which are appearing in my Photo's app and clogging it up.
I don't want to delete the folder.

Thanks!
I believe you are looking for 'tracker-cfg' from the app manager, under system. I don't know what repository it is in.
It allows you to configure the media tracker and the directories it catalogs.
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Where can I find information how to use "Tracker-cfg" to make sure images are not shown in my photos?
 
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Originally Posted by arnest View Post
Where can I find information how to use "Tracker-cfg" to make sure images are not shown in my photos?
Click on "NoWatchDirectory" and add the paths you don't want to be indexed. It is recursive so you only need to add the highest level directory.
 
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Oh, and you may need to rebuild tracker databae after making the change.
 
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Originally Posted by stlpaul View Post
Click on "NoWatchDirectory" and add the paths you don't want to be indexed. It is recursive so you only need to add the highest level directory.
I added /home/user/MyDocs/.images to the list. But I am not sure it helps since the directory was empty.
The problem is I don't know how find where this images are stored. Many of them are actually from themes. Any tip?

Last edited by arnest; 2010-06-20 at 03:53.
 
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How do I rebuild tracker database?
Sorry stupid question I find it.

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