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dueker1
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July 12, 2019
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how to restore parent catalog

  • July 12, 2019
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Photoshop Elements 2018

windows 10 on a home computer

I have created a catalog named "child"  It contains 218 media files.  I named it child as it is a subset of the parent which contains 1800 media files.

Apparently, I did not give a name to the parent media a catalog name.

I am able to open the child folder without a problem.  The question (issue) is that I don't know how to open the parent media containing the 1800 media files.

issue -> how do I open the parent media folder which contains 1800 media files??

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Correct answer Greg_S.

If you are truly talking about a catalog, go to File>Manage Catalogs.  If you have created the catalogs in the default locations, they should both appear in the box.  The "unnamed" catalog will probably have the default name of My Catalog.  If you did not create the catalogs in the default location, you will have to check the Custom Location radio button and browse for wherever you located the catalog.

If you still can't find the catalog, do a Windows search for a file called catalog.pse18db.  Double-click on the file and that will open the catalog.

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Greg_S.
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Greg_S.Community ExpertCorrect answer
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July 12, 2019

If you are truly talking about a catalog, go to File>Manage Catalogs.  If you have created the catalogs in the default locations, they should both appear in the box.  The "unnamed" catalog will probably have the default name of My Catalog.  If you did not create the catalogs in the default location, you will have to check the Custom Location radio button and browse for wherever you located the catalog.

If you still can't find the catalog, do a Windows search for a file called catalog.pse18db.  Double-click on the file and that will open the catalog.

Greg_S.
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Greg_S.Community Expert
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July 12, 2019

BTW, I'm curious why decided to create a child catalog.  There are probably many other ways to accomplish your goal.

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    dueker1Author
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    July 13, 2019

    creating a child catalog was the only way I could think of to accomplish my goal.  I am not a new user to PSE, but I have taught myself how to use it.  Which works fine until I run into an issue such as creating a child catalog.  My intent was to use the parent as a template by copying the parent, then eliminating the unwanted sub categories.  That was what I wanted to do, but it didn't work out that way.

    If you would be so kind as to provide an easier way to accomplish my goal, I would greatly appreciate it.

    Thank you - Jim

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