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hclint
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December 17, 2024
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Migrating PSE to from old Windows 11 to new Win 11 Computer

  • December 17, 2024
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I'm migrating my PSE 2020 from a windows 11 older computer to a newer one. I use onedrive and while setting up my new computer, which had been backed up to onedrive, I just clicked the windows featue which restored my new computer with all the files that were on the old computer and had been routinely uploaded to sync in onedrive . This included my windows photo files which are all under the onedrive>picture library folder and set in folders by year and now sync downloaded and sitting in those by-year folders on the new computer. I did notice when I randomly compared the number of photos now in the new computer to the old photo files there are slight variations in the number. I had planned on just copying the catalogue from my old to my new computer since the photos were there but NOW I'm thinking it would be wiser to do a restore on my old Computer PSE files and restore it to the new computer. Problem is, I'm afraid if I do that I will end up with duplicate photos. Any thoughts on how to not end up with a mess here would be appreciated. I have way to many names tags etc using organizer to screw this up.
TIA, Clint
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Greg_S.
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Greg_S.Community Expert
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December 18, 2024

The Organizer does not make copies of the images stored on your hard drive.  It merely points to the ones that are already there.  So, if your OneDrive folder on your local hard drive is the source of your photos in the Organizer, you can simply copy the catalog to your new computer and when you open the catalog, the same files which have been synched to your new computer's OneDrive folder should be there in the catalog's database files, and all of the tag and face recognition info. should be intact.

With the limited information you have provided, it is impossible to tell why you have discrepencies in the number of files in the new and old computers.

I would just copy the catalog folder to the new computer and see what happens.  You lose nothing by doing this first.  If you don't configure a restore of the Elements backup properly, you could easily end up with duplicate copies of your media.

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