Dunno if you’ve been monitoring the support threads but, since the 6.0 release, there have been a surge of lost databasepath preferences. Users here and on Reddit report the same problem. It is relatively simple to resolve (with a quick detour into exploring the recent-file.xml). But WHY is it hap…

This sounds like a potential contributing factor: [image] Homebase Variable Is Set And Verified But Trying To Open the Existing DB Pointed To Does Not Work You set the variable GRAMPSHOME in Windows before you install Gramps. When Gramps installs and runs for the first time, it will create the u…

I intalled 6.0 to test (have not made the switch to actually use 6.0) but 6.0 set up the user version folder and recognized the database folder in my user folder set by GRAMPSHOME.

Do you think that a Gramps -v could help eliminate this as a possible contributing factor? (That is, request that output from the people who reported.. and who report in the future… mis-matched databasepaths after import.)

[image] emyoulation: But WHY is it happening? Path issue? Like ‘Program_ _File’ under Windows OS? or any user local profile?

[image] romjerome: Path issue? Like ‘Program_ _File’ under Windows OS? or any user local profile? We are talking about the databasepath in the Family Tree tab of Gramps Edit → Preferences Their 5.2 gramps.ini value is reportedly not being converted to their 6.0 install. [image] However, t…

[image] emyoulation: We are talking about the databasepath in the Family Tree tab of Gramps Edit → Preferences Sorry, I often make “indirect” comment. In my mind, the path is stored into a XML file. How recent paths set into this ‘possible’ dedicated XML file are handled?

Media paths ARE stored in the XML archival files and the Gramps Data Model But the databasepath is stored externally in the gramps.ini file and loaded into the live SQLite database files. (I find Gramps Environmental Variables to be very conceptually challenging. Specifically unclear is: when each …

[image] emyoulation: But the databasepath is stored externally in the gramps.ini file and loaded into the live SQLite database files I mean something like: $ cat $HOME/.gramps/recent-files-gramps.xml

[image] romjerome: I mean something like: $ cat $HOME/.gramps/recent-files-gramps.xml Yes, as I was repeatedly explaining where to find the recent-files-gramps.xml and how to parse it, I wished that there was an easier way. It is reminiscent of the Recent-Items addon by @kku for Select Obje…

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another one today that has a slight variation… using the GRAMPSHOME environment variable.

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