How to delete and rebuild the ZoomBrowser EX 3.x database

Contents:

Deleting the current database

Creating a new database

Adding additional image folders

Deleting the current database

1. Close all programs and open windows.
   
   
2. Open 'My Computer'.
   
   
3. Double-click the C: drive.
   
   
4. Double-click [Program Files].
   
   
5. Double-click [Canon].
   
   
6. Double-click [ZoomBrowser EX].
   
   
7. Double-click [Database].
   
   
   
   
8. Delete all the files named 'My Database'.
   - There are usually 4 files with this name, each with a different extension.  Delete all of them, even if there are more than four.
   
   
   
   
9. Close all windows to return to the desktop.
   
   

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Creating a new database

1. Start ZoomBrowser EX.
   
   
2. Typically, the first time ZoomBrowser is opened after deleting the corrupt database, an error message will display.  When this occurs, click [OK].
   
   
   
   
3. Another message will pop up to say that ZoomBrowser will exit.  Click [OK].
   
   
   
   
4. Start ZoomBrowser again.
   
   
5. An 'Open Database' window will pop up.  Click [Cancel].
   
   
   
   
6. Click 'File', and then 'Database'.
   
   
   
   
7. The ZoomBrowser EX Database window will pop up.  Click [New].
   
   
   
   
8. A warning window will pop up.  Click [OK].
   
   
   
   
9. Another window will appear.  Click the down arrow next to the 'Save In' box at the top of the window.
   
   
10. Click [C:].
    
    
11. Double-click [Program Files].
    
    
12. Double-click [Canon].
    
    
13. Double-click [ZoomBrowser EX].
    
    
14. Double-click [Database].
    
    
    
    
15. Type the words "My Database" (without the quotation marks) in the filename box at the bottom of the window, and click [Save].
    
    
    
    
16. Another window will pop up.  Click [Register image folder now].
    
    
    
    
17. Double-click [C:].
    
    
18. Double-click [Program Files].
    
    
19. Double-click [Canon].
    
    
20. Double-click [ZoomBrowser EX].
    
    
21. Click on [Image Library One] to highlight it.
    
    
22. Click [OK].
    
    
    
    
23. Click [OK] on the warning window.
    - Depending on the number of images stored in the Image Library One folder, and the system resources of the computer, it could take a while for ZoomBrowser to add all the thumbnail images and build the new database.
    
    
    
    

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Adding additional image folders

1. Click 'File', then click 'Register Image Folder'.
   
   
   
   
2. Double-click the drive letter (i.e. [C:]).
   
   
3. Browse to wherever the image folder is located (i.e. C:\My Documents\My Pictures)
   
   
4. Click [OK].
   
   
   
   
5. Click [OK] on the warning window.
   - Depending on the number of images stored in the Image Library One folder, and the system resources of the computer, it could take a while for ZoomBrowser to add the thumbnails for all the images into ZoomBrowser.
   
   
   
   

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