Already exist in catalog...

Trying to import my iphone photos and LR keeps telling me they already exist in the catalog but there's no way they already uploaded/They aren't there! Help!

There are a couple of steps for this...
You need to create a new Transaction object. So for example I created one and named it "nvo_trans_mysql".
Then go to "Declare Local External Functions" area of the Transaction object and declare your stored procedures. This is how I did mine.
3. Now go to your application object. Click on the Properties. Then click on the additional properties. Then change the SQLCA entry to your new Transaction object.
4. Now to call the Stored Procedure in your code, do like shown below.

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File already exists in catalog error message

When trying to scan a photo into the PSE 8 Organizer, I get the message "The file already exists in the catalog". It indicates the file c:/users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/PSAlbumImport/2014-02-23-1315-04/Image1.jpg. This file contains the image that I scanned in but it won't import into the Organizer. I now have several scanned photos with this problem, all in different directories. How can I fix this?

My scanner software requires me to scan to photo software when scanning slides or negatives so the folder suggestion does not work.
I have found a work around . I now scan into the organizer of my PSE 5 program which then shows up in the browser as new files when I open PSE 9.
The PSE 5 program will scan all 4 slides without any problems. This didn't fix the problem in PSE 9 but I can get my scans done.
I just wish Adobe support would get off their *** and respond to problems. I emailed them a week ago and have not received any response.
Thanks for your response.

PSE 9 and 5 will not import - says the file already exists in the catalog !

I've already wasted 2 days looking for answers to this. When someone buys this program, at least half of the price is paying for the database in the Organizer - yet even John Ellis himself, who seems to know more than anyone about it, has gone to Lightroom. This is bad coding!!!
Upgraded from 5 to 9. If you read my previous posts, this took 2 days too, and phone help from a tech, because it would not install in my XP computer. It did upgrade the Organizer from 5, although many of the symbols are unusable and don't work to help me identify my tags. However, now I see that neither 5 nor 9 is able to look at a file and display thumbnails that are in it.
I move files around a lot for my business. Any half-way good database should be able to find the missing files, and also add any new images. Say I have 10 images in file A, then add 2 more to make 12. It can't see the added images! Says can't import, the file already exists in the catalog.
I tried: updating thumbnails, recover, repair, in both 5 and 9 - nothing works. to import the images that I can SEE in these folders! I read here that it will not import files if the same name is somewhere else. That alone is a problem. But I think it's more than that: even if the file used to be in another folder, folder B, it won't recognize that it's in folder A now!
Since PSE9 uses sql db, shouldn't that be better than 5 and be able to do simple tasks like this?
Any advice or similar experiences eagerly welcomed.

Thank you for replying, dj paiqe.
Do you mean the first little section that says photos may not be displaying? Yes, those just reveal hidden photos and are very basic. I did them.
I guess we disagree about databases and what they are designed to do, or maybe I didn't explain this well.
I did not move the images outside of the catalog: I move them to various folders, all already imported WITHIN the catalog, as I send them to various editors. (these are all drawings, not photos, and I do this professionally, so it needs to work).
Folder A and Folder B and Folder C have already been imported into the catalog. So if I move 2 images from folder B into folder A, the Organizer is simply lost, says image already exists, and everything is totally screwed up, as the image is no longer in folder B, and it can't find it in folder A!!! The problem is, unless I memorize the image name, say Image 9, I can't tell it to reconnect, as there is no longer an image in front of me! So there are 2 images, without names, now nowhere to be found. Inefficient, to say the least.
I've never tried Lightroom or Filemaker, but I cannot believe that they would lose data like this. I think it's the Folder coding that's not working in PSE, and I wanted this to work so badly!!!!!
I am willing to do it the PSE way, since you now have captions, keywords, etc, and it is a very powerful database, when it works. I understand that one is supposed to move images within the Organizer, obviously. But now many images are disconnected. I could start all over importing, but is there any way to do that without losing tags and categories?

Trying to scan but I get an error "The file already exists in the catalog"

I cannot scan, every time I try scanning I get an error "Nothing was imported. The files or folders selected to import did not contain any supported file types, or the files are already in the catalog.
I checked the temp directory, Files do exist which I deleted several times ut it did not help.
I updated the application which did not help.
I ran repair and re-construct the catalog but that did not help either.
Please help.

I am sorry, but that does not help me very much.
Fist:
4) I had over 8000 photos and videos, I think Catalog cannot handle this big data base, so I guess its got corrupted and I had to remove the catalog and create multiple catalogs, which I think is terrible because I have browse through each catalog separately.
This is not a big catalog, I have a catalog with 70 000 items and some have still much bigger catalogs. As you have discovered, splitting catalogs for this reason is not the solution.
trcns a écrit:
What I mean is
1) Its not a scanner causing a problem,
2) Its not Photoshop Element's scanning module causing the problem
3) Its Photoshop Element's Catalog creating this problem
Another way to put it is that you have the problem when using the organizer to scan several pictures. The files are scanned and saved on your disk (with an empty file name plus .jpg or .png extension). You can open them in the editor, but you can't 'import' them in the catalog unless the catalog is empty or you have not scanned prviously.
Is that right?
Since you have not scanned from the editor, it must have been from the organizer.
What I don't understand is which command you have issued to scan and what has happened then. What is your Elements version? You have stated that you are on Windows 8. It may help to know what is the model of your scanner.

Can`t rename computer computer account is already exists

We have domain on 2 DC`s(1 is GC and the 2nd is DC(Server 2008r2 ent)), Sometimes we need to replace old computers to the new ones. But they have to to be named like the old ones. So sometimes after removing old comuter from the AD, we still have an error
message "Can`t rename, computer account is already exists" where else should we remove it????????

Let's try the following:
- configure the other domain controller as a Global Catalog - this should be the case in a single-domain forest
- force the garbage collection by following http://blogs.technet.com/b/ad/archive/2009/03/24/taking-out-the-trash.aspx
Check the list of deleted objects again afterwards.
If this does not provide the resolution, restore the tombstone of one of the deleted computers (followhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.09.tombstones.aspx ),
rename it , and delete it
hth
Marcin
i`ve tried all of that except, configuring other Dc as GC, i ve found an article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737269(v=ws.10).aspx it
says that nothing would happen if two DC`s will be GC`s, but it vad not been written that this article aplies to win2008r2 only to earliests OS`s, so i`m affraid if something wrong will happen if i will promote another DC to GC, or i`m wrong??!
I couldn`t force garbage collection, but i`ve enabled log as you said, and it seems to be no trouble with it....
about the restoring tombstone.... i ve stuck on the step when i should search the deleted object, because search result "getting 0 entries"
The same thing is about the article that Sandesh Dubey had linked "http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd379509(v=ws.10).aspx"
if i am not wrong, i should go to Configuration in tree of ldp and then to the Deleted Objects, but it says that there is no children.
Please people be patience with me, i really am need your help!

Device ID already exists - ISE1.3 issue

Hi ,
Anyone can help guide me. How to solve this issue.
My authorization rules allow ONLY Registered Device to access. During the testing I deleted a client's MAC from Endpoint Identity Group List > RegisteredDevices. Then I try to register the device again through My Devices portal. Error show "Device ID already exists".
I try to find out from the document but it's not much help. The document is not clear. It said
Errors When Adding Devices to My Devices Portal
Employees cannot add a device, if another employee has previously added it such that the device already exists in the Cisco ISE endpoints database.
If employees attempt to add a device that already exists in the Cisco ISE database:
   •   And it supports native supplicant provisioning, we recommend adding the device through the BYOD portal. This will overwrite any registration details that were created when it was initially added to the network.
   •   If the device is a MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB) device, such as a printer, then you must resolve ownership of the device first. If appropriate, you can remove the device from the endpoints database using the Admin portal, so that the new owner can successfully add the device using the My Devices portal.
another source from cisco
When I try to add a device, I get an error that says that the device already exists, but I do not see it listed as one of my devices. How can I add this device?
That error means that someone has already added the device to the system. If it does not appear on your list, one of your coworkers has registered the device already.
You have several options for resolving this situation:
   •   If you are attempting to add a device such as a printer, you will need to contact your help desk to locate the current owner and to resolve this issue for you.
   •   Regardless of the device type, you can contact your help desk so that they can verify who registered the device previously and delete it from the database so you can re-register it.
Some source tell me to delete device from My Device portal that was registered. However, the device is not shown there.
Any suggestions are welcome. Thank you.
Nipat CCIE#29422

This happens normally when you register one host against the zlm server, stop zmd, delete the deviceid and secret file, start zmd and register it again against the zlm server without deleting the existing device in the zlm web interface.
What happens at this time is that the zlm client registers with the deviceid and the secret against the zlm server. In the web interface you see the hostname of it. If you open the details, you see the guid of the host which equals the deviceid.
When the zlm client communicates with the zlm server it uses the deviceid and the secret to login and query the bundles, catalogs and policies assigned to it.
So now when the zlm client is stopped, the files deleted, the zlm recreates them the next time it is started. After registering against the zlm server, it tries to login with the new deviceid and the new secret. There is already such a host entry, therefor it renames one and register with the new values again.
Do you have maybe a cron job or something that deletes those files and restarts the zlm client ?
Rainer

Restore (file already exists)

Hello
1-)Why does restore fail in below scenerio?
2-)'C:\TEST.DBF' datafile is not in my backupset,Why oracle attempts to restore it?
rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sun Jul 26 12:29:42 2009
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
connected to target database: XE (DBID=2563855341)
RMAN> backup database;
Starting backup at 26-JUL-09
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=38 devtype=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
input datafile fno=00003 name=C:\ORACLEXE\ORADATA\XE\SYSAUX.DBF
input datafile fno=00001 name=C:\ORACLEXE\ORADATA\XE\SYSTEM.DBF
input datafile fno=00002 name=C:\ORACLEXE\ORADATA\XE\UNDO.DBF
input datafile fno=00004 name=C:\ORACLEXE\ORADATA\XE\TEST1.DBF
input datafile fno=00005 name=C:\ORACLEXE\ORADATA\XE\TEST2.DBF
input datafile fno=00006 name=C:\ORACLEXE\ORADATA\XE\TUNTEMP.DBF
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 26-JUL-09
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 26-JUL-09
piece handle=C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\BACKUPSET\2009_07_26\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20090
726T122957_56R8JRNJ_.BKP tag=TAG20090726T122957 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:02:18
Finished backup at 26-JUL-09
Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 26-JUL-09
piece handle=C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\AUTOBACKUP\2009_07_26\O1_MF_S_693232337_5
6R8O2N0_.BKP comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 26-JUL-09
C:\Documents and Settings> sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sun Jul 26 12:32:44 2009
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
sys@XE> create tablespace test datafile 'C:/test.dbf' size 3m;
Tablespace created.
sys@XE> shut immediate;
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
RMAN> restore database;
Starting restore at 26-JUL-09
using channel ORA_DISK_1
creating datafile fno=7 name=C:\TEST.DBF
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 07/26/2009 12:41:17
ORA-01119: error in creating database file 'C:\TEST.DBF'
ORA-27038: created file already exists
OSD-04010: <create> option specified, file already existsIf I restore old controlfile, it again gives the same error,old controlfile doesnt aware of the new tablespace, and this new datafile is not in my backupset. so why it gives this error?
RMAN> restore controlfile from autobackup;
Starting restore at 26-JUL-09
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=35 devtype=DISK
recovery area destination: C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\flash_recovery_area
database name (or database unique name) used for search: XE
channel ORA_DISK_1: autobackup found in the recovery area
channel ORA_DISK_1: autobackup found: C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\AUTOBACKUP\2009_
07_26\O1_MF_S_693234306_56RBLMM1_.BKP
channel ORA_DISK_1: control file restore from autobackup complete
output filename=C:\ORACLEXE\ORADATA\XE\CONTROL.DBF
Finished restore at 26-JUL-09
RMAN> restore database;
RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 07/26/2009 12:41:17
ORA-01119: error in creating database file 'C:\TEST.DBF'
ORA-27038: created file already exists
OSD-04010: <create> option specified, file already exists

Hi Bobo Dasilva,
What you showed according to your output is you created an autobackup without the info on the datafile called:
C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\AUTOBACKUP\2009_07_26\O1_MF_S_693232337_56R8O2N0_.BKP
Than you created the tablespace which implictly created a new controlfile autobackup because you changed the structure of the database.
C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\AUTOBACKUP\2009_07_26\O1_MF_S_693234306_56RBLMM1_.BKP
This last controlfile autobackup is than used by the restore process which is the reason the controlfile is aware of the extra added datafile.
Best would be to to force the restore of the controlfile from O1_MF_S_693232337_56R8O2N0_.BKP if you want the controlfile not to contain the info.
Regards,
Tycho

Device name already exists changed to

A couple of months back I upgraded my SLES 10sp1 servers to SLES 10sp2 using ZLM. My ZLM server is running SLES 11 and version 7.3 of ZLM. My SLES 10sp2 servers are running the ZLM 7.3 client. When I look in ZCC under the Hot List it shows my main ZLM 7.3 SLES 11 server with a warning status for almost all my hosts. When I click on that to see what is going on the Event log states: Device name already existed, changed to MYSLES10HOSTNAME while attempting to register host: MYSLES10HOSTNAME I clear all these events and later on they are back. Sometimes the same ones sometimes others. I currently maintain about 200 servers using ZLM and the Event log has 44 devices with this message. What setting do I need to change or delete? Or better yet what do I need to do to correct this behavior?
Thanks!

This happens normally when you register one host against the zlm server, stop zmd, delete the deviceid and secret file, start zmd and register it again against the zlm server without deleting the existing device in the zlm web interface.
What happens at this time is that the zlm client registers with the deviceid and the secret against the zlm server. In the web interface you see the hostname of it. If you open the details, you see the guid of the host which equals the deviceid.
When the zlm client communicates with the zlm server it uses the deviceid and the secret to login and query the bundles, catalogs and policies assigned to it.
So now when the zlm client is stopped, the files deleted, the zlm recreates them the next time it is started. After registering against the zlm server, it tries to login with the new deviceid and the new secret. There is already such a host entry, therefor it renames one and register with the new values again.
Do you have maybe a cron job or something that deletes those files and restarts the zlm client ?
Rainer

Files Already Exist when Reconnecting Presumably Missing Files

I am struggling to clean-up several hundred files in my PSE organizer database.
Whenever I run the reconnect all command (or any other command that requires reconnecting first), PSE locates a large group of presumably missing files. PSE's "Reconnect Missing Files" dialogue shows me the former location of the files. I browse to that location and find the files still there. I then select the file and press reconnect. Unfortunately, I then get an error that says "The file already exists in the catalog." This clears the missing file problem for the moment. However, when I run another missing file check, it will again find these same files. I have attempted to reconnect them several times but PSE continues to tell me that they need to be reconnected but still knows where the files are.
I have already run a database repair (no errors were found).
I also ran a database optimization without issue.
Some system information:
Win7 Home Premium Service Pack 1
Dell XPS i7 Computer
6gb RAM. >350gb of free hard disk space
PSE 12....but also had the same problem on PSE 11. I upgraded hoping that the problem would be solved. It wasn't.
Thanks for any assistance in clearing this problem for me.
-Bruce

I solved my own problem...although I do not know what caused it nor why Adobe's program didn't fix it for me.
The "missing" entries that were being highlighted were all duplicate entries. Adobe won't allow for a duplicate entry to the same physical file. I deleted all the offending entries and this cleared my problem. I hope this solution helps others.
-Bruce

Need help with Sharepoint foundation web application stuck on "STOPPING" error job-service-instance-GUID Number already exists

Hi All,
I cant get to stop SharePoint foundation web app service. Its stuck on status stopping
I have tried the following:
reset IIS
restarted the Timer Service
When I try to use powershell command to stop I get the following error:
Can anyone who went through this help PLEASE
Stop-SPServiceInstance : An object of the type
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPServiceInstanceJobDefinition named
"job-service-instance-1ff39eb2-12d2-457d-a749-265e350eb1b1" already exists
under the parent Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPTimerService named
"SPTimerV4". Rename your object or delete the existing object.
At line:1 char:127
+ ... pplication"} | Stop-SPServiceInstance
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Share...ServiceInstance:
SPCmdletStopServiceInstance) [Stop-SPServiceInstance], SPDuplicateObjectEx
ception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPCmdletStopServ
iceInstance

Hi,
It seems that the issue is in the timer job definition for executing this operation.
My suggestion is to start the service again and delete the job definition from the error and again try to stop it.
This might be helpful:
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/22368/is-there-a-powershell-cmdlet-to-delete-a-timer-job
I had a lot of issues in the past when try to stop this instance after the Web apps are provisioned.
As general rule now If I have multi-server Farm topology that has servers that should not serve Web App requests I turn off the service prior to provisioning any Web Apps in the Farm.
BR,
Ivan

Error: Source system already exists. Message no. RSAR201. Points rewarded.

Error: Source system already exists. Message no. RSAR201
We have installed a BI 7.0 system recently and I am setting up the server to connect to SAP ERP.
In TA SM59 a connection to the SAP ERP has been established. The Remote Logon is OK, (meaning clicking it nothing happens). The Connection Test is OK.
According to the Best Practices paper: B84: BI Connectivity (B84)
http://help.sap.com/bp_biv170/BBLibrary/documentation/B84_BB_ConfigGuide_EN_DE.doc
I have done the following:
In TA RSA1
1.     Choose Modeling.
2.     Choose Source Systems.
3.     Select SAP in the window on the right.
4.     Choose the Context menu (right mouse click).
5.     Choose Create.
6.     Make the following entries:
Available destination: (The above tested connection)
Background user in source system: RFCUSER (I created the user in ERP according to step 1.4 in B84)
Password for source system: *****
Background user in BI: RFCUSER (I created the user in BI according to step 1.4 in B84)
Password for BI user: *****
8.     In the dialog box Please log on as an administrator in the following screen choose Continue.
9.     Log on to the Source System with your administrator user. Choose the correct client.
10.     On the dialog box New Source System Connection choose Continue.
THEN I GET THE ERROR:
Source system already exists.
Message no. RSAR201
What is wrong? I cannot locate any SAP notes to help on this problem.
Best regards,
Carsten Pold

Hello Carsten,
just some guessing at this point...
a)
Is the connection really new? For example, was there another system connected to that ERP, maybe with the same logical name? Or was any of the two systems copied from another system?
b)
Authorisations issues in this process may result in strange error messages. Make sure that the admin user in step 9 really has SAP_ALL. There are a lot of complex activities that this user must be able to do (ALE management, RFC access etc.). To exclude issues with the RFCUSER users: If possible, give them SAP_ALL, too. Of course only temporarily for testing.
c)
I normally don't use existing RFC destinations. Usually, I let the system create those, too. So maybe it makes a difference if you remove the RFC destinations on both sides and try again. In that case, you will of course have to provide the RFC details when creating the source system connection...
I hope this brings you forward a little...
Regards,
Christian!

Lightroom not putting folders in subdirectories as directed on import; then not letting me move folders to clean up because "folders already exist" (but they don't!) Please help!

I have used Lightroom for years and have never had issues importing until a few weeks ago. I have a very organized system of files for my portraits - "Portraits" > "Babies & Families" > "2014" > "(Surname)". While importing I create a subfolder using the family surname under "Destination" in LR. It shows an italicized folder in the correct place prior to clicking "Import," but when I go to "Library" mode to select the folder, all the newly created folders are now on the root directory. I try to then drag and drop them to their proper place, but I'm told that a folder by this name already exists in that destination and won't allow the move. Tried emailing a contact at Adobe, and then followed up with a phone call, but haven't heard back. Desperately need help before my entire file system becomes one big mess. Any thoughts or advice graciously welcomed.
Thanks,
Anita

Thanks for the tip. That partially took care of the problem. Now all the orphans are back together, but a new root folder called "Photos" has been created as the parent of a new set of "Portraits" > "Babies & Familes" > "2014". So now I have Root folder > "Portraits" > "Babies & Familes" > "2014" > "Surname" AND "Portraits" (at root) > "Babies & Familes" > "2014". I've tried to drag the Surname folders into the preexisting "2014" but it says they already exist, so then I tried dragging "2014" under the preexisting "Portraits" and was able to do that but it somehow screwed up the original "2014" folder which now has a "?" next to "2014" and all it's contents! It's getting worse! What now?

How do I get the pictures from my iPhoto on my external Hard Drive to show up in the already existing iPhoto on my MacBook?

I have an early 2008 MacBook. I had been using iPhoto on this MacBook until I purchased an iMac in 2011, at which time I copied my iPhoto Library from my MacBook to my iMac. Then I realized that my pictures and music were consuming the memory on my iMac, so I moved iPhoto and my iTunes LIbrary to an external Hard Drive. Now I am in a situation where I do not have access to my iMac, but will need to use my MacBook as my main computer for the next year. So, I have my iPhoto on an external hard drive and I plug it into my MacBook and see the iPhoto Library folder, but when I click on it, it opens up the old iPhoto that is still existing on my MacBook and will not show any of the new pictures?! At first I thought it wasn't able to show up anything because my MacBook was running two operating systems behind what my iMac was when I was running my iPhoto Library from that computer. So, I upgraded to OS X 10.7.5 and upgraded the existing iPhoto on my MacBook to iPhoto '11 version 9.4.3. However whenever I plug in the external hard drive and click on the iPhoto Library folder to open it up, it is still just opening up the already existing iPhoto on the MacBook (with my older pictures) rather than the iPhoto on the hard drive (with my newer pictures). How can I access my pictures that are on my external hard drive?

Thank you for your advice. I followed your directions, but came up with the same results. However, I did discover that whenever I open up the iPhoto Library that is already existing on my MacBook a certain set of pictures shows up. But then when I open up the iPhoto Library from the Hard drive another set of pictures shows up. BUT not ALL of my pictures are showing up on the iPhoto Library from the hard drive. At least the last two years of pictures are not showing up?! Actually, it appears that all the pictures are there from when I started using iPhoto about 5 years ago up until around the time that I got my iMac desktop computer and started using that (2 years ago). I have noticed that more recent videos I have made are showing up in a folder on the hard drive, but will not appear when I open up iMovie?! Any ideas on how to access my pictures from the last 2 years off of the hard drive???

I plugged in my brand new nano to my husbands desktop to get it registered, but had a problem mid way through when I tried to used an apple login that already existed. Now it's not registered and the computer won't recognize my device. How do I fix this

I plugged in my brand new nano to my husbands desktop to get it registered, but had a problem mid way through when I tried to used an apple login that already existed. Now it's not registered and the computer won't recognize my device. How do I fix this?

iPod not recognized in 'My Computer' and in iTunes for Windows
Call U.S. iPod and Mac technical support: 1-800-APL-CARE (1-800-275-2273) to register your iPod Nano.

Cannot backup my files / copy my files and folders due to error message " The operation can't be completed because an item with the name ".DS_Store" already exists. "

Hi Apple community!
I have a [rather worrying] problem.
When I try to copy all my files from my documents on my mac [or the entire documents folder] into an external drive, I get this error message
" The operation can’t be completed because an item with the name “.DS_Store” already exists. "
I am not given an option to skip this file or anything else.
But I simply cannot complete the operation!
I have tried deleting a few of the .ds_store files, [both in the original and in the destinations]
but no success.
The same thing keeps happening.
At first, this was just happening when I was trying to backup to my dropbox folder [the one on my mac's harddrive, which gets synced to the cloud],
but then I tried to back up my documents to my external hard drive, and I realized it is giving me the same error message.
So effectively, it seems I cannot backup my files anywhere!
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, or by corruption of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. Note: If FileVault is enabled on some models, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain iMacs. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin. Test while in safe mode. Same problem? After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

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