Catalog Files *.PSA

Is there a way to tell PS Album to store its *.PSA catalog files in a particular subdirectory? Traditionally I've kept all my personal files in a subdirectory tree that makes it easy to backup all critical stuff. If apps scatter files all over the machine it makes it harder. I used to be able to do this with earlier versions of Album, but 3.2 doesn't seem to allow it.
Or I haven't figured it out anyhow.
Thanks.
Bill

Hi Bill,
The .psa catalog path cannot be changed in Photoshop Album Starter Edition. This is possible in Photoshop Elements where you can create catalogs at custom locations.
-Smriti

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Moving existing and future catalog files (.psa) to another HD partition? (WIN-XP-Elmnts5.0)

Does anyone know how I can tell Elements 5.0 to move all files it is creating and using, from my C: partition to my D: partition? I don't want Elements using the C: drive partition for anything (especially catalogs, thumbnails, etc...).
I have already (I think?) set the default new-catalog location to the D: drive, but I want to move the existing (and huge!) "My Catalog.psa" and everything related to it, to the D: drive where the new default catalog location is.
Is there a way to do this easily? I just completed a full (initial) backup, and moved 75% of my photos offline, so all I need to do is move the catalog files associated with them. (For reference, the photos themselves are stored on the E: partition, or DVD, not on the C: or D: drives).
THANKS!
Eric

first I would suggest a
File > Catalog > Recover
on that huge My Catalog.psa because it will cleanup and compact that catalog file.
Based on a forum tip from another participant, I used SAVE AS under the File > Catalog dialog to achieve placing a catalog and its associated Catalog Folders folder (which contains thumbnail cache and offline proxies) to a different hard drive.
During this Save AS process, I gave my Catalog a different name because I thought that it was a safer approach. The Title bar of the Organizer workspace shows the Catalog name - so I like definitively knowing what catalog I am referencing based on the catalog name.
I do recommend using a different name for the catalog when using this process.
FYI - I think that you will need to do a new Full PSE Backup after you have this newly named Catalog functioning OK on the new drive - because a PSE Backup is Catalog specific.
FYI- If you ever use the PSE File > Catalog > Open dialog, it will not not initially show this new catalog on the other drive. You must navigate yourself to the drive/folder containing your catalog and then it will work. It appears to initially only list catalogs in the default location: no big deal but disconcerting if you expect it to be present in the list and it is not.
You will still have Preferences under the user's Doc and Settings and of course, the Program Files folder structure.

Can PS Element catalog files .psa be read?

I have PSE 5.0 and used it to calalog my pics. I like it, but it is so slow on startup so that I thought Album Starter Edition might be good for me to view my pictures.
If I try to open the .psa catalog file created with Elements, however, I receive the message "unable to open catalog named ... because the file is incompatible".
Do they really have incompatible .psa files for Elements and Album??? Any help appreciated.

Unfortunately you cannot open PSE5 catalog in Starter Edition. One reason that I can think of is that PSE5 catalog is much more complicated than PSASE. PSE5 catalog contains RAW files, Creations etc which PSASE does not support.

Find Photoshop Elements 5 Catalog file

My computer crashed and was reformated and I had to re-install PE5 online and now i don't know how to import
my catalog back in. I am running Windows XP Professional.
Can someone tell me how to do this.
thanks

I was looking for catalog files and the ones i found were in c:programs/adobe/photoshopelements5/shared_assets/database/odbc
There is My Catalog.psa and My Catalog-undo.psa, which were created in 2006 and modified in 2010, which is when i ren-installed elements.
I am not sure if this is what i should be looking for or not as i tried to open them in elements in file and then catalog and then open and nothing happens.

Trying to Create a Catalog file using WSIM (Windows System Image Manager)

I have been looking online for a solution to htis problem for days and come up with nothing so any help would be amazingly helpful.
I have created a Windows 8.1 image which I would like to role out to all users within my company but when trying to create a catalog file I am getting an erorr message saying "Windows SIM was unable to generate a catalog." It says "Mounting
Windows Image file......This might take a few minutes" and then fails after 6-7mins.
When opening the log file I get this:
10:00 : Cannot obtain read/write access for F:\sources\install.wim.
In order to generate a catalog file, you must have read/write access to the Windows image file and its containing folder.
10:13 :
10:13 : Windows SIM was unable to generate a catalog. For troubleshooting assistance, see the topic: 'Windows System Image Manager Technical Reference' in the Windows OPK or Windows AIK User's Guide.
10:13 :
10:13 : System.InvalidOperationException: The operation failed to complete. ---> System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: String reference not set to
an instance of a String.
Parameter name: source
   at System.Globalization.CompareInfo.IsPrefix(String source, String prefix, CompareOptions options)
   at ?A0xfe36268f.ConvertToNtPath(String path)
   at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.CbsSessionAdaptor..ctor(String bootDrive, String imageWinDir, String servicingPath)
   at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageImpl.InitializePackages()
   at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageImpl..ctor(OfflineImageInfo imageInfo)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeConstructor(Object[] args, SignatureStruct& signature, IntPtr declaringType)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes)
   at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.Cpi.PlatformImplementation.CreateOfflineImageInstance(OfflineImageInfo imageInfo)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
The one image that did work (LiteTouchPE_x64.wim) was from the OS I imported to Microsoft Workbench but the components are different to any that I have seen online when looking on how to do this.
I have made sure that the architecture is x64 and tried from ISO files I have on the system already but get the same error.
This is the first project I have been involved in and only ever done IT support before this.
Thanks for your help in advance.

Yes I am trying to capture a reference image that I have created on another machine and then reploy this through MDT. I am trying to open the Unattend.xml file because the "Capture and Sysprep" fails on the reference machine when trying to run
Sysprep. When I try to open the Unattend.xml file in MDT I get the error below:
Performing operation "generate" on Target "Catalog".
Starting: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Bin\Microsoft.BDD.Catalog35.exe" "D:\Windows8.1 TEST3\Operating Systems\Windows8.1 x64\Sources\install.wim" 1 > "C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Temp\3\Microsoft.BDD.Catalog.log"
2>&1
No existing catalog file found.
PROGRESS: 0: Starting.
PROGRESS: 0: Creating mount folder: C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Temp\3\IMGMGR_install_Windows 8.1 Enterprise_njegg3ph.con.
PROGRESS: 5: Creating temp folder: C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Temp\3\IMGMGR_install_temp_qj0x3ga5.obv.
PROGRESS: 10: Mounting Windows image: D:\Windows8.1 TEST3\Operating Systems\Windows8.1 x64\Sources\install.wim. This might take a few minutes.
ERROR: Unable to generate catalog on D:\Windows8.1 TEST3\Operating Systems\Windows8.1 x64\Sources\install.wim: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process
   at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.WimImageInfo.PreCreateCatalog()
   at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageInfo.CreateCatalog()
   at Microsoft.BDD.Catalog.Program.DoCatalog()
Non-zero return code from catalog utility, rc = 2002

Format over catalog file, tried to recover file but now corrupt?!

I recently performed a format of my hard drive. When doing this, I did not back up my catalog file from photoshop elements(I have pse 8.0). I backed up everything else, and I do have all of the original full size photo files from my hard drive, ~11,000 image files which are now all put back to their exact same location on the hard drive as before the format. Horrible mistake on my part not to back this up, but I thought this info was stored in the individual photo files itself, but I know now that this info was in the catalog file that I more than likely have lost.
First off, following the format elements 8.0 was installed and all of my photos were migrated into elements(all thumbnails visible in organizer with no problems). Elements and the organizer worked perfectly fine, besides the fact that I had lost all of my tag and album info that was stored in the catalog file.
My husband purchased some file recovery software following the format of the hard drive to try and recover the catalog database file from the hard drive. The recovery software did find the file and was able to recover it from the partition of the hard drive that had been formatted over. Following the recovery of the file, he tried to move the file manually into the folder C:\program data\adobe\elements organizer\catalogs\my catalogs\. Doing this replaced the new catalog file that had been recently created by photoshops elements following the reformat with the one that was recovered by the recovery software. Next, he opened up Photoshop elements and tried to launch the organizer. Following this, we received the following message from organizer: “the catalog could not be opened, it is either corrupt, or the version is out of date and cannot be updated”. We then clicked on ok and then tried to hit the repair button, which it then told me that the catalog file could not be repaired. We also tried the File>Catalog> Open command in elements organizer to open the new catalog file and this gave me the same exact error message and same results.
We have also tried to run the psedbtool found on the web on the catalog file that was recovered by the recovery software. Unfortunately, the file is unreadable by the tool and the tool gives me the following message when trying to use the tool on the recovered catalog file: "can't open catalog database: file is encrypted or is not a database". I also tried the -csv file and -printVolumeTable options of the tool and it gives me the same message. Because I am getting this error message, it does not seem as if this tool will be able to help me with the recovered catalog database file.
Is my catalog file that I have recovered corrupt and unusable, or is there some way to get this file to work?
The recovery software I used if from Pareto Logic named "Data Recovery Pro". Could the problem be with the recovery software and maybe a different recovery software may do a better job of recovering the file?
Thnks for any help!

To make the story short, have you backed up your photos? If the answer is yes then why can't you create a new catalog and import the photos to this new catalog?
To create a new catalog, the basic process is:
1) Open the Organizer and click on File
2) Click Catalog
3) click New
4) Type a name for the new catalog
5) Click OK
Now it is a question of importing the photos to this new catalog. the basic process is as follows:
1) Open the Organizer and Click File
2) Click Get Photos & Videos
3) Click From Files and Folders
4) click "down-arrow" icon to choose the folder
5) CTRL+ Click on your photos to import (or CTRL + A to select all photos)
6) click Get Media
7) Click Show All to view your photos
Hope this gets you started. Your formatted hard drive will not let you get your old files so you are stuck. You should always make a habit to back-up your data on a flash drive because they are very robust and can be stored safely away from the computer you are working on. Your your machines own Hard Disk as a back-up store is definitively not a good strategy.

MDT 2012- Unattend.xml, or worse, No existing catalog file found.

Hello. Back again with a new issue.
MDT2012. Win 7 pro/ x64.. I've got a an issue with a recently Sysprep/Captured image. It was successfully captured with no errors, but won't deploy... citing
I initially had an issue with an Unattend.xml (the dreaded "5212 Welcome wizard failed" error) and it was suggested I:
Edited Unattend.xml file and : Navigated to the SPECIALIZE step
–highlighted “”amd64_Microsoft-windows-IE-InternetExplorer_neutral”” and
edited the “”IEWelcomeMSG”” feild, and unticked “”write image value.””
This did not resolve my issue, matter of fact, it may have made things worse, but since I'm not an expert, here I am.
The image I captured has IE11 (bad idea?) and the machine is fully patched as of a week ago. My latest error is when I got BACK to UNedit the Unattend.xml file... I'm greeted with this:
Performing operation "generate" on Target "Catalog".
Starting: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Bin\Microsoft.BDD.Catalog35.exe" "C:\DeploymentShare\Operating Systems\WIN7PRO-X64-JAN29
\WIN7PRO-X64-JAN29.wim" 1 > "C:\Users\(mynameremoved)\AppData\Local\Temp\Microsoft.BDD.Catalog.log" 2>&1
No existing catalog file found.
PROGRESS: 0: Starting.
PROGRESS: 0: Creating mount folder: C:\Users\(mynameremoved)\AppData\Local\Temp\IMGMGR_WIN7PRO-X64-JAN29_WIN7PRO-X64DDrive_pnjtetms.yq5.
PROGRESS: 5: Creating temp folder: C:\Users\(mynameremoved)\AppData\Local\Temp\IMGMGR_WIN7PRO-X64-JAN29_temp_2c1hyp2l.h5y.
PROGRESS: 10: Mounting Windows image: C:\DeploymentShare\Operating Systems\WIN7PRO-X64-JAN29\WIN7PRO-X64-JAN29.wim. This might take a few minutes.
ERROR: Unable to generate catalog on C:\DeploymentShare\Operating Systems\WIN7PRO-X64-JAN29\WIN7PRO-X64-JAN29.wim: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception:
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process
at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.WimImageInfo.PreCreateCatalog()
at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageInfo.CreateCatalog()
at Microsoft.BDD.Catalog.Program.DoCatalog()
Non-zero return code from catalog utility, rc = 2002
Then upon closing the above window, this sits behind it: ""Unable to edit the unattend.xml for this OS because no catalog could be located or generated""
I see the (an?) error regarding NO EXISTING CATALOG FILE FOUND... as well as PROCESS IN USE BY ANOTHER..
What can I do to resolve the above? And did I give you enough info here...?
Thanks!

The part for the disk drivers is ignore able. It applies the image to the disk perfectly it is the unatend.xml file that is missing. Also I have it set up
so if the second disk is missing that is would keep executing. You will notice this further down the line.
I have tested this on real hardware and a VM. the log that I have posted it from a VM (I typed it out by hand). The log for the real machine is basically the same except with out the disk errors (because It has two HDDs).

Migration of catalog file only to a new computer, keeping photos on external drive

I have PSE 10 on an old computer, and have all of my photos stored on an external hard drive. I now have a new computer with PSE 11 on it, and I'd like to move the catalog file, which sits on the old computer to the new computer so that I can use it to see all the photos on the external drive now. I do not want to do a full backup and restore, since the photos are staying on the same external hard drive. I just want the file that has all the tags and organizational information to move to the new computer. How do I do that? The system information process on the old computer said that the catalog is named My Catalog and is in a particular directory (C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Elements Organizer\Catalogs\My Catalog\), but I don't see a file by that name when I look there, even though in control panel I have the system set to no hidden files. Thanks for any help - I'm getting incredibly frustrated.

OK one last question - I moved the catalog file to the new computer, but I put it on the desktop. I double-clicked it and it all worked like a charm. And now all the temp files and such live there.
Is there a good way to move it into the Adobe folder? I tried moving it all into the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Elements 9 Organizer, but there isn't a "Catalog" folder like there was on the old computer. So I just moved it in the C:\Program Files\Adobe folder and double-clicked it; i got an error saying the catalog was corrupt or something. So I moved it back to the desktop and all is fine.
So how do I move it off the desktop - and where should i put it?

Multiple web catalog files for same rpd

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Where is photoshop elements 11 catalog files stored in windows 7 for carbonite to back up?

Where is photoshop elements 11 catalog files stored in windows 7 for carbonite to back up? Also any other files besides the pictures that I should back up?

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Where is photoshop elements 11 catalog files stored in windows 7 for carbonite to back up? Also any other files besides the pictures that I should back up?
Very important : your catalog does not contain your pictures. They are where you have imported them in your computer. If they are all under a master folder like 'My Pictures' or 'Pictures', you should set your backup software to backup those folders.
The catalog itself is mainly a database keeping all the information about your pictures : location, keywords, ratings, albums...
It's a folder containing the dababase and several other components. You find its location looking in the help section, system info.
The integrated backup / restore process in Elements saves both your media files and the catalog.
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Backing_up_your

Newbie question on managing catalog files & external drives

I'm new to Lightroom and just downloaded a trial version of LR4 earlier this week. I'm an amatuer photographer (and I really mean amatuer ) ... and serve as a volunteer for a local summer baseball team (college players). I've taken - on average - 5,000 photos per summer for each of the last 5 years. In addition to posting the photos of each game to my Phanfare.com site (where players and families can download them), I create a keepsake DVD with video clips and a slideshow for the players and coaches at the end of the season. If I decide to become a LR4 user, I would be organizing those photos from the past...as well as on a game-by-game basis this coming summer and into the future. In addition to backing up all of my photos to DVD and Phanfare.com, I have a designaed external hard drive for these photos. On the external drive, I have a different folder for each year and subfolders for each game. In the past, I've kept the current year photos on my laptop and back them up to the other locations as the season progressess.
As I map out my plans, I'm trying to figure out the best way to manage the past years photos, current year photos and the related catalog file(s). I won't always have the large external hard drive with me....and I don't have enough room on my laptop for all years. There are times I need to search for photos across multiple years; there are times only in the current year...although I have no problem restricting myself to using the large "master" external hard drive for those multiple year searches. I do have a portable 160 GB hard drive at my disposal that I can use and take with my laptop at all times if needed.
Would appreciate any advice on how best to set up the catalog files so that I can manage current year and past year photos...meet my mobility requirements for the current year...as well as the master external hard drive.
Thanks in advance for your help. (Hopefully my explanation and question makes sense)
Ralph
(PC / Windows 7)

Advice #1: use one catalog -- don't even think about multiple catalogs; multiple catalogs will not help, this will only hinder you in your work. Inside of Lightroom, you can easily organize different years, different teams, different players, different sports, and anything else you want to organize.
With regards to travel, you can export portions of your catalog to whatever HD you want to take with you.

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A little background: I've been looking for a tool that would allow me to host my photos from my network at home, but let me search my lightroom database (mainly by date, keyword, metadata, or location) on mobile devices (e.g. iPhone or iPad). There are a lot of services that provide publishing to cloud storage (e.g. Google Drive, icloud, etc.) and have companion apps, but I've found their search capabilities lacking and I'd rather just source the files from home. In my mind what I need is an even lighter weight SQLite database that contains the catalog information I want (and only that info) that I can sync with an app on my phone/tablet. I could also have a directory of very small previews that could also be synced. When I want a file I can select it and various higher resolution versions (up to and including the original file) could be stored in a local cache on the portable device. I could go on, but I think you get the idea.
In order to do this I need this lighter weight catalog file. I was going to write a perl or swift (I'm writing this for OS X) script that used SQLite to pull the relevant data out of my catalog and generate the new mini-catalog, but I figured I should give the Lightroom SDK a shot. I've never developed for Lightroom before and I don't know Lua, but I've got some time to learn. The first thing I thought I should check out was to see if anyone had built a plugin that did what I'm hoping to do. If so I could save a lot of time. I figured this forum would be a good place to check to see if anyone knows of such a plugin. If so, please let me know. I'd much appreciate it. If it's not possible, that would be good to know too.
Thanks,
David

I doubt there is a way to create a new catalog via plugin (without some serious stunt - i.e. nothing in SDK supports it), and remember - open/active catalog is locked (sql will fail), so you can only do the script if Lr is closed or has a different catalog open.

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Thanks, thats what I had expected, however I have never restored a backup so I could not confirm this for myself.

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