Folder and File Management with Photo Supreme

Physical Folder Mapping

In Photo Supreme, folders represent what is stored on the file system. What makes a folder unique in Photo Supreme includes:

1. The Medium Type (e.g., a Fixed drive or a Swappable drive)
2. The Medium Name (e.g., the volume name of a Windows Drive)
3. The Medium Serial Number (a unique identifier for the hard drive)

If you experience a disk failure and replace the disk with a new one, then restore your backup, the files on the new hard drive will match those from before the failure. However, Photo Supreme will still display the root of this drive as a red icon because the serial number of the drive has changed. By directing Photo Supreme to the folder on the new hard drive, you are instructing it to update its details.

It’s also possible that you relocated a folder on the hard drive outside of Photo Supreme. In this case, you can use the physical folder mapping feature to point Photo Supreme to the new location on the disk.

Regardless of the reason, right-click on the folder in Photo Supreme and select “Map to the Correct Physical Folder”.

That opens a folder selection dialog. Select the correct folder that corresponds with this folder and then click OK. Then will update the folder details in the catalog with those read from the folder that you have pointed to.