Maintaining the Project Database

FotoFusion maintains a database on your system. This database saved thumbnails of dotScrap graphics, image caches, and information related to your projects.

Your FotoFusion projects will reload without assistance from this database. This means that you can move .scrap project files to another machine, and they will reopen. However, they would most likely give error messages about missing original images, so if you do need to move your projects, it is best to archive them to a .scrappackage format, as this will transport the original images with the project file.

Occasionally you might need to clean and rebuild the project database. This may occur if:

•	you have deleted projects or other components in FotoFusion directly in Windows Explorer;

•	after installing a new build;

•	if your database is very large and has not been cleaned up in a while;

•	if you have done general maintenance on your computer.

You will know you need to perform maintenance on the database if:

•	your projects are no longer visible in the OPEN screen;

•	you are receiving a DRM error;

•	your activation is continually lost;

•	FotoFusion prompts you to rebuild the project database.

To run a general maintenance on the database, do the following:

>> Click on FILE

>> Select Project Management

>> from the list of options, first PURGE STORE CONTENT. This will clean out all downloaded content (thumbnails and high-resolution content) from your system. This will NOT affect your ownership of dotScrap materials. Your user id gives you access to your purchased & free content.

>> next, CLEAN PROJECT DATABASE. This will get rid of file fragments that are no longer in use.

>> last, REBUILD PROJECT DATABASE. This will locate all active project file components.

The length of time to run this maintenance will depend on the number of projects and the amount of dotScrap content you have used, ranging from a minute to several minutes.