Archiving Elements Catalogue

[dorsetdruid]

Hi All
Need some help with Elements 5 so thought this would be a good place to start.
What I'd like to do is effectively 'empty' the catalogue space so it looks like it did when I first installed it. All the pictures currently in the catalogue I'd like to move to a file on my hard drive and also to a CD/DVD.
I've tried 'backing up' the catalogue to a file I've created on the HD but only a small percentage of the pictures find their way to it, even though the Elements software informs me the backup has been successful.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers guys
Dave

[donoreo]

Windows or Mac?

[Oly Paul]

Originally Posted by donoreo

Windows or Mac?

That would be Windows as Elements 5 was not Mac supported.

If you know where the original files are then just copy or move them using Windows explorer.

To get the organizer back to how it was on first install you can either select all the thumbnails in organise and select remove from catalog NOT DELETE or better still delete the Elements catalog (Usually found in Applications Data ,>User Name>Applications Data>Roaming>Adobe>Elements>Catalog) ,then when you restart the Organizer it will tell you it cannot find the catalog and do you wish to open a new one.