Bug 372041

Created attachment 102017 [details]
Import dialog screenshot

I am working on a prototype install of digiKam on Windows to show to my company. My album collection is located in a folder on the Desktop. I placed another folder of images on the Desktop and opened DK's "Add Folders" tool under the Import menu. I navigated to the folder I wanted imported, but DK by default also selected the parent (in this case C:\Users\library\Desktop). As seen in the attachment, the Directory field says '"Desktop" "target folder"', indicating that both will be imported. In addition, if I click other folders also on the Desktop, DK selects them all, instead of just the most recent click. If I want to deselect some I can ctrl-click them, but there's no way to deselect "Desktop" unless I navigate into a subfolder and then back out. Then, when I click my target folder, it is the only one that is selected.

Importing both caused a full system crash, because Desktop contains the target folder, and both are being copied into a folder that also lives on the desktop. DigiKam started trying to copy my archive into the new subfolder within the archive, over and over, creating recursive subdirectories. I did a hard reboot and used robocopy (http://superuser.com/a/1048242) to delete the new subdirectory. Now I know how to avoid this problem, but it could easily happen to others.

I have a feeling the problem may be specific to the Windows version of DK.

Thanks for your work on digiKam!