Created attachment 104222 [details] Patch Changes on mimetypes (Settings -> Views -> Mime Types) are applied only after restarting digikam. The attached patch fixes that in a way that the changes are directly applied (by scanning the collection) after confirming the dialog.
Git commit f51f6f5ec6cc2bafdbaf86cac7c429e71a8a9e69 by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 28/02/2017 at 08:51. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'. Apply patch from Jan Wolter to apply type mime registration in database without to re-start application. The database is now re-scanned in background after each changes in this config panel. FIXED-IN: 5.5.0 M +2 -1 NEWS M +17 -17 utilities/setup/album/setupalbumview.cpp M +2 -2 utilities/setup/album/setupalbumview.h M +1 -1 utilities/setup/album/setupcategory.cpp M +2 -2 utilities/setup/album/setupcategory.h M +34 -15 utilities/setup/album/setupmime.cpp https://commits.kde.org/digikam/f51f6f5ec6cc2bafdbaf86cac7c429e71a8a9e69