pbek
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3 years ago To be true I've no idea how PortableApps manages QOwnNotes. In portable mode QON looks into the app folder for a note folder and the settings files.
Theses are the two important files you need to watch that they are not gone from your usb stick:
Settings path / key: D:/USB/WD1TB/PA.c/PortableApps/QOwnNotesPortable/App/QOwnNotes/Data/PBE/QOwnNotes.ini
Application database path: D:\USB\WD1TB\PA.c\PortableApps\QOwnNotesPortable\App\QOwnNotes\Data\QOwnNotes.sqliteAnd that's your note folder:
D:\USB\WD1TB\PA.c\PortableApps\QOwnNotesPortable\App\QOwnNotes\Data\Notes
swwright
I am using QOwnNotes in the PortableApps.com suite. I don't know how long ago QOwnNotes was added to PortableApps. I started using QOwnNotes about a year ago, I think. I saw this problem soon afterward, in version 20.3.7. I'm currently running version 20.10.3.
The problem is: Every once in a while, I open QOwnNotes and it says, "Hi, welcome to QOwnNotes! Where do you want to store your notes?". And all the notes I've been saving in QOwnNotes are gone.
It is possible that this problem is caused by how PortableApps works. But it makes no sense to me.
Expected behaviour
Start PortableApps, open QOwnNotes Portable, begin editing my notes.
Actual behaviour
Start PortableApps, open QOwnNotes Portable . . . QOwnNotes displays "Welcome to QOwnNotes" window and asks where I want to keep my notes.
Steps to reproduce
This has happened to me a number of times in different circumstances. I have found one thing that consistently causes it to happen: Have the Notes folder open in a Windoze File Explorer window. Don't need to have any files open, just be LOOKING AT the Notes folder, when I start QOwnNotes.
This has also happened when I do NOT have the Notes folder open. Happened about 10 minutes ago. All I can think is that yesterday, I copied a couple of the notes out to the place where they will be used. But that suggests that QOwnNotes somehow "knows" I WAS looking at its Notes folder, and spitefully decided to trash my stuff. Makes no sense to me.
Anyway, if I stop when I see that "Welcome" window, and open the Notes folder, I can copy my notes elsewhere -- they haven't been deleted yet. Then I can set up QOwnNotes according to my preferences, (my notes get deleted at this point), open the saved notes in vim or some other text editor, and copy/paste them one at a time back into QOwnNotes. Painful.
Some details on QOwnNotes in PortableApps: QOwnNotes is located at PA.c\PortableApps\QOwnNotesPortable\App\QOwnNotes. The notes are located at PA.c\PortableApps\QOwnNotesPortable\Data\QOwnNotesData\Notes.
I would like to see this fixed. There is NO REASON why QOwnNotes should delete all my notes, just because I have the Notes folder open in WIndoze File Explorer.
Output from the debug section in the settings dialog
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QOwnNotes Debug Information =========================== ## General Info **Current Date**: `Fri Jan 22 18:00:58 2021` **Version**: `20.10.3` **Build date**: `Oct 9 2020` **Build number**: `770` **Platform**: `windows` **Operating System**: `Windows 10 (10.0)` **Build architecture**: `x86_64` **Current architecture**: `x86_64` **Release**: `GitHub Actions` **Qt Version (build)**: `5.13.2` **Qt Version (runtime)**: `5.13.2` **Portable mode**: `yes` **Settings path / key**: `D:/USB/WD1TB/PA.c/PortableApps/QOwnNotesPortable/App/QOwnNotes/Data/PBE/QOwnNotes.ini` **Application database path**: `D:\USB\WD1TB\PA.c\PortableApps\QOwnNotesPortable\App\QOwnNotes\Data\QOwnNotes.sqlite` **Application arguments**: `D:\USB\WD1TB\PA.c\PortableApps\QOwnNotesPortable\App\QOwnNotes\QOwnNotes.exe`, `--portable` **Qt Debug**: `0` **Locale (system)**: `en_US` **Locale (interface)**: *empty* **Primary screen resolution**: `1920x1080` **Screen resolution(s)**: `1920x1080, 1920x1080` **Icon theme**: `breeze-qownnotes` **Notes in current note folder**: `2` **Calendar items**: `0` **Enabled scripts**: `0` ## Server Info **serverUrl**: *empty* **appIsValid**: `yes` **notesPathExists**: *empty* **serverVersion**: *empty* **appVersion**: *empty* ## Spellchecking **Enabled**: `false` **Selected language**: *empty* **Language codes**: *empty* **Language names**: *empty* **Application dictionaries path**: `D:\USB\WD1TB\PA.c\PortableApps\QOwnNotesPortable\App\QOwnNotes\Data\dicts` ## Note folders **currentNoteFolderId**: `1` ### Note folder `default` **id**: `1` **isCurrent**: `yes` **activeTagId**: `0` **localPath**: `D:\USB\WD1TB\PA.c\PortableApps\QOwnNotesPortable\App\QOwnNotes\Data\Notes` **remotePath**: `Notes` **cloudConnectionId**: `1` **isShowSubfolders**: `no` **isUseGit**: `no` **activeNoteSubFolder name**: *empty* **database file**: `D:\USB\WD1TB\PA.c\PortableApps\QOwnNotesPortable\App\QOwnNotes\Data\Notes\notes.sqlite` ## Cloud connections ## Enabled scripts ## Settings **Editor/CurrentSchemaKey** (QString): `EditorColorSchema-6033d61b-cb96-46d5-a3a8-20d5172017eb` **LastUpdateCheck** (QDateTime): `2021-01-22T18:00:45.645` **MainWindow/mainToolBar.iconSize** (int): `24` **MainWindow/noteTextEdit.code.font** (QString): `Courier New,9,-1,2,50,0,0,0,0,0` **MainWindow/noteTextEdit.font** (QString): `MS Shell Dlg 2,8.25,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0` **MainWindow/noteTextView.code.font** (QString): `Courier New,9,-1,2,50,0,0,0,0,0` **MainWindow/noteTextView.font** (QString): `MS Shell Dlg 2,8.25,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0` **MainWindow/showNotesFromAllNoteSubFolders** (bool): `true` **PiwikClientId** (QString): `Relevant log output in the Log panel
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