I think the software is designed to handle this quite easily, but remember I am still testing it. My intention is only to report on other options that may be useful to someone. The help file states: "If you move your image files to another directory or from your hard disk to CD or from CD to a CD with a new label, you have to tell PhotoArchiver to change the reference for these files. This can be done quite easily by the �Move image reference� that you�ll find in the �Database maintenance� submenu under the file menu." I have not used this tool, but the tools I have tested in 'Database maintenance' have been automatic and quite fast and easy. One shortcoming I have identified: You cannot print images and text. Baard indicates he plans to add this feature in the future. I am going to try a workaround which will involve creating a web page and then printing the album page from the browser. By the way, Baard is in Norway not Denmark as I erroneously stated before. Ron At 06:01 PM 12/21/02 -0700, Elizabeth wrote: >What happens to PhotoArchiver or similar organizer databases if the images >have to be moved to multiple, different folders? Moving and renaming >pictures is a habit after seven years. (grin) It didn't take long to learn >to keep file names a "reasonable" length for CD-ROM software. One error >message today from a saved Internet file with an original name more like a >sentence. > >Genealogists often report problems moving images linked to their family >files when they upgrade software, change computers or reformat a hard drive. >I lost 25,000 organized images on a single hard drive when it was moved to a >different computer but progressive backup CDs made in 1997 are still useful. >One or two CDs of historical pictures for each branch. > >My concern with any additional software is the amount of work required if >the information has to be moved to a different product. Everyone who works >with images suggests a different product or method. Simple Windows folders >of organized pictures grouped by topic and date can have text files and the >images can have meaningful names that allow them to be kept in order. >