Syncing: Restoring deleted subcollection.

mistel
Hi,

I am using Zotero 5.0.22 and accidentally deleted a subcollection (an "Undo" option would be appreciated, btw). I followed https://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data "Restoring your Zotero library from a backup and overwriting synced changes" and copied zotero.sqlite.bak to zotero.sqlite. This works fine. However, when I now try to sync, the subcollection is deleted again. I resetted the data sync history but this did not help. Further, I cannot find the "Restore to Zotero Server" option and I cannot simply duplicate the subcollection like I can do for items. I also tried to create a new zotero account for syncing but zotero does not accept syncing my local files associated with account A to the new account B. Instead, a syncing to the new account B gives an empty library.
So how do I resolve this issue? I simply want to have my subcollection on the server again... Creating it manually is not an option as I have >10^3 items.
  • bwiernik
    That documentation is out of date with Zotero 5.

    Changing the name of the sub collection before syncing should work, I think.
  • dstillman
    Change the name of the subcollection and also add a temporary tag to all items within it.
  • mistel
    Renaming and adding a temporary tag works for _some_ but not for all items in the collection. Is there any other way? Also, unfortunately, the modification date of the items changes if I add a temporary tag.
  • dstillman
    You should also be able to just copy all the items to a new collection (which won't update the timestamp of the items).
  • mistel
    This seems to work. Thanks!

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