Upgrade Storagezotero broken - help!
Hi
I just tried to do something that has gone wrong. I cut and pasted my entire Zotero file from Program Files x86 on my own device, and pasted it into my shared drive on the UCL network. I then couldn’t access my database with the file in the new location, so I cut and pasted the file back into Program Files on my computer (I’d still like to be able to move this to my UCL drive so that I can access it on the desktops if required, but that’s not my priority right now).
Now I can’t access Zotero at all. I get an error message. Please can you advise what I need to do to correct it and get my (hundreds of) bibliography references back.
Thank you
(note there are no updates to be installed).
Database upgrade error
Error: Error(s) encountered during statement execution: unable to open database file [QUERY: DELETE FROM itemTypesCombined] [PARAMS: ] [ERROR: unable to open database file]
Zotero.DBConnection.prototype.queryAsync<@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/db.js:668:10
From previous event:
TaskImpl_handleResultValue@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:396:7
TaskImpl_run@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:327:15
TaskImpl@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:277:3
createAsyncFunction/asyncFunction@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:252:14
Task_spawn@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:166:12
ConnectionData.prototype<.executeTransaction/promise</transactionPromise<@resource://gre/modules/Sqlite.jsm:593:28
TaskImpl_run@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:319:42
I just tried to do something that has gone wrong. I cut and pasted my entire Zotero file from Program Files x86 on my own device, and pasted it into my shared drive on the UCL network. I then couldn’t access my database with the file in the new location, so I cut and pasted the file back into Program Files on my computer (I’d still like to be able to move this to my UCL drive so that I can access it on the desktops if required, but that’s not my priority right now).
Now I can’t access Zotero at all. I get an error message. Please can you advise what I need to do to correct it and get my (hundreds of) bibliography references back.
Thank you
(note there are no updates to be installed).
Database upgrade error
Error: Error(s) encountered during statement execution: unable to open database file [QUERY: DELETE FROM itemTypesCombined] [PARAMS: ] [ERROR: unable to open database file]
Zotero.DBConnection.prototype.queryAsync<@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/db.js:668:10
From previous event:
TaskImpl_handleResultValue@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:396:7
TaskImpl_run@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:327:15
TaskImpl@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:277:3
createAsyncFunction/asyncFunction@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:252:14
Task_spawn@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:166:12
ConnectionData.prototype<.executeTransaction/promise</transactionPromise<@resource://gre/modules/Sqlite.jsm:593:28
TaskImpl_run@resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm:319:42
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Update to the discussion I started earlier today. I've now got access to the Zotero main screen, with no error message, but My Library has disappeared and it's just blank. I haven't deleted any of the files within Zotero so I know it's here somewhere, but I don't know what file to import. Please can you advise what the file name is which actually stores the Zotero data for all my references.
Thank you
Chris
1) don't be as silly as me and mess around with the program files
2) check the default data file location: for me this was C:Users\[name]\Zotero. The file you're looking for is the SQLITE file, usually a few megabytes. Then I just set that location as the source for files, by going on Zotero Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Files and Folders, and selecting Data Directory Location, then picking the correct file location.
Panic Over!