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blgentry:
Some information and terminology that might help a little:

* MC has a "Library".  In MC terms the "library" is the database.  The database is a directory with a bunch of files in it.  MC will not work without a library.  Yours should be in the default location unless you have created a new one in a different spot.
* The location of the library is normally not relevant to anything.  It should not be something you mess with even when restoring a backup, etc.
*  MC does backups of the library.  These backups happen automatically every few days.  You can also run manual backups.  The backups are stored as a ZIP file.  The location of these backups is specified in Tools > Options > File Location > Program Files > Library Backups .
*  What you are calling "source files" don't have an official name in MC terminology.  I generally call them "the media files".

If you move your media files somewhere else and you want to "reconnect" the database pointers to the new location of your media files, the Rename, Move, and Copy Files tool (RMCF) is the right tool.  Use it in "update database only" mode.

Usually the easiest part of RMCF to use for this is Find & Replace.  This makes it easy to substitute part of the path name for the new path.  The PREVIEW area is very useful and can help you to get the find and replace correct before you press OK. 

I hope some of this is helpful.  Good luck to you.

Brian.

JimH:

--- Quote from: blgentry on December 04, 2022, 07:52:42 pm ---*  What you are calling "source files" don't have an official name in MC terminology.  I generally call them "the media files".

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Not quite.  It is also a library, a library of files, and I agree that this can be confusing.

You could think of the two as:

Your library of files
and
MC's database library

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