How do I delete a thumbnail from Kontakt 7 Library

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chardi8520
chardi8520 Member Posts: 5 Newcomer
edited October 2024 in Kontakt

I've been trying, night and day, to remove the "Aviram Harp Guitar0" thumbnail shown below (top pic). When I navigate to the "import Content" menu (bottom pic) to remove the folder linked to the thumbnail which would also remove the thumbnail, it isn't listed. Any suggestions would be deeply appreciated.

Thanks!

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  • PoorFellow
    PoorFellow Moderator Posts: 7,350 mod
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    I've been trying, night and day, to remove the "Aviram Harp Guitar0" thumbnail shown below (top pic).

    I am not sure that what you are looking at is actually a 'thumbnail' , but maybe an in place picture provided by Kontakt instead of the thumbnail that is actually missing.

    If the whole "Aviram Harp Guitar0" has been removed then what remains to have to be done might be a removal of the entry from the Kontakt database which, unless there exists some Kontakt DB entry editor, might require a full reset of the Kontakt database. A reset might only remove the entry if other references have been removed , and I can't guarantee that a Kontakt DB resets can not incur any other annoyance or mishap for you. (I have not been doing many resets my self though many other users have reset the DB)

    Anyway , my guess is that one of the following 'procedures' ought to work : reinitialize the KONTAKT Database , Thumbnail Picture Icons are Missing in the KONTAKT 7 Browser

  • PoorFellow
    PoorFellow Moderator Posts: 7,350 mod
    Answer ✓
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/174117#Comment_174117

    Did you delete the files from all location on hard drive that you have kontakt read from before the database reset ? A database reset will not work if you reset database and Kontakt just reads the data again ! instead of deleting the library you can just move to another location outside of all the Kontakt read areas (including must delete or move away from the Documents folder that Kontakt might also read from if you saved something).

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  • DunedinDragon
    DunedinDragon Member Posts: 1,113 Guru
    edited August 2024

    Interesting. The only thing I can think of would be to add that library if you know it's location so you could then remove it. Obviously it was added at some point but maybe manually removed?

    Alternatively you could do a batch resave and it might resolve it on it's own. That seems like a lot for one messed up folder though.

  • PoorFellow
    PoorFellow Moderator Posts: 7,350 mod
    Answer ✓

    I've been trying, night and day, to remove the "Aviram Harp Guitar0" thumbnail shown below (top pic).

    I am not sure that what you are looking at is actually a 'thumbnail' , but maybe an in place picture provided by Kontakt instead of the thumbnail that is actually missing.

    If the whole "Aviram Harp Guitar0" has been removed then what remains to have to be done might be a removal of the entry from the Kontakt database which, unless there exists some Kontakt DB entry editor, might require a full reset of the Kontakt database. A reset might only remove the entry if other references have been removed , and I can't guarantee that a Kontakt DB resets can not incur any other annoyance or mishap for you. (I have not been doing many resets my self though many other users have reset the DB)

    Anyway , my guess is that one of the following 'procedures' ought to work : reinitialize the KONTAKT Database , Thumbnail Picture Icons are Missing in the KONTAKT 7 Browser

  • chardi8520
    chardi8520 Member Posts: 5 Newcomer

    Thanks for the suggestions PoorFellow. However this didn't resolve my issue. Thanks again!

  • Kymeia
    Kymeia NKS User Library Mod Posts: 5,857 mod

    It’s not really an icon that can be removed because it’s more of a placeholder for a library you must have installed then deleted incompletely.

    When you select the icon what do you see in the browser on the right?

  • chardi8520
    chardi8520 Member Posts: 5 Newcomer

    Hi Kymeia,

    I agree regarding the incomplete library deletion. When the icon is selected, the browser displays the associated library (see below). Since I will no longer use this library, it would nice to get rid of all references to it altogether. Any additional suggestions would be deeply appreciated.

    Thanks again!

    3.png
  • Kymeia
    Kymeia NKS User Library Mod Posts: 5,857 mod

    If you delete the instruments shown on the right that might be a start

  • PoorFellow
    PoorFellow Moderator Posts: 7,350 mod
    Answer ✓
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/174117#Comment_174117

    Did you delete the files from all location on hard drive that you have kontakt read from before the database reset ? A database reset will not work if you reset database and Kontakt just reads the data again ! instead of deleting the library you can just move to another location outside of all the Kontakt read areas (including must delete or move away from the Documents folder that Kontakt might also read from if you saved something).

  • chardi8520
    chardi8520 Member Posts: 5 Newcomer

    Thanks 1 million gentlemen!! You suggestions worked! I deleted the files first then reset the database.

    Thanks again!!

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