Well, if it isn’t one problem, it’s half-a-dozen others.
I created this new thread so as to not muddy the waters in this thread:
digiKam Freezes when Right-Click a Tag - #8 by Andrius
In trying to cure my problem in that thread, it just kept following one new version after another, getting worse with each updated version.
I thought the problem through and decided to completely purge my system of all traces of digiKam and install version 5.9 = the version I had before my onslaught of trouble.
So, I hid my database files from the uninstallation process and used Geek Uninstaller to remove digiKam.
Once Geek finished it’s chore, I restarted the machine; then, I meticulously removed all traces of digiKam from the registry and every nook and corner of the system. Restarted the machine again.
Now, starting with a clean slate, as if digiKam had never been here before, I installed version 5.9
Once the installation finished, I made my database files available where digiKam expected to find them.
When digiKam 5.9 opened, there were my entire album collection and tag tree, all present and accounted for; and a bonus = all of my tag thumbnails that had gone missing were right there where they belonged.
Although I may not yet be out of the woods on the freezing-up business, I have confidence that the problem is gone.
HOWEVER, when I went to open the geolocation window, I don’t have any listing for it in the Item menu.
I looked in Plug-ins and it is not in there either.
I used the exact same download file this time as I had used way back in 2018; I have no idea how it omitted my geolocation plug-in; but, it is GONE, nowhere to be found; as Festus Hagen would say “It has completely vanquished”
Thanks for reading and all help is appreciated.