Why is “no file” written on my pictures? What does it mean?

When photos are imported into Phototheca, the program does not copy files and remembers their locations only. And photos can reside on the removable media that can be disconnected. Then, if you disconnect a media with photos, Phototheca can not access files and shows the special mark on every file.

“No file” badge means that a file does not exist anymore at the location where it was when Phototheca imported a file.

Phototheca does not copy files when imports images from local drives, but remembers locations of files only. So if you move files to somewhere else – Phototheca has no idea where a file was moved to and shows a “no file” badge to indicate that a reference to a file is not valid.

If you moved files to another location by intention and want Phototheca to understand and find files at the new location – you have to remove thumbnails with “no file” badge, and import files from the new location.