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How to view and edit photos on windows without leaving a trace? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 months ago by lotharmatthaeus@lemmy.zip to c/windows@sopuli.xyz
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I would like to do the following on my windows (10 or 11) computer:

  • Move photos from an SD card into a mounted veracrypt volume.
  • Edit photos inside the veracrypt volume using RawTherapee.
  • View the edited photos inside the veracrypt volume.

I would like that whenever I unmount the veracrypt volume, there is no trace of the photo files left on the computer.

I already noticed that the "recent files" feature of windows explorer stores the path name and a thumbnail of a picture that was opened with photo viewer for example. That is not good.

Are there other pitfalls like this I need to watch out for?

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[โ€“] lotharmatthaeus@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's actually an interesting point. But how do you ensure the same under Linux? Doesn't Gnome or KDE also track recently opened files somehow?

[โ€“] entwine413@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

If you use a live ISO, then everything goes away when you turn the computer off.