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September 10, 2026

Imported Photos misplaced by the Import User Preset

  • September 10, 2026
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For all the years I have used Lightroom I have used a User Preset to Import my photos. This is pointed at the current month in my Folder Structure and creates folders in that month according to the day of the month the photos are taken. Each month I edit the preset to move the output to the next month.

 

I have recently mover my entire Catalogue from being split between my D: Drive and my external G: Drive so the entire catalogue is on the G: Drive.

 

The Import User Preset has gone “wrong” and I cannot find a fix.

 

Refer the following screens.

 

Import using User Script - everything is as it should be with a couple of days straggling to be moved back to August

Lightroom structure after Import

 

Nothing has added to September.

 

Going through Previous Import - Photo - Go to Folder In Library takes me here.

 

Which is outside my Master Catalogue

Then I cannot Drag any of these new folders into their correct location within the Master Catalogue.

I cannot find any way of either rectifying the problem within the Import User Script, or now correcting Lightroom’s understanding of its structure within the Catalogue

 

Exiting Lightroom and restarting does not cure the issue.

.I am stuck!