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Apr 26, 2015 6:07 PM UTC
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P: Does not export all selected images

With Lightroom 6 on Windows 7 I have exactly the same problem as described at http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...
with Lightroom 5.4.

I select a number of images and use the Export dialog, exporting to JPEG. After the export is finished I get a dialog box saying "Some export operations were not performed. The file could not be opened ()", and then lists the file names of the images that were not exported.

If I delete the exported JPEGs and try again a different subset of the selected images gets exported. On average around 20 out of 70 selected images don't get exported.

Watching the directory where the images are being exported with a file viewer while the export is in progress I can see that the images that are later shown in the "not exported" dialog box list are in fact being created in the target directory but are quickly deleted.

I have had one example of exporting of a single image failing with exactly the same error message.

I have never had this problem with version 5. I just ran an export of 126 images using Lightroom 5.6 which completed successfully, as has always been the case with version 5 and before that with version 4.

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Inspiring
Nov 1, 2015 3:44 PM UTC
You're right. Problem was actual for 6.0 version. Sorry for my out-of-date/vague comment.
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johnrellis
Legend
Nov 1, 2015 3:22 PM UTC
"I confirm that. I tried to change Faststone for XnView and problem is solved."

Have you upgraded to CC 2015.1.1 / 6.1.1 or later? This problem was fixed in that release. Do Help > System Info to verify.
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Inspiring
Nov 1, 2015 11:13 AM UTC
I confirm that. I tried to change Faststone for XnView and problem is solved.
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Inspiring
Oct 8, 2015 11:52 PM UTC
Please see https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/...

It works for some dudes, I'm trying right now.

Good lucky
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jimd23953632
Participant
Oct 8, 2015 1:12 AM UTC
I upgraded to 6.2 today and after a few minutes of exporting the application fails again and I have to close it. Not solution found yet
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johnrellis
Legend
Sep 6, 2015 9:37 PM UTC
Two troubleshooting steps:

1. Try exporting to C:\Users\username\Pictures. If that works, then it's likely you're still experiencing permission issues with C:\Pictures.

2. If exporting to to C:\Users\username\Pictures doesn't work either, then verify in Help > System Info that you are running LR CC 2015.1.1 or LR 6.1.1. That most recent release fixes the bug described in this topic. (The Adobe update process has fooled many people into thinking they've been getting the recent updates when in fact they haven't.)
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Inspiring
Sep 6, 2015 8:20 PM UTC
Having a similar problem. I'm trying to export JPEG images I shot in a HDR sequence, and I keep getting the same error message, over and over again:

The file could not be written
DSC02041-HDR.dng

I didn't ask Lightroom CC 2015 to write it as a .DNG file, dammit!

Also getting the same problem with exporting plain old JPEGs. The only thing I might have done that might explain this, is changing file permissions to full control on my C:\Pictures as Windows 10 wasn't letting me write files to that folder without administrator privileges, and yet I am already set up as an administrator.

I wish there was an emoticon that would express how mad I am about this!
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Inspiring
Aug 26, 2015 2:55 PM UTC
I do. A tech from Adobe fixed that for me. But still having the issue.
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Rikk Flohr-Retired
Adobe Employee
Aug 26, 2015 2:37 PM UTC
Check in your OS and make sure that you have full write permissions for the location to where you are trying to export.
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Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Inspiring
Aug 26, 2015 1:25 PM UTC
Not sure if this is even related, however, when I try to export my images from LR 5.7 into PSE 13, I get the error "file DSC_1108.dng could not be written". What am I missing?
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