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August 13, 2022
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Cannot import photos in Lightroom

  • August 13, 2022
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I'm trying to import a new folder in Lightroom and when I select the folder and press import, it comes up with a message "importing files", but nothing happens. I've signed out/in, unistalled the app and restarted it a couple of times and it's still not working. I think this is because of the latest update. 

Also, all my previous collections and imports have disappeared. 

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GoldingD
Legend
August 13, 2022

Is that the previous catalog? Not a new one.

 

dj_paige
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August 13, 2022

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AxelMatt
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 13, 2022

The first thing that you should try is to switch off the GPU support from the Lightroom preferences and check if that helps to fix the issue.

Go to Lightroom > Preferences > Performance tab > Uncheck "Use Graphics Processor" > Restart Lightroom.

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/lightroom-gpu-faq.html#troubleshooting

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/troubleshoot-gpu.html

 

If Lightroom doesn't start correctly the please see "Solution 2" in the document behind the second link.

Troubleshoot GPU issues | Lightroom Classic (adobe.com)

 

Another step is to try to reset the Lightroom preferences.

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

It's recommended to backup your preferences before you reset the preferences to the default settings:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/preference-file-and-other-file-locations.html

 

If this doesn't help we need more informations about your environment.

Which operating system do you use?

Which version of Lightroom do you use?

Please post the exact version and not only phrases as "recent", "latest" and so on.

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 5 - Topaz Photo