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gcnp2008
Inspiring
January 15, 2020
Question

Export presets lost after migration

  • January 15, 2020
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I don't think my previous inquiry got posted.

 

I recently had a clean install of Windows 10 on my computer and was finally able to update Lightroom Classic to the latest version (9.1). When I opend the Export dialog box, all of my User Presets were missing.

 

I had saved my previous Catalog which was updated when I opened the newest version of Lightroom Classic.

 

Any ideas about what happened and where I can get my presets? I had

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GoldingD
GoldingD
Legend
January 15, 2020

So a clean install, hence everything previously on the boot drive is gone, correct?

 

Unless you had changed settings such that the presets were stored with the catalog, then they were kept in a user roaming folder on the computer, on the boot drive, and hence they are gone.

 

For a more specific bit of info as to where see: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/preference-file-and-other-file-locations---lightroom-6.html

 

If you kept backups of your OS, including user folders, then you might find them in the backup. A backup of the Lightroom catalog will not have that.

 

So, how to get things back

 

1. Third party presets, download fresh new copy's and install. Old days .lrtemplate ones may be a problem

 

2. User made, recreate

 

3. Adobe Exchange, get fresh new copys

 

 

 

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gcnp2008Author
Inspiring
January 15, 2020

Thank you both for the reply. I thought I had my settings saved with my catalog but maybe this last time I did not. I'll just go and recreate the settings I've lost.

ViatheLens
ViatheLens
Inspiring
January 15, 2020
From the Help Manual: Store presets with your catalog

By default, the presets and templates that you create in Lightroom Classic and your catalog are stored at different locations within the user account folder path on your computer. To know the default locations on macOS and Windows, see 'Presets and templates' and 'Catalog' locations in Preference file and other file locations | Lightroom Classic and Lightroom 6 and Preference file and other file locations | Lightroom 5.

 
Presets preferences in Lightroom Classic

If you use a specific catalog on multiple computers, you can choose to store your presets and templates with that catalog. To do so:

  1. From the menu bar, choose Lightroom Classic (Mac) / Edit (Win) > Preferences.
  2. In the Preferences dialog, go the Presets tab and select Store Presets With This Catalog.

Caution:

When you enable the Store Presets With This Catalog option, Lightroom Classic doesn't copy or move your existing presets and templates within the associated catalog folder. Only the new presets and templates that you subsequently create are stored in the 'Lightroom Classic Settings' folder within the catalog folder. Clicking the Show Lightroom Classic Presets Folder (Preferences dialog > Presets tab) now takes you to the catalog folder on your hard drive instead of the default location.

 

Any new presets or templates that you now create after selecting the Store Presets With This Catalog option will be stored in a new folder named 'Lightroom Classic Setting' created within the associated catalog folder.

The advantage of using this option is that the presets and templates are available in Lightroom Classic when you launch the associated catalog on another computer. These presets and templates include Develop presets, Export presets, External Editor presets, Filename presets, Filter presets, FTP presets, Keyword sets, Label sets, Local Adjustment presets, Metadata presets, Print templates, text templates, Watermarks, and Web templates.

For related information, see the following resources:

 
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