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February 6, 2023
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Getting error: Lightroom was not able to prepare the selected file at .... for edditing.

  • February 6, 2023
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Trying to edit photo in Topaz DeNoise and started getting the following error: Lightroom was not able to prepare the selected file at .... for edditing. It will not be opened.

Everything worked fine until today. 

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Correct answer Ksenia28272871hghy

Solved: drive F was out of space...

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February 14, 2023

Solved: drive F was out of space...

AxelMatt
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February 6, 2023

What type of drive is F:? When it is a external hard drive is it connected?

Do have lightroom full access to the appropriate drive/folder?

What has been changed on your system before the error occur?

 

What you can try is to reset the preferences to the default settings. 

Reset Procedure: 

  • Close Lightroom. 
  • Windows: Hold down [Alt]+[Shift] while restarting Lightroom. 
    Mac: Hold down [Opt]+[Shift] while restarting Lightroom. 
  • Overwrite the Preferences when prompted by the dialog. 
  • Close Lightroom. 
  • Restart Lightroom. 

 

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? 

Which version of Topaz Denoise do you use?

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

 

Please provide also a copy of your 'System Info'. This can be get from the LrC Help > System Info menu item. 

There's a copy button in the System Info dialog. Press this button and paste the info into your next forum post. 

 

  

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