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Brazilmedic
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April 9, 2026
Question

I can no longer open my Lightroom Classic.

  • April 9, 2026
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I paid for LIghtroom and use Lightroom Classic for all of my photo editing.  A couple of weeks ago suddenly Lightroom Classic wouldn’t open.  I tried restarting my computer, cleaning up extra pictures, etc.  I finally uninstalled Classic and reinstalled it.  My computer says it’s installed, but won’t open the program.  I need it fixed.

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    AxelMatt
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 9, 2026

    I finally uninstalled Classic and reinstalled it. 

    @Brazilmedic In addition to ​@Sameer K ‘s post: Do you a clean reinstall? If no, try a clean reinstallation by following the steps below:

    If you're unable to install the cc desktop app at this stage, use an administrator account (solution 4 here,    https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/creative-cloud-missing-damaged.html)

     

    Do you get an error message?

    Do you have try to create a new catalog or restore the catalog from a backup. A corrupted catalog can prevent Lightroom from starting.

     

    My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI
    Sameer K
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    April 9, 2026

    Hey, @Brazilmedic. Welcome to the Lightroom Community. I’ll help you figure this out. I’ll need more info to help you. 

    Did Lightroom close normally the last time it worked, or is this a fresh installation on this machine? Try these steps to get Lightroom to launch:

    • Reset Lightroom by holding the OPT/ALT + SHIFT (macOS/Windows) when you launch Lightroom and select 'Yes'.
    • Ensure Lightroom Classic has the required permissions on macOShttps://adobe.ly/3DyUws

     

    Let me know how it goes. 

    Thanks!
    Sameer K

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