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dong92063399
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March 1, 2024
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Images imported into Lightroom Classic in the last few days don't all display, most say "Loading"

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Images imported into Lightroom Classic in the last few days don't all display, most say "Loading".  The images have three dots (...) in the upper right hand corner and when you hover over the the dots, the text says "loading" and remains that way forever.  The images will display in the Develop module if you click on them but only three will stay diplayed at a time. I am running version 13.2 of Lightroom Classic. Including screen shots. I have circled in red the dots where you can hover over them and the text will say "loading".

 

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Correct answer AxelMatt

In a first step please try resetting the preferences of Lightroom Classic:   https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/setting-preferences-lightroom.html

 

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 fix the issue, remove the preview folder by following the steps below:

  1. Exit out of Lightroom.
  2. Navigate to the folder that contains your Lightroom catalog. The default location is in the My Pictures/Lightroom folder under your user folder.Locate and open the [Catalog-name] Previews.lrdata folder.
  3. Drag the previews.db and root-pixels.db files to the trash.
  4. Restart Lightroom. If you continue to have the same issue. return to the folder you opened in step 2.
    Drag the entire [Catalog-name] Previews.lrdata folder to the trash.
  5. Restart Lightroom.

 

 

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AxelMatt
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AxelMattCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
March 1, 2024

In a first step please try resetting the preferences of Lightroom Classic:   https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/setting-preferences-lightroom.html

 

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 fix the issue, remove the preview folder by following the steps below:

  1. Exit out of Lightroom.
  2. Navigate to the folder that contains your Lightroom catalog. The default location is in the My Pictures/Lightroom folder under your user folder.Locate and open the [Catalog-name] Previews.lrdata folder.
  3. Drag the previews.db and root-pixels.db files to the trash.
  4. Restart Lightroom. If you continue to have the same issue. return to the folder you opened in step 2.
    Drag the entire [Catalog-name] Previews.lrdata folder to the trash.
  5. Restart Lightroom.

 

 

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
dong92063399
Participant
March 1, 2024

Dragging the previews.db and root-pixels.db to the trash and restarting Lightroom fixed the issue.  Thanks for your help!

F. McLion
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 1, 2024

Did you try if it helps to re-create previews (Menu Library / Previews / ...) ?

Could you share some more details on your computer. The best way to do this is to copy the system information from the file menu and post it here.

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