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ericw79554200
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February 17, 2017
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Lightroom 6.8 and auto-import

  • February 17, 2017
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I set up auto-import today for the first time in LR 6.7 and it worked fine as advertised. Shut down and installed the new update. Re-opened the program later and auto-import no longer works. File / auto-import / settings repeatedly gives: 'Unexpected error performing command: ?:attempt to index a nil value'. This bug is not cured by PC (Win 7) shut-down / reboot. Is it to do with the 6.8 upgrade? Advice please.

Thanks,

Eric

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Correct answer Mohit Goyal

Hi ericw,

Please update Lightroom for 6.9/2015.9 version which includes the fix for Lightroom 2015.8: Cannot access Auto Import Settings form File menu | Photoshop Family Customer Community

refer: Lightroom CC 2015.9 now available

Thanks,

Mohit

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Mohit Goyal
Community Manager
Mohit GoyalCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
March 8, 2017

Hi ericw,

Please update Lightroom for 6.9/2015.9 version which includes the fix for Lightroom 2015.8: Cannot access Auto Import Settings form File menu | Photoshop Family Customer Community

refer: Lightroom CC 2015.9 now available

Thanks,

Mohit

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AraT
Participating Frequently
March 25, 2017

I have a lightroom 6.9 (updated 3/10/2017) 2007-2017 purchased version, using on Dell xps-13 (i7, 512 ssd,..) window 10x64, getting "unexpected error performing command ?:0: attempt to index a nil value" when trying to access "auto import setting" to set up for tethered shooting.  Please help

Bob Somrak
Bob Somrak
Legend
March 25, 2017

If you look at the bottom of the linked artice in reply #1 you will see that this is STILL broken in 2015.9.

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ericw79554200Author
Known Participant
February 17, 2017

I can now add that some picture files placed in my watched folder - but not all - are being imported into the target folder and can be seen there in Windows Explorer but are not being imported into the LR catalog - hence are not visible there.

Eric

johnrellis
johnrellis
Legend
February 17, 2017

This bug was introduced into LR CC 2015.8 / 6.8 and has been acknowledged by Adobe: Lightroom 2015.8: Cannot access Auto Import Settings form File menu | Photoshop Family Customer Community . The only reliable workaround is to roll back to 6.7: Lightroom roll back to prior update version .

Please add your me-too vote and details of your issue to the bug report, to make it more likely Adobe will prioritize the fix.

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