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neils95506550
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December 29, 2018
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Lightroom Classic CC wont update from 7.1

  • December 29, 2018
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Hi All,

I cant find this already posted anywhere so apologies if I am repeating an issue.

I have Lightroom Classic CC 7.2 installed on my PC and have an account subscription. I keep getting notifications in Lightroom that there is an update available but when I go to Help>Updates, Updates is greyed out. I then open the Creative Cloud panel and there are no updates available there either (I have previously updated via this method).

So my question is, how do I update to 8.1 or even 8.0? I would rather not uninstall and re-install as this makes me very very nervous!

Thanks all in advance.

Neil

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Correct answer AxelMatt

I think you should try a clean reinstallation of the complete CC applications.

Please follow the steps below:

Another point you can try is to generate a new Windows account with Administrators rights and test the Adobe applications under this account. Possible that your current account has a fault.

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neils95506550
Participating Frequently
December 30, 2018

Unfortunately I have the latest version from uninstalling and reinstalling creative cloud. Nothing seems to trigger the update for me!

AxelMatt
Community Expert
AxelMattCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
December 30, 2018

I think you should try a clean reinstallation of the complete CC applications.

Please follow the steps below:

Another point you can try is to generate a new Windows account with Administrators rights and test the Adobe applications under this account. Possible that your current account has a fault.

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
neils95506550
Participating Frequently
December 30, 2018

I will give that a try, thanks.

Will I have a problem with my lightroom catalogue restoring or anything? Don't want to lose any of my preferences or edits.

neils95506550
Participating Frequently
December 30, 2018

Hi All,

Thanks for the help with this. I still havent gotten it to upodate. I've followed all the advice here and on the links provided, even uninstalling the opm file and reinstalling creative cloud. My System info screen still reads like the this (below) and the creatoive cloud app is not advising there is an update. The update link in Lightroom is also still greyed out.

Any ideas how I raise this issue with Adobe?

Lightroom Classic version: 7.2 [ 1156743 ]

License: Creative Cloud

Language setting: en

Operating system: Windows 10 - Business Edition

Version: 10.0.17134

Application architecture: x64

System architecture: x64

Logical processor count: 4

Processor speed: 2.4 GHz

Built-in memory: 19891.3 MB

Real memory available to Lightroom: 19891.3 MB

Real memory used by Lightroom: 789.0 MB (3.9%)

Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 1130.8 MB

GDI objects count: 597

USER objects count: 2338

Process handles count: 1259

Memory cache size: 81.6MB

Internal Camera Raw revision: 894

Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 3

Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2

Camera Raw virtual memory: 31MB / 9945MB (0%)

Camera Raw real memory: 32MB / 19891MB (0%)

System DPI setting: 96 DPI

Desktop composition enabled: Yes

Displays: 1) 1920x1080

Input types: Multitouch: Yes, Integrated touch: Yes, Integrated pen: No, External touch: No, External pen: No, Keyboard: No

Graphics Processor Info:

DirectX: Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 (22.20.16.4771)

Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic CC

Library Path: C:\Users\jamir\Pictures\Lightroom\Lightroom Catalog-2.lrcat

Settings Folder: C:\Users\jamir\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom

Installed Plugins:

1) AdobeStock

2) Canon Tether Plugin

3) Facebook

4) Flickr

5) HDR Efex Pro 2

6) Nikon Tether Plugin

Config.lua flags: None

Adapter #1: Vendor : 8086

Device : 1916

Subsystem : 223317aa

Revision : 7

Video Memory : 128

Adapter #2: Vendor : 1414

Device : 8c

Subsystem : 0

Revision : 0

Video Memory : 0

AudioDeviceIOBlockSize: 1024

AudioDeviceName: Speaker/HP (Realtek High Definition Audio)

AudioDeviceNumberOfChannels: 2

AudioDeviceSampleRate: 48000

Build: 10.0x7

Direct2DEnabled: false

GL_ACCUM_ALPHA_BITS: 16

GL_ACCUM_BLUE_BITS: 16

GL_ACCUM_GREEN_BITS: 16

GL_ACCUM_RED_BITS: 16

GL_ALPHA_BITS: 8

GL_BLUE_BITS: 8

GL_DEPTH_BITS: 24

GL_GREEN_BITS: 8

GL_MAX_3D_TEXTURE_SIZE: 2048

GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: 16384

GL_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS: 8

GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS: 16384,16384

GL_RED_BITS: 8

GL_RENDERER: Intel(R) HD Graphics 520

GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 4.50 - Build 22.20.16.4771

GL_STENCIL_BITS: 8

GL_VENDOR: Intel

GL_VERSION: 4.5.0 - Build 22.20.16.4771

GPUDeviceEnabled: false

OGLEnabled: true

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neils95506550
Participating Frequently
December 30, 2018

My creative cloud still looks like this even after manually checking for updates

99jon
Legend
December 30, 2018

Check what version of the CC desktop app you have installed. See image below. Click the three dots menu (top-right) and choose preferences.

If you don’t have the latest version, uninstall from the Windows control panel and download again from the following link.

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/desktop-app.html

GoldingD
Legend
December 29, 2018

Not at my PC, so lacking a link I have saved.

A known issue exists with an older version of the Adobe Creative a Cloud Desktop application, the app you shared a screenshot of.

Adobe has listed a fix that involves five possible solutions. Earlier, and I have lost the reference to prove this, they listed one solution (that is now that formentioned solution five)

In the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop application, sign out.

Then uninstall the Adobe Creative Cloud application. Just that one application.

Do not uninstall any other Creative Cloud Program. Do not uninstall Phitshop CC, do not uninstall Lightroom CC, do not uninstall Lightroom Classic CC. Just the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App.

uninstalling the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop application, will not remove your programs,

unistalling the Adobe Creative Desktop application, will not foul up your Adobe account.

you will need the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop application up and running to use your creative apps, this to be fixed in next step.

Next, download and install a fresh new copy of the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application.

Sign in using your new copy of Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application. It should Niw see that updates are available.

neils95506550
Participating Frequently
December 29, 2018

Thanks for the help. When I go to uninstall the creative cloud app it says I have other applications that rely on it and it cannot be uninstalled. Any suggestions?

GoldingD
Legend
December 29, 2018

Well, I am now on a PC. following is a link to look at:

Available updates not listed for Adobe Creative Cloud applications

dj_paige
Legend
December 29, 2018

neils95506550  wrote

Hi All,

I cant find this already posted anywhere so apologies if I am repeating an issue.

I have Lightroom Classic CC 7.2 installed on my PC and have an account subscription. I keep getting notifications in Lightroom that there is an update available but when I go to Help>Updates, Updates is greyed out. I then open the Creative Cloud panel and there are no updates available there either (I have previously updated via this method).

So my question is, how do I update to 8.1 or even 8.0?

Sign out of the Creative Cloud app, then sign back in.

I would rather not uninstall and re-install as this makes me very very nervous!

This is not necessary, and should not make you nervous anyway.

neils95506550
Participating Frequently
December 29, 2018

Hi,

Thanks for replying. I tried signing out and it had no affect sadly. I cant understand why this only seems to be affecting me.

Thanks

99jon
Legend
December 29, 2018

Hi Neil

Launch Creative Cloud and go to the Apps tab

Click on the three dots menu (top-right) and choose Check for app updates

Wait for everything to refresh

Then scroll down to LR CC & click the update button (if available)

neils95506550
Participating Frequently
December 29, 2018

Hi,

Thanks for the reply, been doing exactly that but no update is showing up. Here's the version info I have under System Info:

Lightroom Classic version: 7.2 [ 1156743 ]

Thanks

neils95506550
Participating Frequently
December 29, 2018

The Creative Cloud window shows the below: