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parkylondon
parkylondon
Inspiring
December 30, 2024
Answered

Lightroom Classic slow to open export dialog box

  • December 30, 2024
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Once I select Export (it doesn't matter which one) Lightroom takes several minutes to open the Export dialog panel.

I'm at my wits end - I've tried:

  • Restarting Lr

  • Restarting computer (yes, turn it off and on again)

  • Restart Lr with default preferences

  • Use new empty Catalog file and import single image for export

  • Removed Lr and installed fresh instance from Adobe site


I've tried a few of these in combination with others.

I've also done a whole Catalog Export to a new Catalog - in the past this has filtered out corruptions or peculiarities in the old catalog and given a better, faster, version. Not this time though.

I'm on the latest version - "Lr Classic 14.1.1 / Camera Raw 17.1" according to Help/About

If anyone has any further ideas, I'd be grateful. Thanks.

Correct answer parkylondon

Actually. I think I will switch the Library over to the G drive. 


What a transformation! Something as simple as the amount of hard disk space on the Catalog drive was slowing LrC to a snail's pace on export. It's fixed now back to normal. Thank you!!!

3 replies

Ian Lyons
Community Expert
Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 31, 2024

Have you tried resetting the LrC preferences as described in Method 1 at below linked Adobe Help document?

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/reset-preferences.html

parkylondon
parkylondonAuthor
Inspiring
December 31, 2024

Yes, see bullet point 3 in above

GoldingD
GoldingD
Legend
December 31, 2024

Also, please post a screenshot of LrC /Preferences/Performance/

parkylondon
parkylondonAuthor
Inspiring
December 31, 2024

GoldingD
GoldingD
Legend
December 31, 2024

Please post your System Information as Lightroom Classic (LrC) reports it. In LrC click on Help, then System Info, then Copy. Paste that information into a reply. Please present all information from first line down to and including Plug-in Info. Info after Plug-in info can be cut out as that is just so much dead space to us non-Techs and it takes up vast amounts of scroll space making the reply less readable and less likely that others will bother with your post. Also large amounts of text in a post also render the Translate function inoperable...

 

Oh, and one item ion that system info that may be telling, the Library Path. I see you have Windows, Is OneDrive involved?

parkylondon
parkylondonAuthor
Inspiring
December 31, 2024

No OneDrive 


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